The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-09-22

ssary From C0ralizO took The road for Ynnas sm
hom some twenty miles distant and situated on what
slate tants call the Rio YsnOs We found here al
me to Apache warriors, who seemed be more the OWL
d the town than the inhabitants However. soon ana
lie BY trance into the place, they decamptd telling
citing would go 70 their village and in two days meet
H. on road with mules to trade This was only an excus
~ the sudden departure and they did again show
sa tbe 70 Ha There is gul read from ihuau lot
client and thence TO the Copper Mines on the head
shBg the CHA The road was oIeHed for the purpose
ped al porting supplies and metal by persons ntereste
aude mines and used until the Indians broke up their
killed ments and killed the miners
tbata We were slll ascending. and the atmospheu
IN the aud mors wintry The blush outline of tn
) we mountains, Continuation of the Siena Neva,
saVly forming the dividing line between the States Of
ienuy and Sonora wens'nOw distinctly marked and we
nde their coud-toppsd peaks we again pushed eaEers
ALL Our animals were in the best possible condition
diahI sick man in the party. In two days from Yahos
that the first psss-PusHO % San Luis. We had beeni
We up an inclined plane during this time and whei
P NJ gained The utmost summit, the back bones of
ae we folding EieTTas, suddenly came in view of a
silver valley of Unsurpassed beauty and Serdure in Wild
and slumbefed CLASSY lake OF fresh water mica
lited, ference Our camp was made on the margin of
70 re- (which chEistened the Lake ofCOmo All we
Rceh complete the picture, each with languish
then inc TO hang upon his and drink the honey Of
uscai From San Luis Pass the Guadalupe Pass plain
hne narrow strip OfhRh ground some hundred yard!
leagues lenkIn. having an eeNhLl0n an0Ve
0u4R and lake Of about twenty feet forms the only ean
Eeas 1.-THE otherwise damp and Doggy plain which extl
enect and soath between two parallel lines of mountain
aVaoe The syscan see After crossing this causeyvay we
each Cooks trail which in at the base of the west
esded uniting with the more cept r,iI of Ma;or abar
took the pass. Through this pass made but slow pi
Ehtful the wersa dead weight and could make
great distaUos each daEs rugged and decvitous Ea
they in fact it is matter of surprise that wagons as cu
ie Ut these should be drawn through at all. PenOa
even wagons can go Through in one day, whereas
g. we Onthe 2lst we reached the deserted rancho of
Our naTdinO having crossed the head waters Of the
% we On the 2Sd we crossed the San Pedro, and for II
En OF ceedng days ouFfoad lay over a plain abundant
and with running streams all Of which empty their
While the SaHPedro and through that channel ntOt
Them The soin this plain Of unsurpassed richness
lcaey, cred with wild oats and clover, with here and th
water patch Of wheat and barley. Timber also abuI
In 50 adjacent mountains being covered with thick
could pineand post oak We now in the range Of
2 mis- herds Of wild cattle, and the mon0tOny of 10
ed or broken by the excitement Of the chase.
be Rio The next place we came to having a name
d, and Cruz We had now gained the highest point o
that it the dividing line between the eastern and
us ras Of North America and II required all blank
own Us wsrm at night. Ice was formed in my'cup Ov
" pre- thick in one night The Apache Keep Che inhab
We in continual dread il with difficulty they can
I'd the courage enough to work few small patches Of
again is, however but choice between starvation and
tsnng Ghss Thispusblo once contained industrious
that population, the fields and evidences Of al
and of cultivation give ample evidence but the wet
lightly long since abaadOnei leaving onlyshe poorer
TO ex' unable 70 elsewhere In this Rsighbt
IN my rich gold and silver mines which once Z
Rgged worked, but the Indians prOvedtoO much Tor the
hound they were forced to sbandOn them.
which Leaving Santa Cruz, passed through the de-
ieved bio ofPresidO, mining town, from which the Al
i1esh driven the Inhabitants six weeks previous
q my tackled the Olaee with thousand warriors kills
arm the men, women and children, and destroyed and
three all the mOvsHbss thereabOut, Then San Favri,
lharp pueb0 and Indian village There wers two lnd'
laOns hem-ons of Apache Tontas AID another Of POM
MY Ten miles from San Favrer brought US to TOas
tune considerable had been the descent from Santa
IteTs place that found ourselves in The terra eaIs
nor Pacific. There we were told that we had cross
ein ninety miles, without or water before res
D we Pine village. We consequently remained at this
avlnE three days rest animals the better to eco
vas to march, whchwe commenced At P. N, on
y set June and after travelling the greater part of
p me halted for two hours. Aferths short we aga
Bring hstng at midday for three hours then putting
looue in molten, travelled until dayishtneGt morning
-nes6 were ohesIsa witha sight Of the ella We sruc
osoie w miles above the Pine village and rested here
paeA We moved down to the village on the ensuing
nohS Some Of the party who had vety imprudenty neg
ae6os canteeus, suffered somewhat from thirst in cTossi
Ceifo NADIA bat their suffering were nothing compared
aimed shimss, who neither tasted water food from Ii
as are left TOnsOn until we struck the Gila think the
mioH distressing sight in the world than to zee
giving animal who hes borne you for hundreds Of miles
ere are and mountains gradually sinking beneath his
q and want Of food and wste whose look appeals
bears than words Of claiming sHssnsncs the oil
for his accomplishing toll. never more mt
nd Of when my horse. after searching futessly lhe
their even Rithered shTubtO eat, came and rubbed
acted against my hand and followed every step. an
pro- took the little sack in which always fed him. HI
At the with his teeth, but finding h empty dropped
the ground, them looking pitsously in the face
ontas say" Dear master, can you not give me food
on ROwdy, alas no more, but never will f0ry
lniu- The second day after arrival at the Pine viii
the Antonio, head chief visited our camp and in TN
eepef terms bade usweeoms to his little prncipalty H
apparently So years Of age, Ofiight copper complex
fA' the middle satuTe, possessing benevolent phi
our He declared TO US that should any Of bis people
ean take property that he would that be retu
eafs and the offender punished but we had no oeoas
ions him to redeem his pledge as do not believe th
apn was stolen from as during our stay among Il
hua Every thing about them betOkened habits of ind
Is approach to civilization nearer than The MeIica
on they excel in industry honesty truth and virtue.
msR tonic is very dssiTOps that his people should il
woes Americans, says they are the Iules of the
Ref the nObles he has ssen and able to teac
$50 pie great wisdom. Among this peculiar people
were SEVERAL men and women who spoke the Spanish
were sufficiently well to be understood. Some proHes
-then ChTistianS, bat most wOully deficient in
R4lcn ehisms. While contemplating this people, cor
. OF fiction this opening field for missionary Labor
ssf' seeds Of pOus faith could be sOwn in q virgin
~ De inenmbersd BY the fOu weeds of seetsrap Drsi