The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-11-23
New Discoveries Yves, ocsan,u r..

Information has reached tbs city, that, durr,
an expedition against the Nayij oe Indians by a
party Of the United States military number Of
new anu interesting discoveries have been made
Three Vi these discoveries Of especial interest
Il new road from Santa tc westward, n celebra.
tea edaonc ana the remains Of Az;ec cities The
new road, Which Lieutenant Simpson Of the To-
biographical Engineers thinks will shorten the ira
vel to Francisco Bay via Santa Fe some three hun
CHA river and the old mule trail from Santa Fee to
san Angeles, which ascends the Rio Chama to
IT. sources in the Sierra Madre sur,nounts the
ridge, AMI deSccnds the San Juan TO the Colorado
OF the west Ofcourse this new wagon road must
begin on the western base If the Sierra Madrc for
it i utterly improbable thst a gap should have ex-
stcd for Il century past III that great mountain in
the vicinity Of Santa Fe, without having been dis
covered; and it Is still more improbable that Lieu
trnints Albert and Peck who surveyed and map.
ped the whole of New Mexico as high as the Vi.
entity of the sources ofthe Rio del Norc shout!
have overlooked such gap The Republican il
entirely mistaken in conioundng the newly dis
covered route through the mountains with the enc
whirh Senator Benton inagincs has been disc0,
cred by his son ln-law the Younger Moses. This
latter route Is via the source Of the Del Nortc and
down the Compadre river many miles north of tlie
oil mule trail; the one discovered by Simpson i,
expressly St.ird 70 hn s.,,'L Of ,hni toad ri.z.
paper Is also mistaken IN surprising as We infer
that it does, that the distance 10 The Pacific from
| st, Louis can be shortened bv Ills new route On
tae contrary il is evident that the road from mi,
= g." through the South Pas TO Franci.eo /, TN.
! shortest In. othayel vet discovered. We make
no doubt that the distance from onv noint IN ,L..
/ Mississippi to the Pacific via Santa Fe win Ic
much ltssened On tI,e now ,nnd. hrt tbis viii bc
the case c-,lv vlr,, G.ri, =, !. made min. il,
! thc line of travel
The celebrated ,,-oyo ;ot-;r,,,
son i, certainly an olcc. cf ycrv ,s,e,t ;n,or.,i,
We hnye our,,lys .,,,,o I.Ifln,a iL,,,o,l ,ao;,oJ
to us bv the children az t 1omnt.,;,S ,le.nI I'm,
reI with romantic r,lings and JrsCri,tiye II ,,o,,.
per adventure into t,c yirin;tv nf ,hs conon,
Tradition la, from n,a i,,,rc,nc,;,, otlributcJ :,
this spot rich mines Of the ure,ion. metals anil
Jewels. The Indian. maintain thst n sn;riL nrr
sides over these ruinestb,t tbcv ure sitrotea il,
the midst Of tho ,,rrn,--tI,,t ~ ar,i,e ~ ,hnr,
the adyenturcr must Je.crnI i in n c,nne over
which charm ha. been nr,yiouslv thrown Inv ;.
variety Of solemn cer,mnpias onl Thar ba vh,, nj
tempt; To descend without frst nrnn;ti,tinr tb.
prc5ilins spirit i. inevitably lnst me nnc;,nt
ruin, discovered no doubt be,ong 10 tho s,ne me-
Rod with those found Inv Lent Emorv in In.
ncighborhool of IN, Zrnt y;lI,,n NJ, tbe iec h,nl,
OF the ella river Tn dis district ,ccor,i,, IN the
conaurin. traditions md testimonies ofun Mexico
the Aztccs paused in tboir mnr,h trem the north
10 the south. Most probIldy these very rims nrg