New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-30
A.sOclocl at night, ..adlius up. We silently took

quitting the trails another measure OF prees1uos
and holding our course BY the stars the men we're az
r-cted 70 M arch four and Eve soresst the psck m1es
20 - led and the Mexicsas 20 BE resdy TO iss'rr =.
the animals together At moments warning "e
were trave-sine care dogstswn prairie Was tneIe
that Gomez expected % have us 81 advantage, tNo
hours hsi scarcely passed when the sidcen asshins
Of sigma ares showed our departure was diseo'efru.
Exp cIing every Instant he yell % the enemy Amo1
belpless exposed position. the ~lna oioNlos
gale chill and furious gusts the darkness o. Ue
night. with the mountain peaks behind Us ~ up Nila
the arr OF The rres combined 70 render iHat u10H
one when tee OF US vii forget
Reaching ~ one a. nishL huge pie OF o1u4'
iers OF zrir wesr-d and desperate. We stopped lue
next day reached the ruins Of the Cioo.a whefr
might regard ourselves N position 70 oid eeoSnes
II sv not - irrelevant here to notice that on our
return march from & Pss1. Wa cane ~ ths Fsinied
Camp O.; the Limpis The srss. where We Ell y 50
Green snd lxgrisnt h.t teen trsmPed oy hundreds o.
6o-ses and round our camp nres two hundred Apache
lodge. had 5een placed as morning only alter Ne h.d
lsft Their trails had come IN rOu every aifee'i0A
upon The raising 0t the siyca nies
We learned thai Gomez lad intended 20 isNe - 'Aa'
night. but ost our trsck
on the essh March y days from starting they
reached Fort Seston opposite the Preside MI sea
ton who owns tae Fort, an American carries on
s,rua there employing eight or ten men who wofA
with their their hands having TO defend them
selves sxsinst both Mexican. and Indians Az Il SEEMED
likely tha, they would have sighting on the way 10 -
Psso Lieut. Whitney increased hls party by two meu'
al he could get Four,eea days hsrd marching through
the splendid scenes OF the Rio Grande brought them 10
e Paso during that time they rarely hsd their arms
out Of their hands with oui in advance and ~
the rear Fortunately the Indian population on the
river had retired the mountains for the Sprng and
summer Thess nifty miles OF the distance lay along
well wooded valley OF each passage
The Apsche Indians live on ;he Rio Grsnde. As IL
Whiting ssys
Their Winter towns extensive upon IL banks
their spring and summer retreats are found m the
mountains which. with little Interruption, eN'snd from
Preside 70 Re sheltered by the rugged bills OF
the Rio trande from the Winter storms, tner families
remain In the cottonwood groves where their towns
are built while the warriors carry terror snd desos
ton throughout Chihuahua From the capital 10 the
extreme frontier hamlet exists where the ruthless
hand OF the Apache has not been ielt hyeNitnesses
slone have accurate idea OF tho terrible eNFnt
Of these marsudngs Ga the Mexican side ard m sight
Of our path three large presdios with the remains OF
cultivation shout them, now Inhabited by the crow snd
the wolf alone. stand mel snchoiy monuments Of NeNi
can weakness aud Indian ierocity.
on April 70 they reached Ponce Reach. opposite II
Paso the terminus the expedition The report thus
speaks Of that place snd its vicinity
The town % 81 PasO Is situated shout eight miles be-
low the Pa ss. with population OF i've thousand ~
the mead OF fertile tract OF the BIO 9rsnde bottom
and shut 10 90 the river BY the gravel hills 20 the west
10 reilcrs In pleasant climate snd productive soil
The low sdobes mud ~s,d houses, are relieved -
the eye by uxur orchards pretty gardens ana wei
pruned vineyards The green sad iresh wheat crops
growing around, the peach snd pear and sprico ana
ounce In endless prouson snd the hne appearance OF
tne vegetables give promise of what American industry
and cultivation might do whers the Mexican D. 80 pro
ductve They raise with their rude inst umeuts only
what they require Themselves OF wines. liquors snd
grains 10 skiliul hands the grapes here grown VIII
produce delightful But the greatest abundance
and best cultivation Is found on la lsa. the icfule
island OF the Rio Grande below H. Psso, about thirty
miles IN length from four 70 eight broad and studded
with the little OF lsetA socoro and san Elezsno
This ISLAND now belongs 20 the United states change
greatly reloiced IN by is dcnizens
The folio wing will De read with interest
The htte hamlet OF Isleta. originally village OF the
Puebl. Indians as they are called holds s own vel
the slender remnant oi some old Aztec tf0e the trad
ton sill alive among them that one day their great
Montszums will return 70 hit their yoke and redress
their wrongs. cultvsuug patiently their little isrms
and retsiniu, 10 the last their snimosy To the MeN
These of grsstsr heart than their masters meet
| the Apache with his own weapons, aud kerp them
selves involste sui holding 70 their own dialects ana
% many old customs and but hall chrsusnized, their
numbers are fast dwindlng away, aud but lew years
W pass before the lsst altar nre OF their viii De-
eNtng ui.hcd
| While remaining At n Psso IT, Whiting found At
Frontera situated directly :, the Pass good place
military post On April 49, they set out - return.
taking direct for San Antonio, In order TO
avoid desert. The party was doubled 50 ss to be able
70 meet their friend Gomez Capt. Skillm an who per
formed the OF dashing into the square Of II Paso
| sud selling Gen. Armio in his own town. had voiun
eered to 20 to Preside with three for the baggage
and papers lett behind and meet the party the Pecos
| The party moved down the Rio Grande a hundred
miles and going through apass In the Rio Grand Hills,
crossed broad valley and entered the north western
range Of the Daboo about twenty miles north
west Of where they were met by Gomez Here they
So. oh il la.
cribsd
The mountains OF granite and porphyry. further to
the south OF basauc rock. the most striking We
have yet seen Following old Indian path Il led US
| 70 deep ravlne in which trckled clear and cold
mountain spring from this II climbed by step and
perilous ascent Of 800 feet what We AZ nfs thought
high hill In our cOu.se IL proved 10 De An ele
waited table valley from which, surrounded by groves
OF oak OF every kind and large pines the loticr peaks
rear their heads. The ascent was very severe, but
amply repaid by the magnincenco Of the scene stop
| ping 10 breathe could stretching lar 10 the
northwsrd the yellow prsre with the blue mountains
of the Rio Grande in the dstAnce while beneath
fearful depth lay the Tayine relieved IN its rugged
grandeur by the dark hues Of clusters Of spanish OAKS
snd the occasional glitter OF the uvuet Ia rs bottom
Our march refreshed by frequent sprlng, continued
over pleasant slopes snd through superb scenery The
aspect the whole Of this elevated table the pines and
| large oaks altogether different from any country
vet explored by almost forced US o. the belief that
we're too tar north for our course. We attempted
20 extrcste ourselves from the mountains, now BE-
| coming rugged and difficult by following the course
| IT a creek but after hours % slow and toisome pro
gress between huge walls aud over large masses Of
granite and basalt forced 10 retrace our steps
Despsiring Of the road suddenly relieved ~
the discovery Of pass when most wished ior ana
shortly had the satisfaction Of resting On the head
waters ot the Limps.
Finally they arrived at the Pecos and we're overtaken
| by Sklnan and bis lie had met with Gomez,
the chief having become alarmed At the escape Of
| Lieut. Whiting and fearing he would return with a
| large force, had made treaty with Mr. Seston At
| Preside, and allowed Skillnsn " pass unmoested 900
Two days further march brought them 70 the San Pc.
dro tributary Of the Rio Grande, some sixty miles
long respecting which the report speaks As follows
This stream aid down the maps - the old bound.
sry between the States Of COahul and CAibus1ua, 10
| out little known. Disturneas map. exceedingly in
correct representation b toe way, Of the geography
OF this whole region puts down upon IL an old spanish
fortress called Fort del Altar, We found traces OF
itn march from rs head ~ ia mouth The neighbor
ing country remarkable. The great limestone table
elevation unbToken further % the north, Is here cut
| up by nngmerabe rsvlnes or esnOns u great depth
and frequently showing the whole sde but one perpsn
dicular wall
From the -an Pedro they entered the Las Mors'
valley . rich and beautiful region the travelling "a,
good all the way san Antonio. The result Of lhs
| exploration = thus summed up by the report