New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-08
The corpu. Christi Route to California.
conrrs cnrI,rr. Jan. 20. I.lg.

CoRPus CHRISTI Jan. 20, ls4g
Editors Picayuae. The steamship Fanny caves
this morning for Jour city, which gives me an oPpoI
tgn,y Of sending you a letter from this now Important
noint / notice 10 your paper OF late date that you
spesk n favorable terms OF route from corpus
Christi 20 the gold region From verbal and written
rt. tom actual observ alton and from maps Of the
country route hss been traced our from THIS place 70
the gold region the Sacramento, which CONSIDER
far superior 10 any which has yet been spoken Of u
J. cheap safe and expeditions and a. 80 many are 10
search OF channel 10 reach California, could not
probably do better than give them sketch OF this route
through your vdelycircuated journal
From this point company o. twenty nVe men OF
more would start up the Sueces Valley which they
would follow 70 about the parallel " Preside RIO
Grande whence they would incline 10 the Ell gradual
" until striking the Rio Grende valley ~nlcn cou4d
be followed up % Las Moras stream empIylns 10 u
on the Texan side This part Of The route 10 good ana
parfecty feasible for wagons 81 al times as Is attesed
oy teamsters now here who have driven over IL Inc
grss. being generally musquit good al al seasons
and will suffice TOR sne food Of animals as WEI N VIE
ter as In summer. Wood is plenty and water aoInd
ant every ten miles from Las Morss ever pretty much
the same nature Of country 10 the styx RIVER, and
thence 70 the PUerco which good crossing sOou'
twenty miles from i,s mouth To ATTY miles ao9ve 'as
as, named river the route Is known 20 be good beyond
doubt and al accounts represent u As being eq1a4ly
good ss lar up a. Psso del Norte. ~
To that oon, parties could 20 a, from ~ 70 y niles
day and without expanding but very sma! amour.
f,r rrovisions-the country aoouncing In game, and
nothing whatever FOR forage Arrived at Il Psso the
party would the Rio Granc-, steer Test Day or
two aud fall into the wagon trail Of Gen hearny and
Col Cook and more recently Of Col. Warrington Thu
trail cad. near the CHS frequently crosses H. snd oss
upon and iis banks grass enough for animals until
is junction with the Colorado, from which pOn, "a
bot four or ave days san Diego, which d 800 miles
by water and little 200 By and 10 San Francisco
From this point san Diego Is less than 200 miles
and the distance eaa be travelled over with Spsnisr
hor.es In IS or % days and AZ a moderate rate.
assisted 10 arranging his route for party on ins
eve Of leaving here and believe las Advantages over
all others Col Cook Travelled more thah ball OF X u
the dead Of Winter, snd In hurry notTitnstsndns
as horses DID suffer for water or yrsss mere
no snow AZ on the routes from Arkansas and Missouri
and the country 10 much less broken. The route
proby more direct and what a Of Infinite Advantage
OF American ground, in view Of Il al the way .
vel SATISFIED are some Of these who are 90 ne eve
departure by this route Of rs feasibility tnai tney VI
tsts no,hns with them but Little bacon to eat N css'
~ failure AZ some time 10 knocking over deer
Itms,,ers ltte which wy small parties CO. tney WI
sns usck mules better than wagons In TACT unless =
macs are b. a party can see no reason Tnstever 70
wagons.