The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-12

Jaae We are stil trading with the Indians:
ihey continue 70 come in large ndlnbers e our
camp. Lieut. Emory, in his book says tha- thew
are very honest and innocent race Of Indisas. II
Is true, they erz simple aad dirty looking peooI.
and since be was here, they have learned slight
propensity 2 appropriate what Iitte things they
see laying round We were ali very much dissp-
pointed in regard 70 the valley Of the Ga. Instead
Of hndng II 5eautlals fertile valley it Il nothing
but barren desefs wsste of sand and reaseeIy any
/ grass what there is, is ifIe and far betussS ~
\ game, except few partridges ana doves and the
| most intoerably hot place / eytr Was IN. We
! have several letter-wrters with us amonk them,
| are-J. s. Robb, Of the ST Louis ReveiIse e J. c..
| Durivage, Of the ~ o. Peayune Capt Hiram
/ FairchiId Of the N. o. Delta; and }. H. Peoples .
4 who followed the Army in Mexico aud established Z
a paper wherever they stopped and several law
| yers and doctors So. think there will be fuII
description OF this route given as soon we get
| California.
| June s-This morning we have made start,
| and have come below the Pignio Village and are
/ czlnped opposite the Marieopss Village, and sbout
| FIVE miles from the river, and twenty-five miles
| from our last camp. Most Of were much dissp-
pointed that the road did not lead the river;
for, since first arrival the river have been
in the habit Of taking bath every day, and our not
camping near the river, prevents our indulging in
that luxury
june 9.-We have. a bend in the river Of forty
i've miles to cross. 20 We start at five O'Clock this
afternoon and travel ~ night as to get across
before the heat Of The day to
June l0.--We travelled all night, until half-past
three ocleek this morning, and stopped To- rest un-
| Ill suHrise. We arrived at the river ahort twelve
| O'Clock, n We have had quite Dad road this
streteh, having had to go through mountain pass,
| which was full Of deep Favines and sand bottoms
| There was particle Of grass from where we
| camped yesterday until to the river again;
and here there is very little; and have send
oar animals about two miles from campto find that
IL is very difficult to get than mile from
the river with wagons, for the river ovsriows its
banks every year, and has made lot Of hills and
gules Of sand for mile and sometimes two from
lis banks rather, from the bed OF the stream =
June IL IL is thrty-nine miles frOn heys
another bend in the river, start four
o'clock and travel all night for it is almost impossi-
bic to travel during the heat q the day. We have
two three more bends % cross and then we will
arrive at the Colorado, then We vii be able to form
| some idea when will get 70 San Francisco, or
! to the gold mines-it is eight hundred miles
from that river. Our road, since left Santa
Cruz. has been very hard on our animals for they
have had very little grass, and the distances from
water to elsat that theysuffer very much.
: The road will continue TO be bad until we get
2 the desert the other side of the Colorado, and
e then will have comparatively easy time. AL
our horses and Of the Waes shaw signs Of
giving out, several have already done ltls very
severe on those that have to walk, feaf Will be
!, before long, and then will have 70 20 bare
! footed unless eau manufacture somstalag % put
;: my feet. We took the road at fouro'eiock, and
II after travelling about ten miles very unexpeet
. edIy came to the and some good grass, p e
/, june i2--We were on the march bright and
IS early and alter travelling until eleven o'clock va
ne stopped to noon. While we were camped party
y, of Mexicans came up with They had been to
qr Mazallan, but could not get shipping, they fol-
ur lowed the rather the Gulf Of California up.
Us One Of them had his wife and mother with him, it
was quite an event to see woman once more. In
og the afternoon we by piles Of rock that
os were covered with Indian signs and charactsSs
they appear TO have been made long, long ago.
'P- Our road unusually bad, over uneven table
ast land of rocks and deep avines of sand and gravel
Y which was very hard on the feet.
- June 13-The road to-day is as bad, if MOI
"a worse than it was yesterday. We nooned without
water or grass, and camped for the night near the
" | river; but no grass The Governor and most q
the let their animals loose, and for the first
~ time there was no guard kept.
We June 14.-When went to look for our ami
he mails this morning about half of them missing
OF but after about two three hours search they
h. all found about SIX miles down the river they had
ID found little patch Of grass place where Mai
70 Graham camped when he passed by here. We
| remained here the balance Of the day. As daily
ms account Of journey is monOtOnous and dull
IA and as il has been several days since last wrote
rs (having lost my pencil) shall discontinue daily
n account OF our wanderngs and mereIy give gen
he eral outline OF the trip the balance Of the way
IN Alter most atigueing and tedious march q seven
ee days from last dates, at length afryed the
Colorado. We found that the river was not SO
he high as reported, and that several parties had
We crossed and still crossing when got there
o We went to work Immediately to make boats to
Nv carry ourselves and baggage Any one COM
ot ing to our camp the day after arrived at the
ne river, would very readily take orhat we were
en- | a party OF emgrant mechanics, we were all en-
K. gagged in manufacturing various articles Some
m | were building boats, some making shoes, some
ye making and mendng pants and various other
cles of wearing apparel; ard some parching and
nd pounding coffee, making bread, boiling and drying
pd beans, etc. Our camp for two or three days pre-
nfadr rtfa afad md ht1atr
lie We visited every day by several Of the neigh
il, boring tr bes oi Indians, who supplied with
k grass and green Tor anlmals in return fol
on which we gave them penola, beans, Shirts etc
The tribes OF Indians that live the banks OF the
ne Colorado and Glla rivers poor, ignorant hall
he starved OF beings but they excellent
and expert swimmers, and the men are the tallest
MI and best formed of any race | have ever seen
Nv Their dress is simply small strip rag fastened
nj by string around the waist While were al
en- the river there several mules drowned in
nj crossing the river, and it scarcely ten minute.
IS after they drowned before the Indians were
1s seen passing through camp with the mules al
be cut up ready for eating The owner Of the waHon
m having said that would have take our thing
M the river ourselves and pack them acr6ss III
rts DESERT we formed parties and made boats On Oh
rot own account. We cut lot of willow trees anl
h made the frame of boat about eighteen leetiong
nd and covered it with and then with Indi
rubber CLOTH and then put cover OF canvas outsid
nth OF that protect the lndarubber from snags
un-
ed | boat any would wish see and when w
,ok put it in the river it rode like swan The frs
The "trip took nothing but baggage she went o
av finely and made the landing the other side abou
half mile below, in two and half minutes. w
led then took over baggage and two mules time
J Of that is the mules swan by the boat and be-
to | up by rope. The boat lost about three-ourths
Of a mie in going over and coming back, and ever
ck trip she made had % carry her up the landn
, is on shoulders, for il impossible to TO
Sc against the current; it was very aborous work.
ain she soaked into the and made II We
md heavy, and the banks OF the river very unev
ii and sandy but after oiliDg diligently fol day
The hail. succeeded in landing all plumber a
nd animals safe on this side of the Colorado. VIII
ZEN arrived at the river heard that old par
Witt (hat left Chhuahua) had lost nearly all the
our animals in crossing the river. They engaged 1
first Indians to swim them for them, and VIII
hey they got them in the river they let them 90 dOv
Il OF with the current about miles, and then we
we're with them. One Of the parties lost two men
nree crossing; they raft and it got among
the rocks they jumped into tho water and ~
| drowned. One was Capt Allen, formerly Quart
day master for Doniphan's Command-the other was
got Tennesseean. Our party was the only one q
d at got all their animals over safe we swan th'