The daily crescent., 1850-07-01


afternoon and moonlight promensding or lounginr
on the benches Of this delightful place. Like
nost other places n this country, they shut np'
their stores at ~ NJ, and take sesta for couple q
hours. neglected to get sufficient bread for he
day this morning, we had TO wait until.
they opened their stores before we got our dinner
We generally breakfast at 6, and dine at 10, when
we are not on the march. Neds horse and mine
have entirely given out and 50 far we have seen
no chance Of getting others, 80 the balance Of
the party think Of starting tomorrow. IL they do
we will have to throw away our saddles and walk,
sor else stay behind until we are ready-either Of
which Is bad enough. This being large town,
the people are more independent than they are in
tne smaller ones we have passed through, and the
lower classes more saucy than is agreeable.
inst after leaving Corpus Christi, several Of us had
our hair close up TO our heads so that it would
not be so troublesome, and not 50 likely to catch
any Of the vast population Of certain kind that is
to be found floating around all through this coun-
try; and very much to the annoyance and mortifca-
ton of some, and amusement of others of said
young men, the Mexicans say that we are a LOT OF
"Peons," slaves, for it is not the custom for any
but poems to cut their hair off short behind. Eggs
bread and corn, are cheaper here than we have met
with before.
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for mules and be,,n :, do.n.;r of s.',;- -'ss
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and ,yI b.,,s - "a. H., 80.
March 23.-Started about 81 o'clock for place
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o,,t 49,. =. 1ast ,Iain.7ruvsred with 6edv of
,,,bsat 4-rs we descended into the valleys o,r
of water with accasa, various kinds of cactus and
evergreen trees, growing along its banks. 1t
rained just before daylight this morning, and there
was strong North-easterly wind blowing all dav
which made il very cold and disagreeable. | was
most froze, and found it very pleasant walking
March 27.-Spent most Of the day in making
arrangements for the march on chihuahua, across
the Boson de Mapimi--having bread made, ETC..
among other things. swapped the mule we bought at
Moncova for another one and gave $40 to boot.
We have engaged guide to take us over the Boil
son plains, for which we pay him $40. Cinesas
is small town among the mountains. ON the short
road to chihuahua, and contains from two thon.
sand to twenty-five hundred inhabitants. II is
like all the other towns on our route and not worth
describing
March 2S.-The mule we purchased YESTERDAY
proves to be wild Young animal that has never
been ridden or packed. SO gave Mexican a dol.
lar to ride him for me, but the mule threw him
twice and hurt him so much that he was afraid to
try him again. but got another one 10 ride him
After he is broken he will make fine riding mnla
party of Indians made an attack On a rancho inst
out of town. last night. and carried off three or our
children The inhabitants are in constant state If
fear of the Indians. they frequently make trims To
their towns and carry off their animals and chill
dren. The Alcalde was very anxious for MS IN stop
few DAYS longer and 90 out and fight the Indians
for them, but we thought that if there was not
enough men in place of $500 inhabitants to fight
20 or 80 Indians there was no use of our fighting
for them, and subiecting ourselves TO be annoved
by the Indians for we are now about entering ON
their stronghold and our party is small, (22 in
number0 our animals in bad condition and our
time is precious, and as long as thew let us alone
we will not trouble them, although little brush
with them would not set us back in the least, but
rather improve our discipline and make us more
careful.
March 29.--We left Cinegas about o'clock in
the morning for chihuahua, by the way of Boson
de Mapm Planes (it is supposed it will take us
about twelve days to go through, if we can go at
allO we travelled about twenty miles, to the next
water, and camPedfor the day, as it is twenty miles
to the next water, and then we will have none for
two days travel As my mule was too wild to ride |
we managed by the aid OF half dozen Mexicans, |