The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-02
VOLUME III. NUMBER lo3.

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Gle which Is COMMONLY called water, but noe thought
Il was the balm OF life o. The Nectar OF the Gos.
although i was only LITTLE paddls Of water sbzt
oozed mp out Of the ground, and was covered ,v;,h
thick green substance. When we arrived :, ~.
water our tongues literally Glove to the roof os our
mouths and il look more shan one eup fnll ~ -.
Pusrld muh to loosen them. After we had .ar,.-
wnas relieved our great thirst we Law dovp +, a.
hos sun perfectly exhausted, for il had -, as
noufs since we had mouthfuI 10 eaf. and !, -
more than "a hours since had q dro. a. .s,,s-
AFTER we had laid there about an haur -. 80 49,
camp and had emp Of coffee and a good mar. NJ.
are now a. good as cver--it Is sun dowa-h,, 49,,
po'' 'sl'ov that lost his mule has not yet made hiw
appearances. Ills messmatc saws that H. bzn ,.;,s.-
his gun nor pistols with him. fear H., + 4. ~,
OF that the Indians have got him. n he 1. ~ 4,
camp BY morning ihere win be a party sent Out q
look for him. -
= dPF" hs-As the lost man did not come up last
night there was party sent beek 10 hunt f,- III.
saey took food and water with them. "a ~ 49,
lehew had neither when he left the partv 49,
nave JEsf returned but could see no traee az b;,,
.ney wensas far back as where we carnued ve.,.yl
Gay noon As our provisions have nearly ali rfv.,
QUIZ ana Is yet some $50 miles to Chibusbuz. 4
Is imposs'ble for n remain here Longer .r nm,
Of ouf animals are n fit condition Ia s.o.r ~.
country, and Il would Be- rendering an ~,
tion more painful and NOT DO the uoor ,,,t
by remaining where we nov are. ~. l.,.. m,
place about o'clock, so that wcmiubt e III \.
get to the next water BY Tomorrow e,.nin. m.
water at this place comes up from The nropnd -,
the edge Of salt marsh in the middle dfs !. main
about miles wide and 12 long, the marsh 4 ssont
two miles in extent, and can be seen long wav
on When FIRST saw it, il looked exactly Ike !,
lake Of water. It has a very singular taste. and
makes my throat sore and my mouth drv and
Parched there is pleasure in drinking h for n
increases instead Of relieving thirst. We hid what
provisions we could spare in hole and Ieft 4 no,..
at the water for the young man in case he should
come up, and about half past o'clock we startad
and travelled until IL o'clock, and then CANNED for
the night was very much fafiQued for we
travelled about p miles, and brought or ratber
dragged our mule along all the way. and Il ,vzx
hard work to get him along and keep up with ~.
party.
APrH s-Afier had been asleep about an hour.
was reused to stand guard l never felt more NJ.
refusing in all my life. 1t was then o'clock and
had TO stand guard only two hours. but / must
confess that found myself dozing more than ones,
at my post We started about o'clock. and .Iaut
o'clock we stopped for breakfast. Ii was t,uI,
breaking our fast, for Ned and had eat nothing
since yesterday at 10 o'clock, and then il wa.
nothing but a mess ofrice, which we had bouvbt AT
the bits per pound, tour provisions havns-
given out) After we had breakfasted we sooa, i. j.
road and arrived =. s,esez about 3 o'clock w.
left our young mule at the last camp. "a, \ ,v.-
useless to try to get him any further, that makes
mules that have been left by this party IN
the mountains, how many more will he lee, hserre
we get through remains 10 be seen. Ju.t hsf,,.
we left camp yesterday. was fortunate enough -
shoot rabbit and after getting to this water ~.
made stew Of it. It tasted very ine. for II i; A..
first meat that N ed and have had for sevar,l a.,
This Is beautiful spot, and if we were NOT ne,,lv
out Of provisions, we would remain here ,h,se -
or four days. At this place about ten ar ,vSs,v.
years ago. party of eighteen Mexicaus wen.
attacked by the Indians, and only three esc.psd
with their lives, Of the three that eseaned 4.
travelling with us a sort of guide. The scen.,v
around here is beautiful; the head OF the sprino Z
situated on the edge of "A valley in a Httle nook
formed by the mountains Standing on the ,o- ,f
the hills near the water, with your face 10 tbs
North, you stretched out before Won large ,,f-
eys Of tall white grass with here and there buncbs
Of green bushes and shrubs, and on your right and
lef and behind you, the rocky peaks Of the Sierra
Madre mountains loom up in bold relief, while AZ
your feet hes the green valley in which we are
camped with pure spring Of water, fine shade
trees, the honey suckle, sweet brier, and other
shrubs sending up their sweet perfume, and to add
to the beauty ofthe scenery the Songs OF the mock
ing bird and the thrush come floating with the
breeze, and causes one involuniarly to say. How
beautiful is Nature and how wonderful is the great
Creator Of such scene We expect to leave hers
tomorrow morning, for there is no game here to
supply US with food.