The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-21

inquiry which have Instituted, ii is necessary 10 con-
/ The geographical position and relations OF New
Mexico
In letter. dated December u.s. is47 addressed 10 me
by Lieutenant, PAX. Of the corps Of typographical sngi
neers (who concerned with Lieutenant Albert, OF
the same corps making reconnaissance examina-
ton OF that country in the years ls4o-47 and which
published in speech delivered by in the House.
March /. ls4s. that gentleman remarks
WIN rs.nsct 10 the conneaion Of parts Of
n distant az hundred OF seven miles,
desert win, reference % which M kss'0n ~ 1so a
Chi6usnaa is from the southern settlement, Of New
usually days transporting loads from
santa r. Chihuahua o. TO ,he s.. s nes5s.. s a yo,
s5s miles, via Bent. fort 10 course o. us our
bundled miles westward the Ess, desert
@ sf N m n ns a"s FROM
continent
Mr. Gregg in his Commerce OF the Praires, o. 1919
speaking of the same subject says:
New MEXICO possesses which
necessary anything like rapid progress
BY that Of Texas and Chuahaa BY Upper California
sur y snsn. q % ~ and p w sca% Of
from which IL settlements are oy 40 unpso
with other part Of the world
MIR Gregg is mistaken in the assertion that chihuahua
is separated IRON New Mexico "by an unpeopled desert
Of nearly two hundred miles, There that extent Of
desert and more too between Santa Fe and Chihuahua,
but il is broken into three parts. above FL Paso
called 'sJornado del Muerto and two below that poln
with intermediate settlements particularly on the kio
Grande
). The surface and soil Of New Mexico. and the ex-
tent which il is susceptible OF cultivation: The whole
expanse comprised within the province IL very LARGE
and is belle we'd be about hundred and fifty thou
sand square miles The only parts which are suscep-
bic of cultivation 10 be found in the southwest corner
Of the Territory, containing not exceeding twenty hve
thousand square miles which are divided unequaly BY the
Rio Grande running the region now indicated from
north 10 south and towards the western border II is
exceedingly mountainous and the country rises very
rapidly from the in both directions. Lieutenant
PAX, the letter above referred to. that large
portion oil area is made up OF rocks, sands, and
desert II you cast your eye on the map, you will
see IRON the position of the where the arabic land
is found narrow strip along the Del Nore. with few
detached patches here and there upon the auens OF the
river, constitutes it all for there is very little land
mol already improved that is worth occupying
g. Climate and ardl,y-necess.y Of irrlsa,,on." The
p. l9l-).
general this department ady Of soil,
in s
Of very limited extent and ne other portion o. s province o
Humboldt lin his New Spain. vol. 2. p. 1851 says
ariay q
notwithstanding the midness cmsis, progress
rable population
Lieutenant PAX in the same letter says
The Of or be w.sed artihoaIy
Example, u. western. ds u hs so ssi nons You viii .oscs
that the little are all At hs nsad stream. and IN inc
contain during feshet is
absorbed by the deep sands.
The same officer in speaking OF the valley in which
Taos is situated, (Aberrs Rep Ex- Doc, Both Cong.
LIST SEES, No Alp. 43o.) says:
ssh, mile. from and seven s.h,
Only portion this under cultivation indeed, ever
~ s.s i. as i.n and .a. supply
fixes limit and that very narrow one TO all the uiASle
Mr. Gregg, in his Commerce OF the Prairies, (page
1907 says:
confined and doubt will contn
lowing the frequenuycut short
by the drying Of the streams.
Gregg. in the work already quoted, opp 1885, i4o) says
. single navgabas New Mexico. The
nous Ro del So.s . 30 shallow @ s most par Of The yea. thai
uctsd BY frequent shoals for moro than ono thousand miles be
Mountaineering tributary which would
. ns S. y @ "n sSas o
Pusrco called from the extreme mada.s % w..er would
hundred mules IN Length Dry = the mouth a sf "a
vicinity SINKS
.aae.ne .a4 frequently '.. altogether ssto rssshs the
wing del Nosts from
,nen, great
~ae, Amos. fosbis during mos, Of The ys.r es,ns
seldom known Deep srcsp at the tune Of freshets
Lieut. (now COLI Emory. in his report, lex. Doc. aoth
Cong, LIST sess., No. Al. y. 49, says:
We crossed al Albuquerque
tie hubs Of
present, timer learned
rise eKcessavc-scareeiy exceeding or two feet
The officer, in the report already referred 10,
Up. 461,) says:
many places GsIerseo absorbed by
found BY following up bed Of the stream.
The same, at p. 400:
We bore due O'Clock reached Puerco
Amer verx miles,
fsmed ue pool II The only could
ind
travelling day on the ssde Grande
fnerco length began
We had
plight seemed hopeless caught sight Of distant
that from their concluded bound valley
that without doubt contained n :
Al last reached impossible arrayo the banks Of which
perpendicular about thirty above the The
rayo hut there wster We could e. no nner ana WIRE
Forced 10 camp here A. the valley
ued 70 make but may b. sure Was very dry
We had been travelling since hve
this morning. food, withoa, drop Of ws and had
marched sbou, twenty nve miies
The same, page AIS
On looking at b~ map Appears q quite
l+0 miles with valley az
m,ds through would lead ths
tnf asd plenty cf Not
the valley deep with sand only
temis,a, yucca, and cncu
The same, page s74
sncs
OF. they
their lands hu deivnG the people a Ro NJ whsn needed
most, the season, for The purpose
The same, gage 463
The Jemox valley
sr % mile width contains IN many places no ws'sr and when
found il Is Of dak red color.
Mr.. Gregg. in his Commerce Of the Pranes,e (page
49, says: