Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-02-12

r enclosed large towns. Some OF the
E houses, which were no d"ubt built o
4; ndnbes, had stone foundations. Save these
+. marks, and the immense quantities OF bro
ken pottery s,rewed around, there is n'
trail or ves'ise of The country ever hav
ing been inhabird. The buildings are al
! Ieveled with The earth. believe there is
no satisfactory accounts Of these once ex
ten.,vc settlements, on historical record
, Probably these we're colonies established
! IN the early days Of Mexico. and when in
, successful operation. were overpowered
. aud driven off, or totally destroyed by saw
age Indians. and their Improvements de-
mollshed and laid waste. 1t may lie that
gold mining was extensively carried on
in this region of country, and the ore
packed to hD City of Mexico, to decorate
The Halls of he s.,helr churches
Sc. l. crrlainIy would he interesting 10
know wha, ever induced Peopl 10 settle IN
this isolated portion o! the world-in a
place " here the earth would not produce
enough to support even small population.
At present there are only few deserted
Indlan wig~ams along the river bank.
Abour 3 o'cInck we turned in to walsr, and
luund 40 men Of the knickerbocker COM
panv eucamped. They had attempted to
explore more southern route but alter
suffering severely for want OF wafer, losing
one man and a number of stock. they
concluded To shape their course due north
for The CHA. which they reached few
miles below our las, nigbl'. camp. GOOD
grass. Distance, % mI!c>-l3i6.
Thursday. July l2,-Our course is
dow the valley Il the river, occasionally
leaving 1t for a short time to eros, the bluff,
thai extend into the bank. We crossed
the river three times to-day. and encamped
on the son:h side. Passed company OF
rs New Yorkers and Virgirians. en-
camped on The bunk Of the stream Pass.
ed a great number Of ruins described
Yesterday. The extensive ranges Of noun.
,ains on both sides Of The river, presen, a
variety of shapes. and picturesque appear-
ance. We are encamped at the poin,
where We leave the river. to cross that
rough and trying par, nf the road called
the Devils Turnpike" Here the
mountains close in upon the iiver which
has cut channel through solid rock. IN
place. more than 100 ie-t high. Through
these canons, its restless waiers rush,
making i, impossible to continue our course
The top Of the mountain to e ed upon gram
ma. where those of VI no, upon guard
we're prevented Som sleeping. and COM
pleleIy drenched by very violent thun-
der storm, which lasted several hours.
Distance, 20 mlIes-l335.
Friday. July l3.-We started at .
o'cloc!; this morning. and Immediately
assembled high mountain. Our course
w.. over mountains. and through ravines,
down the rocky beds OF whch We irequeni-
" Travelled for miles. Our mules scram.
bled along the sides Of mountains and pre-.
cipices, where thought ii would be i'm.
possible for man or beast to venture bui
rhev are sure fou'ed animal. and we did
no, NEE, with single acciden, during the
Gay. The trail for the whole distance Is
covered with sharp. angular shaped
black rock, and small sharp stones. which
severely lacernted the hoofs of our animals.
and they could have been tracked for
miles by the blood upon the stones but
we all arrived saely IN camp without los.
ing . single mule. Gen. Ksarney lost Is
10 The same march 3 years ago. 10 some
orthose deep. dark cha.ms. through which
We passed, it would with the aid OF a little
FIRE and brims'one) require but slight
stretch of the INA lina,ion.to think ones sell
on The brink of tie n:erna, regions. We
descended into a deep. ki"omy ravine.
n he he'd # which was but lew feet IN
widh, and The sides lowered peri endicu
arly To The clouds; nigh, came on while
We we're thus Embedded in the - bowels ot
The ear,h,' but We finally grorsd our way
10 The river, whirI,er i, led US, crossed over
and encamped. having Travelled 10 hours
wihou, inter,nissinn, and made but 10
miles. The Devil. Turnpike is very
name for 'o'da>'s route; it is
moi grsded." bu, we'll sep with sharp
rocks. This has indeed been a difficult
and trying days march. On both man and
beo.t. We walked all dey, and were al. :
most worn out on reaching camp. We
s'opped on a sand bar. without a spear o.
gras. for our weary and hungry stock.
and their ince>san, cries during The night
Tor something to eat. were truly pit'iuI.
We did no, see a single living animal 10
day: indeed. We have met with but little