Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-02-05


appears 10 be but little land under cultiva
ZION about the pace The Mexicans ere
very indolen', and would rather starve Z" q
iinle" Than work ; the amount Of food ne
cessary TO necp an American alive, wout
feast half d zen grea.ers.' Socora j.
poor, destitute place. Some Of our com
pany succeeded in getting i lnle coarse
corn meal n, sc per cw,. We exchanged
Z pick axes, ,ha, We had brought iron
home. for lbs Of sugar. The lol; i"IkeC
bullaloe mra', rs cts. per ID. no mule,
FOR sale or barter; we can procure ne
guide II, this place. 4 heavy shower
threatened US. but ended in a gust OF wind
Mr. Au5rey's teams came up, and en-
ranped on the opposite side OF the river
The Firginan exchanged some anima'-
with him.
Thursday, June 2S.-Did no, strike
camp until 10 o'clock. When passing
through Socoro, the mule tha, Fernando
was riding threw him. {" He thought him
self killed. bu, after examining, we found
that he was not seriously hurt: settled with
him, gave him presen, Of FIVE dollars,
an6 left him in charge Of nurse. Con
,inued our course down the river, passing
through Lopez and San Antonio net
an old Mexican wool-deaer, who offered
me the best mule in bis cabaIlada.' and
an old carbne, made in lancaster, Pa,
| for my rifle. | needed the ule but, after
a second thought, concluded not to part
with my old friend. We tried TO exchange
our horses for mules a: San An,onu, bul
the "greaser" asked two prices for his
| animals, and We we're rather scarce Of
funds. We encamped on the river; had
good grass. lots of mosquIioes. and used up
Mexican >heep.iold for fuel. Cloudy
during the day, with slight sprinkle of
ram. which continued all night. DIs,ance,
- miles-lO6l.
Friday. June 29-Remained in camp
to-day. Engaged Sranard a, San An
tonic, to guide u, as far as The GiIa river.
for which We are to pay him 500 We
are anxious to be on The way. but "ur stock
ns eds recruiting and we are obliged to give
them time. This evening We were "drawn
on, in military ORDER" Tor the purpose OF
inspecting firearms. as we are soon 10 en-.
ter The country Of the Apache Indians, and
it is thought pruden, to be on the lonk-ou'.
We number 80 persons. and can fire ll3
rounds at one discharge, be>ides which,
we are pretty well armed with knives, &c.
We also passed resolutions, with regard To
he order # travelling. which will do, :. if
observed" Our stock numbers SIS heads.
which we purpose driving in three separate
gangs. but as compact as possible /; two men
are to ride some distance in advance OF the
company, as front guard.' and four be-
hind, rs u "rear guard,' the balance TO
lead and drive The mules. If any are
obliged TO stop, TO arrange packs. &c , the
rear guard is no, to pass them. but remain
until this is done. A night watch TO be
appointed by Inc Captain. whatever NUN.
Der may be required, TO be on duty two
h"urs each, also a person from each mess,
10 guard the stock, morning and evening,
while grazing. Our guide came on this
bu, rain prevented our starting
to-day.
Saturday. June 3O.-Rain during The
night, very disagreeablc; having no tent,
or any kind OF shelter. ii is with difficulty
we manage to keep our baggage and pro-
visions dry. Started a, 10 o'clock. and
Travelled un'il G, down the western side of
The river. There is nolhing but trail TO
follow. and it would be impossible for wag.
ons to ge. along here The bottom lind
along The river becomes narrower as we
travel down, and in many places, the bluffs
or table lands extend in 10 The bank Of the .
river. The country extending back, is very
broken, and ends in lofty chain Of noun,
iains the appearance is very barren. but
a short. dry grass grows here, which al
ford good pasture for sheep. The hills and
plains are covered with grea! variety OF
nezqui'e and other bushes. plants and
lowers, peculiar 10 the country, which are
apparently all OF a stunted growth. As
We proceed down the river, the growth Of
lotion wood on its banks becomes more
Extensive, by which We can see the course
# the river when grea, distance from it.
We encamped on the bank. where we had
,leu,y of grass, wood, and wafer. We are
,blised TO use the water Of the Rio G Grande,
which would be cxcelIent-if filtered the
:urren, carries a great quantity of sand
long with it. which makes the wafer dirty.
Distance, % mi!es-lOs9.
Sunday. July l.-SeveraI very heavy
howers last night; ourselves. blankets,
nd everything else. completely saturated.