New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-10
Mexican boundary Commission.
AyUsfl"NnrhAe OF The Providence Journal
rINos VILLAGES rnurstay, July {, l5j

rINos VILLAGES rnurstay, ydy Z, 1854
CROssING THE soLoRADo
| wrote yOu last from the western bank
ofthe Colorado Wa cro,sed tnai river without acct
deLt thoush TIE boat which fefred the pr'visons of
the escort swamp-d snd barrels OF pork aud o5aos
went gliding iossrd the Cult of Csorns At the rate OF
ten lie, al hour An escort OF twea 1ve men, uofer
Lieut. Ps.e wss fur hshs Us from Camp Yuma by Nj.
HeibIzelmsD 10 accompany u. 'ro n Ihe Colorado %
this plIce The party under Lieut. WniOpe having
about eighty allies 10 survey TO complete tho wo'k On
ibe Giis portion Of the escort wss lon ~ih them, and
all not CO cted with that party pushed this
psce Il await their arrival IDe excessive heat OF he
GAYS compelled US q maze tne greater pan Of our
m nch By night usually startling hour before
sunset snd travelling until mldnsht spread
our SADDLE blankets and slept until daylight, when
we moved 10 In5 nearest Sster aud
gras The gTs" aOus the Ola 10 lar from
sbubosnt and when found 10 generally OF nis.
rior kind. Our chiot reliance Is mezquiI beans,
which abundant and ia full psriecti1n. When
partly Tiyened the pods are hllei with ri N s~ess
pulp. which Ia the fully pr becomes very saccharne,
mesy substance, which tGe mules ear vito agidiIy and
upon which tn seem 30 thrive. Toe puJ Of the
scarcely ripe pods 1. dnsy pleasant often having
adm fixture Of aci1y md truly flavor and
II 10 quite relief u the monotoDy OF Tony march 10
select these and munch them ~ We ride along
We ebcsmped, sitsr c. ossidg tho jorHada called
TsOlGi At the SdHsfas where had toe razing for
animals, though tho water br4ckish ADD scarce.
Though were At least nVe miles from ,ho 10 vest
barieOpa YilIs.e thrOo sed With Inoiaus
every Gay TIE women, notwithstanding the distance,
bfiDsIg large baskets 81 pnOlr, and other aft
crs which they Invariably carry upon their heads, sDd
often with Ihs sddiGiOI nj weight IT chi a, tn-e
backs Their pinOle Ia generally msts from c1rn,
mixed with pour ded Zqut beans ~ Eretso u TIE
Rio Salinas, Or Salt River uJltes with the Gls about
20 miles below the Saline tas party Of us made \
ezcur'on over 10 II, As well 10 afford Lieut. Paige an
oppoTtubiy TO judge 81 the capabilities Of ths valley
TOR supporting military post being tne Intention %
establish 10 this region GRAVITY our curiosity
with regard 10 some ruius Of excessive buildings,
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ter ride OF % mites brought the banks u the
Salinas. abb u ~ miles shove confluence with the
Cha We found rapid ctr esm, the stsrs Perfectly
clear, and abouIdiD, 10 hsh Several old U4ppers
with whom ! have converted upon tai. region, nave
soben Of this as the main river and that portion Of
Gil above the junction a. only tributary Toe fact
thai ibis dry there IL aound nee Of ~si.r
In the Sslinss while the Ga, above the junction OF ths
two, Is almost entirely dry, seems support shis vi
Of The relative importance Of these rivers. We tray
tsd w the Salinas % miles 40 tis poi at
vh@Ts We frat struck H. the valley gradually widening
aDc disb ins broad tract susceptible Cf cul,adoa
and Wooced mJTe sbuLdsEtly than the valley Of tho
Gila with mezqu!. ard couon wood.
ANCIENT RUINS.
We had two Indians xtn - guides 10 the ruins !;
but a. BeIbsr Of them had been tasrs before
they we're NOT Of essential service Alter travelling
Uch further than ths point at which tney told
should ind them, We Al length struck scqgLa r.
ngstips canal, and, following the VI tnis
cane out upon low tsblelano, ~here W. found tie
expecte ind the buildings Ia ersbe pres-rya At No.
but those Waited reduced . almost shape ess
noSIds Of earth, formed By she falling of the adobe
walls. On one Eas frs gnent Of wall still Remaining
and the outlines Oi large outer ~.li tncloslog tbs
buidirE could be traced The ground for al exent Of
several miles IL suewn with broken pJuery metal O.
grin ling s,obes) and peles aud fragments Of .oe
shells ale occssi D-lly found. Similar ruins are said
10 be frequent further up The river and also upon tas
Sen FTsncsco, which untes with the Salinas
There IL no doubt that these valleys filed
WIN deuse population far enough advanced la civil
hsron 10 build houses Of several nores In hisht, sar
Iounceo win regular ourworks and - rhsats their
aI % BY canals exteuciDs miles 10 leDgtn oat they
SCI ~ 10 have eft 70 trace Tradition bv which We esn
tel Sho they were, or What th'is fate The oa'y
answer The neist boring indiana give 70 these qlss
hons 10 the everready QUEEN s.os" Tn-ss ana ,hs
ruins found upon the ella above ths Pin1s villages
bBowp among the Indians houses NJ tne &Ontsz
an idea which they PROBABLY derived from ths xt
cans rather than from any tradition Of in-ir own
sskrd cur guide who Aon,ezuma vas. He ans vsred,
"Eobody kpovs wb Ia thu evil be Ia" Wa retu, med
upon iTsil which led n rhs upper villages Our
spyroscb, s'pr sunrise, caused .eguar stampede
among thsm While ue we're long distance of We
could hear the Inhabitants shouting. and 40 We drew
nearer they came OUT b. meet armed ~iih we and
arrows They had mistaken Us for Apaches and all
the warriors were under arms once IL was amusng
to see Two or three come salopIng down toward Us,