Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-10

still cloudy and promising more rain during the night.
our eyes are now turned constantly to the opposite side
ol lhe valley down which the road winds by which we
expect our companions from Taos.
These days have been the most weary and anxious Of
my whole life. Sometimes am almost crazy with think
ing constantly on one subject and the probable disas-
California.
Stone walls do not prison make
Nor iron bars a cage;
The heart that is content will take
These for hermitage"
God knows have done all for the best and with the
best intentions great many Indians into the val
ley this evening Ten lodges in ALL which, with the IF
teen already here and more on the road make up pret
ty large band Killed an antelope Last two nights have
slept in wet blankets and expect the onigh Last
night il rained all night. The Spanish boy has been
quite i'll for two days past
July l4.This morning explored tho mountain lying
to the north OF camp forming picturesque portion
OF our front view. After ascending the mountain and
reaching the summit, found it vast plateau Of rolling
prairie land, covered with the most beautiful grass and
heavily tmbered. At places the growth Of timber
would be dense to render riding through it mpos-
sibe without great difficulty, while at others it would
break into beautiful open gades leaving hundred
or more Of open prairie with groups Of look
ing precisely if wealthy planter had amused him
self by planting them expressly to beauy his grounds
Springs were abundant and small streams intersected
the whole plateau In fact it was immense natural
park already stocked with deer and elk and only requr
ing fence to make it estate for king. Directly op
poste to the SOUTH is another mountain every respect
lies between them In the evening took long ride
the trail TO meet long-expected companions / did
not meet them and returned disappointed worried, and
more anxious than ever.
July l5-This has been great day for Indian
neighbors. Two different bands of the tribe have
met and great contest is going to prove which has
the best horses. They have been at it since the
ing, and many buckskin has changed hands. The
horses are all handsome, and remarkably well. We
have had more than fifty surfeit of them if such
thing as a surfeit of horse-racing is possible.
July l6-Here at last This morning saddled my
mule to go and hunt up expected companions had
not gone far before met about fifty Indians from whom
could learn nothing of them, and beginning to de-
spair when met loose mule, and, knew it not
one of the Indians concluded it must belong of
our companions. Going a mile two further met
Fipe who told me that Heap and the others just
behind. Immediately returned to camp to get dinner
ready for them, SO that might go this evening to
the UN-coM PAaRE Here terminates the unpleasant
sixteen days of my fe but for this beautiful country to
look at and explore think should have gone crazy The
time seemed endless to me- but jealous comrades had
not unnecessarily heightened it, for they had averaged
90 miles day during the double journey, (going and
coming and that through the whole of mountains
which lie between the Upper Del Norte and the Grand
River Fork of the Great Colorado Red River) of the
Gulf of California.
Here ends Mr.. BEALE's separate journal.