The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-11-05
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/ Lieut. Dea'o in passing over the table lane
between the Colorado and the ella, d,,covcte,
81 number OF ruins Of human hiht,tiou~ 49, som,
ut hem were very extensive ard of stone, an,
showed TIA. - numerous asi Industrious pnpulI
uun once existed where all - now bMiCn \
number of remains of crocLcry aad domcstu
utensils were found 1t Is supposed that the iGn
arc 81 Aztec origin
[ The Yuma aud Cocopt indians are at war
. They haja battle about 1T OF the month; the
Tumas were Nic,urs.
. Tn. 'o'iawing !, Gom the jolynai OF Mr.. T. y
Aubrey, who is famous throughout the west as
on or,c bodies, IN ! most successful ajven:ns, 1
that has ever traver,el the western country.
Ne' now gu, with party examining the cen''a,
rontc (between the south pas, ami Fl laso) fnF
the Pacific railroad. His whole journal from the
llih Of J1ly TO the 18Th o. September : pCblI
.heii the Santa Fe Gs:sa,, and abouuis with
highly interesting i,ens ". extract tie follow
ins
Ga The 22l july We ctmc to the G;ea; Co'ors
10 We followed The river up iar five miles and
wide - or % feet deep. WcsucceeIei in III
ding little drift wood, Of which be made 'ait
Four men took charge Of Il, and it was carried
some three miles with the ctrr Mt before /; could
be landed. The heights were covered with lndI-
ans, in readiness to shoot " down, ! started
down with fur men TO follow the rat and pro
tect the men who were upon it, having ordered
the camp TO move down in haste. Having uu'oa
lel the raft upon tie Css'eTu tark, the, men
recros.cd the river, and We selected a camp OF.
po.,re the place where the baggage was dePn,l
ted, ard during the nigh, kept up constant fire
with our rifles acros. the riser AMI 10 this m n
ncr protected i, from he Indians.
The animal, we're taken to the first crossing |
had selected, to swim the river. | look them up
I wish ,hrce mcn on the west hauS and {. ur men
received them on the opposite SIDE. This detail
ned " hall a day, and ait get Their we wt1e leIaI
ned ii', DAYS IN crossing the riNer.
The dun wood ul wLI,h We constructed Crr lIt
tie raft sVPrated Ia have teen cut by beavers.
! These ANIMALS must he exceedingly abundant ~
they DESTROY ed during the mr., night tie rupg-
with winch nur raj, wa. tnIud together. AMI car
re III the timUer The h,>. Ut The rope, was a
.rra. Inconvenience 70 u, Wr>-R guard after
warts a. night over our second rit, to protect %
/ from a similar fate.
; The river shovel signs IT having been some IS
feet hghrr than when We crossed & |, here b.,
Eflni and magnificent >nretm. SNIt, like The Nj
s,,,ippi, a1I apparently as well adapted To nLy.
CATION.
The rlIre ufopr crossing j. well suited to hrI
gny. ur ferrIge, b, steam or otherwise.
{ .tI d
only , r,w antelope AMI black tailed deer. En-
uf fhrryrr We encountered nUn.t,r ct rut''e-
,u-ses Of uucnnmauly large .,E.. Ihcy seem 'r
be- q new species, as their tails are covered, tor
some * inches from the point, wilh alternate
white aud hiIrk r,rss Of hair OF br!,,lrs about a
quarter OF an inch hrng.
According ~ NV observations OF the Colorado
of the West r. ,e' d'Nn np"n the maps greatly
too lar IN the east. perhir, ns mUrh e, $50 mi.r-
The lndlsns were constant M -I5At aud wtt
ching our mnvsments They could not Ire Iu,!I
crd Ia approach us bu, ASSURED u, across the RI.
yer. that ih,~ wrre NuEaTes
( On one occasion whilst At rest far few mi
ngtr- IN a dreu gully, about mile from the eros
sing on the west side Of the river. Mexican
mule hoy Uncovered something glI-teu'ng upon
the ground. which on examination proved to he
/ gold We 4, once comm.ared washing sand IN
our H'u w p1i lltl'N
! 81 gold. 1hisgold was discovered IN dark
Coarse sand AMI a black heavy sand was tound III
the cup after Washing svay the gravel The san
DIV soil was so compact that We could rot Dig 1t W
with our iiu.ers. The Indian being on the
heights near ", and our being separated by the
I river, the danger was so grea; that We could not
remain longer a. this spot. intended to return
again, but the Isdians became so numerous that
It was impossible to DO 40. Tbs gully ia on the
right bank Of tie river, and the head Of il IS ~
very rough ardruyged mountain.
1 July 81. We washed sand on the cast side Of
the river. and found gold in greater abundance
than on any Iseviuus cDsinn myself washed
a tin cup foil OF yellow clay, and found about 26
cents worth OF the pure metal. a Mexican boy,
on washing frying panfll Of coarse sand foun.
/ from 40 to so PARTICLES OF pure gold, some OF
which were as large as the head Of a pin. We
brok the clay and sand from the top Of the ground
without digging. The appearance ofthe country
alss Indicate. 9"ll. made no further ,xamina
tion, as our animals had sutssted far five days
upon the ehImero without blade Of grass, and
our provisions had beer damaged in the Colnra
do which mast cause us to travel several DAYS
without any thing to eat.