The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-25

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Eues. see by report of Yesterdays proceed
iRgs va. you speak of digeings in mountain.
"naI 90 you mean by that = ''A-
| ans. lsald that near the villa re of a.r,;.;It
at the distance of mile or 1;, " - oinliias,
thought there was cave and that could Ian,
whether it was the work of art or nature Gsa;d
| 1t was in the neighborhood of monntainss ard 80
apparently four or five feet deep.
| Cues. Near Arroyo Seco there was a lime nil
About that did you see any hacie,das de bentic,o-
any houses for laborers! go
Ans.. No.
Cues. Any mill-races or mill dams'
cues. Amy places where steam. engines could be
constructed =. 5-+.rf 1l--
Ans. No. - 80 -s... -,
CUES. Did you see the remains of any large
works of masonry there?
dns No. Some ruins were pointed out to me
as the remains of very magnificent church. bat
! could see no signs Of great magnhcence about
CUES What is the general character of this dss-
trict
Ans. Limestone 10 the general character through
the whole district
Qus' Did you see any signs Of ores Of silver
theres
Qs<s Could yoo End any places where ores had
been smeitsd!
4fns. tone-
xs<'' foa know the stature Of tbs remsins--ths
scosia-whieh 70 thrown cat IL silver ussnes'
Ina do; have si~ays seen ths remains in sll
TIE minss which have Visited.
<"<s II 10 sosnesisng hike The scofia about iron
A.s someshsng similar
xs<s- foa cav noshing bike that therei
Ana. No, ssrl no appearance Of mining opera
siens Of any kind whatever.
Qsss. Did you zee the remains OF mnles and
ssmsn Of scisncs' shereS
aas. saw a good many csrcasses OF mules
there-thsy were ieft by the Mexicsns, suppose
and saw come oorpses, but can't say whether
they belonged % "men of sciencen or not.
The court then took recess. slsa...
Upon the reassembing of the court the same
witness was further Intercepted. rsHirs
Cross examination. map was shown the
witness. $3.50 .lstI
Quss. On that map you will find the boundary
oil LaguiniIas given. Do you mean to convey TO
the jury that Lagunillas is situated as il is laid
down there between those ranges of mountaiuss
Ans do not think that said LaguiniIIas wasa
in the valley? tlrt tsa L4 -. ms5
CUES. But are the general features OF the county
correctly observed in that map? .Eas3
Ans. The topography is very correct Of ,-5au
!, Cues Are there not in the mountains south of
the village of Laguinillas abrupt examinations of
the hills. with gorges between them? Feo
Ans. Yes, sir. $50 r a4aT t.1
Cues. Are they so set down on the map' .E IS
Ans. ! think the topography OF the country ia
pretty well set down on the map. i,.u $3.50 ~
CUES. Can you stand in Laguinillas and see
through these gorges the hills beyondf 4 s5t-a
Ans. You cannot see through them, but you
can see over them the tops of the higher hils,
which beyond ~ 3a sssl AZ e 45I4
Ques. There gorges then in these mountains
nearest LaguniiIas? 49, 81 80 ~
Ans. There are, but YOU cannot see through
them beyond the mountains; they are cut off by
abrupt hills. Laguinillas itself stands on hill "a
Cues. Is there not gorge in those hills through
which the road goes to La Comunidads ~ II
Ans. There is gorge, but ii is upon the noun
tam. The gorge does not go down to the bottom.
The witness was here closely Intercepted as
TO the positions of the several places laid down
the map, its correctness, distances from the seve-
raj places. and with respect to the varied topo-
graphy of the country described in his examina-
ton in chief. Ht 4s4t 3u~
CUES. What route did you go when you left
Laguinillas? r h34 - al
Ans. The route to Arroyo Seco; / cannot say,
westopped there when going there at that monu-
ment stone; were scattered sometimes; was
three miles distant from Captain Doubleday at
times; this stone is league from Arroyo Seco. /
do not know Captain Doubleday went to it; he told
me he did have a knowledge he went off the
route with servant to great distance As soon
as the commission left the municipality of Lagui-
nlllas, he parted company with US. left the COM
missioners at no very great distance from Penuan.
i went to the monu nent with the commission.
left Peniuan about IL O'Clock We went to the
monument between eight and nine O'Clock, then
went to Penijuan. was off shooting ducks, and
the commission got there before did. and the
commission started for Penijuan together. / think
it was about II O'Clock that got there-it was
before dinner, which thing we did not often
get in that county. We carried provisions
with US, but we did not unpack the mules; we
dlned at the encampment, which night;
that meal was breakfast, dinner, and supper
Sometimes we had little chocolate in the matter
w e LETT PenUuan together, and at Lagui-
nillas about an hour before the commission arrived
Captain Doubleday arrived the same evening The
members of the commission were pretty much to-
gether. have no knowledge how Captain Dou.
bleday got this point--at the southeast corner of
Laguinillas. 5a4
We stopped half an hour, or three quarters,
more or less, at Arroyo Seco. but had no watch,
and can't say precisely Wele Lasuiniias after
L het euf1
when we left there. From Laguinillas to Arroyo
Seco it is about five and half six leagues by the
road we took the road ia not very straight and is
overa very rugged, billy country. 1t took us four
to i've hours to ride it. 1t was very rugged
country; we passed over hills. We passed over
the dry beds of some streams, and or two run
ming streams. Our next stopping place was at a
plantation where there was q small sugar mill:
we encamped there that night; the next day we
were at Laporelia, (sounderstood.) which waa the
worst road / ever we then pushed on to-
wards Queretaro When we got to the rancho of
Esperanza, we were within about eight leagues to
Queretaro, and the same distance to San Juan del
Rio. We concluded that if we went on to Quere-
taro could not all get seats in the diligence and
we then pushed on directly to San Juan. One OF
the party who went to Queretaro could not get a
seat in the diligence. s
We went from there to the city of Mexico; we
did not go in the diligence but rode on horseback
Ques. On that route did you meet a broad road
leading from Queretaroto Tampicof $500 ,..tst
Ans, know nothing of such road. a'A - s'sA
for wagons or heei-carriages leading from Que
retaro to Tampico! 80
Ans. did not. No road there that saw was
practicable for carriages, or for wagons, leading
through to Laguinilas. -
Ques. Were you ever in Taucanhuitz? ,..es
Aas. never was i never heard of IT,
Cues. What county, in the State of San Luis Pc
tosi, lies west of LaguiniIIas?
], Ans. Rio Verde. never have. visited any Of 4.
the monumental stones of Taucanhutz,
Ques. What county, do not mean district were
you in when you ere travelling east of Lagui.
nilas: -
.Ans I was in the department of Rio Verde
knew the country east and about Laguinilas bv
no other name than Rio Verde 1t was Rio Verde
On the NORTH on the west and east OF LaguiniIlas.
Laguin1as is bounded on the north, east, and wet
BY Rio Verde, and on the south by Queretaro. Il
know it. because saw the boundary monumental
it off as part of Rio Verde I !
never saw any village Of the name of Taucanhuitz,
nor did know of any district, or municipality.o of
that name There was no access into Lag uinilias,
from the east southeast, practicable for gone
or for mules heavily loaded, that ] could find.
Near Pehijuan was little branch Of stream =
before, running into LaguiniIlas; Ii
run to the north from the south. Ii was near Peni-
ina that "a this branch had soroe ~