New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-11

WrEeIs NIDuIufTqGf,
puricse. We gave Monday description Of the ds-sn
between he Ssre Nevada and the Colorado, over which
the Ert part oh journey lay On this part BIS route asef
ind grass we're extremely scarce BY dni OF hard travelling
however &c always managed 10 GEd stray patch her
bsge for comp Even the Nohase these pat hes we're
few and Ear between Like seed thrown bad ground.
tie river through the plain drawing from ~
barren soil spIg Of vegetation. Capt Walker Travelled
down the Mohave for about hundred miles, until lie
course inclined The south here lac turned or and Ter
:te river 10 his right. From this pointto the Colorado
WAS st more difficult 20 obtain 8ass aud water, and biz
pnr;y suffered much In consequence he reached the Colo
RADIO considerably out There Is beautiful valley
extending or both sides Of the river from the ali Of Cal
fcrnia about 80 miles mp lis width from mountain 70
mountain varies from twenty hyo % forty miles. and IN
n,sy he found some most beautiful .nds Al one point 90
Ills side tho mountains close up and project inio ne
river then afer mile or two they recede anu qfey
valley opens known a. the Mohsye Valley Here are ne
villages OF the Mohayes, who cultivate the groani Snd
raise corn nees melons pumpkins, etc Capt Walker "a"
smonc them the largest pumpkins he had ever met VIII
The Cuchsnos side in another part OF tn. valley o. we
Colorado on both sides OF the river They farm IKE the
Mohaves and speak the same language IN oct the coeo
pas Maricopas Cucbanos and aohave were originally the
same people Their langGsge r the ,a%s snOdgo
fiy mile: above the Gulf this valley closes fign noun
ains come down 20 the river on tn vest sd 10" Nus %
the cast forming small canon fifteen or twenty mes
length through which the waters ow. Fromthe end
Of thscanon tho on the east oanH a. Ia
up the mouth ofhe Yrgen below which he
abrupt 10 permi. fording. The Colorado IL navtgaDe-G
10 point from Fort Yuma 70 tho mouth OF the Nr2en
the loss than ten feet deep tho shao"os' part "
the river is at is mouth whereof spTeais on. oYer ss
where the stream is bemmed in by the mountains wniee
approach very close the current very sw oa there
is not rapid in Ii 20 prevent steamers from ascending %
Ear as the Vrgen About thirty miles shove the mouth on
this stream commences the Big Canon one OF the NOS
extraordinary natural features on the continent. y
miles Its sides LOFTY bluffs almos. perpendicular
suggesting the idea that the river has ceit pam
mn against these walls, leaving not foot OF slope
between. 1t is impossible therefore to travel up
its bed foot Capt, Walker has struck THIS ce,o
az several places miles apart and always iOani
presenting the appearance. lie has never Travelled
along lis entire length, however. The Moquis informed
him that the opened al somo points, leaving most
but hundreds Of feet below the topso tho canon some
of these valleys formed perfect amphheater surrounded
6y natural walls o. grf ,b Central Route will be- 10
crossing the Colorado. This, Capt. Walker thinks may
be done about the mouth OF tho tirgen AT that pom,
the mountains this side OF the Colorado ran out and
the plain comes in from the east almost up TO tue
river. On the other side Of the Colorado. however,
the mountains still continue HIGH but are hateneI
into table land The difficulty in getting from the ieyei
Of plain this side to that Of the table land on the
other At one point near ne Nirgrn there = graian S
permit tho passage the railroad After the road has once
reached the summit level Of the plateau the east BANK
of the Colorado the country emineny favorable for ne
construction The ascent scarcely perceyabic AMI not
of grading would be for hundreds OF miles
Capt Walker however thinks the road might pas the
Big Canon higher up by means OF pndge. me
cliffs would form natural aDutments From this post
the road could follow an almost direct route 10 the
Rio Grande, without mountain or hi 70 oo.,raeI "
There is Pass in the Rocky Mountains on this side
of the Rio GRANGE, almost opposite Albuquerque,
along which the ascent is scarcely percepuble
through this the road could right up to the bsnxs OF
the river The country between tho Colorado and Mo
Grande IL high plain level with the top Of the Big
Canon. Iii almost desert, with little timber grass and
water very scarce Capt. Walker was obliged 20 swim
his animals over the Colorado the place whore he cross
ed the stream narrow and rapid and Us bed very
rocky From the mouth Of the river he struck across me
l... fhA DtA 1ran N
Journey he followed the Of the Little Red River or
Rio Colorado Chquito which heads 10 the Rocky Noun
tans that skirt the west bank Of the Rio Grande rups
nearly west through deep canon IN the taole iann ao
empties into the Colorado. On his route, he met wib
entire mountain of salt not sloping but faced with
abrupt cliffs There is magnificent waterfall on inc ih
IL Rd-he stream lust above IL about hundred yards
wide and nearly level with the plateau at this poi mt
the suddenly commences and the collected waters
of the river leap tho pecpice with ta oil TWO nun
dred feet-he canon is almost filled with the spray upon
which may be myriad OF ranbows when the snnn
shining Capt Welker crossed the bittle hed ap4utsisy
miles south Of the Moqus villages and continued his
ney without further adventure through the Pass In the
Rocky Mountains He struck the Rio Grande as he had
intended at Albuquerque From close oeserya,on o. 'ne
country he is clearly Of opinion that the Central Route
tho most practicable the mos. direct for the con
sruction Of the great Pacific Railroad.
Since Cs WsAes memorable R0srC rhp p s ri. city il
the latter part Of June last The last mail from the east
brought brief telegraphic dispatch from the west
stating that he had reached Santa Fe the l+ Sept,
after perilous trip across tho continent he crossed
the Sierra Nevada the TETON Pass the 9h July and
struck due east across the desert for the Colorado AL
the crossing of this river, and in many other places
be found gold Silver and copper wa met win
He encountered numerous hostile Indians, who fought
his party for thirty days wounding nearly all OF them
Aubrey himself reported TO have received eight wounds
The fighting chiefly with tribe called the Gsroes
1t is further said though greatly inclined to con
slider II fable that they met tribe OF Indians Two nun
bred miles west Of the Zudi villages the center ofhe
plateau between the Colorado and the Rio Grande who
used gold bullets for their guns thus implying the exist
sha
country Aubrey struck the Rio Gande at Lberats ans
confirms the report Of Walker that the route presents no
obstacles to the construction either OF raiiroad
wagon road We may expect full report OF MS snveb
ture by the next nail.