New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-27

almost in ssTe. Ussaddh0g sur bprses aud re-
lsevng 'she mules rom their pscks, Ne sdSressod
osr.fve, to our frugal repsss, only approaching
)r1uvy 10 the seooU p>nimen. OF . bU,tie OF vine.
Bread End ,iscuit col meat and spr.aklipg of
o,.tse wss the ex.eOs OF our bill If fare but ,t
VS. esf.n with that gx.to Shi,h Dan oaly bs ia
doced BY a four boncs nsiDrerruptrd rice 10 the
stmo.prere Of q mountain range, sAy 1000 10
10 600 (. 1T above the Level 81 che see. oar morn
ing ride had ,fforded bu, tsice the right Of game
-tbIee white led mo INT ,D deer, and gsog OF
eisbt or en- ~iid turkeys; she frat we're beyond
rife Ie,cb before you could speak, sud toe letter
escaped, | sm torrv 10 say, gitb ODly tps broken
legs among them all, ius partly to over anxiety IN
secure brm, although eight or ten snots Wore sent
AFTER them.
Returning upon our trail for half q mile we di.
verge from II, toward the souto, upOn a. indian
trail and reached 10 sbDui ihree fOurths Of mile
~ shropt high cliff OF Rrsoit- peaks Dsmet By one
Of "ur party Bob Roy's Cl'f It's crest vas d.
vided iD'0 rounded piDnscles Of r,csy mas, snf
pre,ebtd the uo,t peculiar geological formation
we bs6 seen thus far
Winding thence eastward and soutlgard for
near .ghs mil through pretty csnoDs and down
steep bills always on toe IOd'an ira ana some
tim, crossing others We finally turned east into
psrrow rocky canon, in which fOSe ed . smsU
stresm of the most clear aud delightful Sater aud
n. narrow Aa's bordering which were covered
u
camp gTOuDo for the night, withlo mule or so Of
an Indian village Disnusting the trescherOus
and tbie,iDs character Of all Indians, we we're on
our guard by NO sligo or nOse 70 announce to then
our proximity Soon after shutdown our camp
beds were spread upon the ground, and 10 the
cOUr,e If half hour af.er yard the full moon rose
over The eastern Ou9tbins, distnc IL illumlu3t-
ing eve ~ part Of our camp ground. The nsignbor
iDg cliffs sgtfsced my attention by the effects OF
loh m D.
peared The bea6 Of dwsrf-bis eyebslls cArbun-
cled Ose and compressed lips prominently illumi-
pSted by the m"Onl gbs and pIesentlDg the appear
arce of r. sting bis huge besd upon his right arm
the features Of this monster We're plainly MARRIED
out. sud were Ss tppar' d. 20 my companion as to
MY elf IL was 30 suisiDg an example OF che
effect Of lgbt aud shsde that sketch-d 1t of for
future exb btion Addressing ourselves tO repOse,
our tluDbers were sODbd and comfortable till
sbOnt2 O'Clock in the night, when | awoke, and
rising up Ia look at tie condition Of our csmp ire
VAS struck by the dimDess of tn moonlight whi,h
10 the early evenlpg aud part of the night I'd been
80 brilliant Not, however, m'strusting tne cause,
/ Jay deWD aeaiD, almost lnvolon,zrlly casting my
eyer toward the moon, then past the zenith, when
its 6inOst total observation sopOu1c need an ecGpse.
The guard remarked that it had betn entirely OBJ
scure6 sJd was how passing OH. Having forgotten
tho eclipse announced for OCTOBER III our alma
macs. / was eUtirely uDprepsred Tor that phenom-
epon in the Mimbrs Mountains, and, under cir
cumstsDres 10 which could view it 80 we'll
viz: while lying in bed pun he'd my companion
So eDeTgeticoIIy that he sprsDg up unaer the i'm
preston that the Indians were upon u,, snd had
sbsclutely mode off wish my pony.
b. ing upon 90 Indian trail making 10 the east
ward it was our object - circle round as
again to strise into The transfers rood, and thus
reIuJD 10 toe river valley. an early start ,OOn
brought Us to tue vicinity of the IaOi,n camp,
oh lie frsiI base of
the sieIIa, to toe nor b, to Mule Spring canon and
the Coppermre road. We crossed that trail at
about Il rec or four miles, and thence continued
along the valley, prettly, even richly, skirted with
Osk, cotton. God, blsck-aalD and white asa
foliage, already 'iOgtd by trOsts At about six or
e. ht miles from our camp we crossed rocky |
ridge which, although il brought us into full view
of lhe grand panOrsWa Of mountains east of the Del
NOrte alley, satisfied me that oh rtest and best
course toward the river would be by following the
trail, let il lead where 1t would. Five mes thus
b. ought us to the Mesa trail at about twenty OF
TWENTY-FIVE miles rom the river leaving far to
Il Il II the rood bad Travelled four days before
To all Appearance we were only about hfteen |
miles fIom hon g. the smoke of our own chmneYs |
plaicIy yicible; but that Gays experience of the
character Of all distances In so clear
clinin'e vas sufficient If ne had ever bad sat
factory evidence Cf it before. We logged on tor
al hour stopped and lunched and then travelled un-
renit'ingy until p NJ. before we reached our
ireti0et- having been in the SADDLE eight and q
half hours and on the trail nine and half hours.
Thus e. DID our mouutain excur-ion and our re
turn seemed only an invitation to be pestered with
swarps Of muske toes and to suffer the almost
Summer heat of the sun
1t would bos be easy to describe the enjoyment
of ouch aunt, which. prepared as ~e we're was
without any embarrassment After the nrst day
our pack mules jOs 9ed on near our riding sEimals
need e hut i.Le urging, crossing ridges and hills
and gues, and affOidiog transportation for our
baggage, etc, without cO,tiDg us any care o.
anxiety there was no baking of teams, break
ing OF harness, begging Of sheels or delay in the
accent Of bills. berever we could 90 our packs
followed, Of'en getting in advance OF u.s. and At
camping time of the eve ming, were always at baud
with bedding, provisions, and mess utensils