Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1860-07-03

South branch Of the Dolores and cached some
provisions. Went nine miles further up and
encOmpel. Country rough and no roads
MaY a2nd Travelled three miles TO the
first crossing aud had to swim the river on
horses Weather cold and cloudy Found
beaver
MAY 3rd---1rateled 10 sup, crossing
theIiYer three times. Found gold and sea-
shells. Snow all around us. n
MAY 24th. Showed in the morning but
cleared OF about y o'clock. Travelled six
miles up crossing the river twice and killed
deer and beaver Very cold. N
NAY 25th.--Moved camp three miles up
for grass. Pleuty Of beaver All went hun
ting some gold, some game. Saw much
smoke south in the Terra la Plata. Album.
dance Of SNOW. twol@ d
May 26th-Began our return by the same
river ond travelled IS niles Weather cold.
MAY 9th. = Travelled l6 miles to our
cache which was found to have been undiS-
turbed Proceeded 6 miles to the forks and
cncamped. Showed all night and until II
o'clock next day. Six miles from camping
place met Tamoucho looking for u.s. who in
formed us that The other party, under Capt
Andres, that had gone up the north fork had
r turned to the mouth where it was awaiting
us. The party had not been successful.
May 2Stb. AT 10 o'clock all moved camp
together again and Travelled down east side
of Dolores 6 miles. no road. Bad grass.
MAJ 29tA,- Travelled Il miles down to
the mouth of the Nutria del Dolores, crossing
the river twice. Good road. Fine widt
bottom lands,
Z MAs 9atA Tfoseo N rifles y tfo crcss
I & on Lhc gsIs Lake and California trail.
Excellent canglg Remaised here 10 lag'
waiting eny ,.Ic i,xpressmen whom ae had
sent to lOok forthe troops. The Pah Qtah'
visited U.s. Trnl item We learned, that they
were coptontedWith the whites anti Scr(
| fighting tie Nailioes. We examined man
old villages and discovered cnTiositissP Thert
were remains olhouscs built of stone and Y
the shape Of asgts, The walls had arof
them sea shells Of very large Dimensions
which indicated shat they had been erected
centuries Ego, One Of the peity suggested
that they mightbOast an age prior to thai o
Noah's flood, b4t all dix not agree on thu
point. Had consultation with the chief
Neuas and CabcsaBlaneO, lheirpeopic cui-
tiyate nothing, depending entirely npon ta'
, chase and grass seeds for subsistence
9 On thel2th June the expresses eame j
reporting that the troops were not to be see
: on this side Of Grand River. Provisions b'
iur nearly exhausted concluded to contlnu
t our journey. Raised camp and tfaVeied s.
Q miles.
J,,vr1Ith - Travelled Il miles to I'll
i, Manguos where We wore compelled to reat
q consequence lflhe sickness Of one OF u
If men.
: JrsE l5ta.-i ',aycled 80 miles to The !
le los Animos andsncamped. RivcrVe hlg
,e Neuas accompanied us this fer. Here '
ye, killed beageragsil. eaaIoq ar
JrSE 10Th. fossed the river With mu
lc daiculty nearly bsing two men and . hofS
TX Lost tgo valuable guns and some other or
to ces. After having crossed, Travelled elg
bo miles to the Flordo crossed that stream a
took the spanish Trail and went ten miles
nd the Rio los Pac. and nooned, At 81 r
S., started again travelled eighteean. an.Ip miles q
,es encqmped at eleven o'clock nta at night On on
on Piedra. asl.4 gol.
lin 'lIs'sp sn 0b' tsn "''l1 mile. 8 Z, Z
aich was rather high,;c
,uble but no & loss. a NOo0 %
At4P, M, started up
clcd sixteen miles and
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