Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-10-08

INTERFERING LnrTH1 T1oN ONE OF THE fA1TY-
EXPLORATIONS IN CoLoRADo-THE WILD REGIONS
AND THE RUINED STRUCTURES OF EXTINCT PEo-

EXPLORATIONS IN coLoRADo-THE WILD REGIONS
AND THE RUINED STRUCTURES OF EXTINCT Pro-
pLEs.
Letters received from VIM. H. Jackson, the
,ell known photographer aud adventurous OK
lorer, who has for many years taken promi-
ent part In the Hayden explorations, represent |
low on his way from Denver to this city, where
lis wife is at present visiting her relatives. His
,t.y lsre will probably be very short, as he will
" soon " possible return to the headquarters Of
The Expedition in Washington. Mr.. Jacksons
last letter Of September 18th was dated from
Bakers Park, in lower Colorado rendezvous TO
which he had just returned from an arduons ex-
petition of sixteen days aside from the route of
the main body, during which he had penetrated
some distance into New Mexico and the north.
western part Of Utah, travelling early and late
and constantly, and 10 passing over great
deal Of wild and
ALMOST ENTIRELY UNEMPLOYED REGION.
Various detachments under the command OF
competent leaders are thus sent ont to explore
right and left OF the main track Of the eXpedi-
ton, covering wide sweep OF country and con-
verging again ut . general rendezvous. Mr.
Park, peculiarly beautiful and fertile tract of
Southwestern Colorado Of which he says;
'This lovely little valley is nov in dispute be-
tween the Indians and the Whites. and as We
went in we met y number of settlers coming out
who said they had been ordered OF by the In
dians, who threatened to hang all that remained.
A few days before they had burned couple OF
ranches with all their crops and said they were
going to do 80 with ALL These settlers were
congregated together in the upper end Of the
valley, and down below we
FOUND 1T ALL DESERTED.
Fine crops had been put in AMI were Just matrr-
ing with no hands to gather them. Seeing il was
such pity they should go to waste we Just
picked to suit ourselves, gathering nice green
corn, cucumbers. cabbages, in fact all the small
vegetables, and any quantity Of good watermel-
ons. We had high feast at camp that night v
Leaving Animas without any OF those little
episodes with the Indians of which less seasoned
travellers would have found the apprehension a
serious drawback to the pleasures Of this happy
valley, the little party passed on to the La Plata
river and mountains, where they halted in min
ing camp Of fifteen or twenty Californians ''goot
fellows ALL MS the writer emphRticaly calls them
where Mr.. Jackson remained two days busil,
photographing the surrounding scenery. I'll,
main object which he had in view in this expe
dition was the discovery of tho
RUINS WHICH were SAID TO EXIST
in that region, relics of the aacient and now OK
tinct Aztec race Inpursuit OF this object he push
cd on further south, accompanied by the captain
OF the mining party who was well acquainted witt
the whole region and the language Of tho IndiaI
tribes thereabouts and another volunteer, VIII,
increased the number Of the band to six. Befor
leaving the territory. however, they politely join
cd the cSlp in a little job of voting which i
thus desl bed
"The day we started was election day all owe
the Territory for Delegate to Congress. We wer
in new county which had just been formed
lilo arande county, and these miners foime,
themselves into a. precinct and opened polls
and our pIrty voted with the rest. The baIlo
box was an old yeast powder can with hol
punched III the lid and each man wrote hi
| choice on a bit of paper and slipped IL in. Whel
the entire community had voted, Twenty-Five
in all, man mounted a horse and
RODE To DEL NoRTE.
hundred and seventy-iive miles, to have it of
| cially counted
After this characteristic instance of the votn
| proclivities OF the true American citizen. til
| explorers pursued their way southwark ulon
the river Mauco, and it was on the banks @
that stream that they found tho first of tile in
teresting ruins Of which they were in search
Mr.. Jackson says:
"rhey were perched so high, and so similar il
appearance to the cliffs OH which they wer
built, that it was difficult to discern them br
there they were, nicely built and compact
hewn stone houses, built away up in the cliffs q
the canon 800 feet above the base, reminding II
| more than anything else of swallows nest
nichei in the crannies and crevices OF prec
pice. But these houses were once the abode O
q people well advanced in civilization, built a
they arc on lodges Of cliffs which require
| stout and steady head to stand upon when one
scaled. 10 reach them, carrying our instrll
ments, we had to use long ropes, the most agl
climbing up first and then pulling up the 9th
ers."
He does not give any extended description o
THESE INTERESTING RUISs,
| referring to the pictures taken of them by til
| aid OF his faithful camera as better than all dc
tails in words. These will be printed in sterec
ccopic views and large photographs from MI
| Jacksons negatives in the course of the comm
winter, and can be procured by the general pub
\ lie from Aiossrs. Anthony X Co, New York. 1t
Tor their preparation that the artist returns cal
lier than the rest of the survey, which will re
main aiield for at least month longer.
Mr.. Jackson has, however in this last expedi
ton accomplished
MORE EXTENDED SURVEY
than in the much longer campaign of last veal
In the sixteen days of this last 'sside trip h
marched over $50 miles, obtaining forty negative
OF some of the most interesting scenes on on
| continent. The last days journey before reach
| ing Bakers Park was forced march from daw
to dark without u mouthful Of food. Interostin
| as the, explorations are, 1t is certain that the
lead over anything but beds of roses