, 1875-01-12

chain Of 1pnn,sjns an empty into TIN Coloralo, ha,
nsrr.r valley IT v.s,ng breadth ir9m few yards
Ali .he*s streams Qrsduay absorbed in tho ssnls
t,c,n add hnt flttl1 xatsr to Tho Colorado. doing
westward, We erosa tbta atrran twhich 1nft ha.
.ff"r H. s~ s'f III ssseas to erre s sss ba3 Il
ornevcn In California;, vher, for hnnIr-d miles. or
until .e fsoss tue range Of mo,ntaiua saut ~ miles
t4t eAst Of lie Colorado The laAL ~ nllee of th!s
rote srs modrrAsely eood, but very uncertain "A agr
ARa.n takinR eomtne aoue he general iirect,on Of
s psrals which nearly 1,tsta The Indian
Isrtor Yer Msa,e0 !, sna Azons I'D I'd Sr4ses .hs
half of the inan Territory, that porttnu Ut thu
nnri'llsn running throuRh For Ar'nrkle* n he vnll
rauaes q Inn. about oile-half Of tLe land Il
s s .rs Il 9Ts.s s sany e hs rye Te,
there srs Atap* o1 scansy roj1, 1.h. rain
ta nd, .iter ,r'yrlnx q me. ths lid su,cepslls
ttreau,a uons nt farther. there ii It,s and Iers
good s,, until u .t.prears altogether on reaching
part of the Territory .ht. arlaty is sooncr reached
than IN the sonh"in part. where thrre arp verI
@ r. ak4 Of ores IT,; h. 6sfts b
1niau Territory Is too dry and barren 10 t and
ttnu.s so Ms foe ~ frw gs1ee1 hons 'n.il we reach
carried ah1 kept fur several ,ears. the water
poses hut although lie Indians very ,plssrioun,
and arc rrfgafnF farmers II ho1nc, they f4icd here,
on .ecount @ o1 the atfoney slk.llls waller Of ths
there Ia good deal Of very Gnu and pcturt4Tue
!ry. Tie Rio Gsandc runs through tlis Territory
haa. for its whole length. valley varying III width
from sow yards 10 miles, and wlcre thc1s
Raton, ADD here aud there are sos MEXICAN town..
The western part VI the Territory colnprscs tho Land
1spsd r ne S:7ao md zn, aa.
sGe'G seilo saeee:s,y see III '''R sno
The anA Of any vane whatever In tta entire Terri
tory are very limited, the estimate Of the Surveyor
General {see his Heporta Of 1a7, 1a5s and lsp being
10 IL th ~oe rosSs arc e.a.e I % .ysn ts
atyie Of agriculture Going west, tglt very
broken, and mountainous country. covesfd with
flo land that be titled; ami in Ar1xona instead of
any improvement. the mountains become higher, With
higher taDic-andE, between tnofe A Hure broken
unc- Of great depth, and much country covr- with
volcanic tepositA and OF entire seriltty. let there
are many large Areas in Artzona covered With
hansone parks Ths mountains Ia lhe4e srctluns ara
covered witt pine, The plateaaa With uni}er .hs bor
ders Of the srsa,1B with cottonwood, aud thc valleys
with greasc-hush and sage: Hut 20 very derulato Ii
large portion Of this Territory. that 1t Ia destitute Of
game. The mountains ess Ewgae, We ~ bouth
Prescott, American settlement The rentre Of
tho Territory, III situated Ia region where fru its
position In the mountains, tbe natural ranati permits
agriculture but dependence Ia placed urrn irrI-
CATION. The aia, use Colorado near Fort MAhoue,
I and soro smaller streams, have valleys that eau
be irrigated, sud cultivated n sof,e few spots
there belng a. many as oD1 actts In boly devoted
10 the rnisug Of aud barley hut y the liberal
calculations Of the surTeyoE.aeGral and ofrs tlers
my possibility he cultiyatc1l. Westward, through
California, 10 tue Pacific, the mc*nsiun become more
! rugged. preclritous. and barren. Lieut.. wheeler,
port .The greater portion Of tho area nxgmiupd in
Boutheru California Of the most barren and deso-
late nature the bare md lsuwu rock4 seldom be31p
relieved by any sort uf vegetation" There il, how
along the entire coast land that be cul-
/ uyated,