The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-14
WIZ ing Letter.

~ the country anu iu"''"
henIn vou can dish up TO suit your Ie"u p,
When ,ns, reached this point from hal-
o''v ,,i,ning camp near the Arizoha iinc'
SION, 80 been ON The military telegraph ,e'
We ','od in the immediate vicinity OF Ine
pal's,c "I WARN SpIiDgs) Indians, oiu
90 -, commanding, and good ono, 700.
Nic'oI.' s .y,nrv as von are aware, is gar
tbs nxclnsiyely b. negro cavalry (the
Iisone" onc regiment Of infantry Ohe FL,
Nlblnt 'h,,e< These men are scattered
te n'"j, ~ territory Of Santa Fe. For's
over S,.n,on. Wmgatc. ana Bliss, Texas.
b'y - Old Victoria broke from the
LaN' ~ or rather left IL. because Lieu
I'seI, ~" ,,lr,,ll recently committed suicide
tepSn. ~ Tnl while drunk fred among his
ID '""'S ro,,en while they were dancing.
men Az" nd 20 fight Licuteuant Merrill
GA pc, =. bicb was declined, OF course.
,iNVu,', t!,,i;en,e i. one % the most bcauu-
az 80 ino,oiDablC--a canon twelve mics
i ~" and from one hundred To lhrcc nun
I'D feet almost perpendicular Wall' rise
~ cifbcr side. At is mouth you COME on
Io sorincs IN an open valley Oh severn
'~ In extent. a6ording rich pasiurase
~" IVA .l,ntv of wood. Here these lndilnS
go r", lived from time immcmorll. ana l
I~' .qv they could not have picked n
"'o,c picturesque place anywhere.
The CLIMATE L SIMPLY DELICIOUS.
ror instance. left Fort Bliss. Texas, on
.,o Scib of lat June. the thermometer
,.sod,nc in the quMlermssier'S ofhce U.s..
r,cb, dsvs thereafter, al Oio Calientc, we
had ice each morning quarter OF an men
nick. The springs discharge about %oo'-
nn1 gallons per day. The waters are luxe
warm. very transparent. and contain con-
siderable quantity OF magnesia. The cleans
inc uronelticS Of the waters are unshr-
,o.Sed. clothing fiannels being readily wash
~ WITHOUT soap. There are also colo
ing. and one containing small per
cen,aee OF sulphur Ills said some OF the
orrny officials wanted these waters for iu'
mrc >rcculajons, and prevailed on the au
,boritic. AZ Washington 10 have them re-
moved 10 san Carlos agency, on toe line OF
N,w Mexico and Arizona hence the trou
Ii.s and hundreds Of murders which have
follsWed. imagine two hundred citizens
hove lost their lives by this pcculaion.
80 far Il the negro soldiers are concerned
on Vic. calls them bulaloeS on account o.
their wooly heads, and is not il the leasI
,fraid oi them. having whipped them re
ne4tcdly this campaign when they had twC
+, four 10 bis one. Hc captured every horse
o' CAPTAIN Hooker'S company without The
lo,s 4 a m3n. lie dccoyed Captain Dyer
mo deflc and captured $1,000 rounds o
ammunition on pack-mules IN the rear
The C3ltain letrca'cd. though each Of hil
MN had 100 rounds. The want Of watel
in This country afford, excellent preteXts L
make retreats. and the officers commanding
tie rcciO troops avail Themselves q thr
feature whenever they OVertake Victoria.
Anumbor OF mistakes are and have been
going the rounds oi the news papers in re
ference TO
TIE Ute WAR,
inst on our border. in Colorado. Lieulenan
lnow CartaiH) Dodge received his captaincl
under what may be termed peculiar circum
stances. lleis illustrated IN the H1TpTS
90, forcing his way 10 q bcleGguered camp
through millions OF Indians, when The fact i
be- crept in the night TO q company OF neSroc
that could not be made either to fight OF re
treat. hut remained IN hole, the Utcs xii!
ins all their horses from surroundin,
heights. Major Thornburgh isrepresentet
as being Killed in a charge, when he wa
killed attempting 10 gCt back TO biz wagon
train after he bad seen few Indians, ant
ordered lieutenant who WaS with him 4
take pos, ession OF hin commanding til
few Indians seen. Dodge took off-in Otbe
words, ran away-frOm the Indians, takin!
the wounded with him and making OK
cellcnt marching time, by the way, TO som'
safe place Thence east, and then com
perhaps.
The Indians some time since went dOwi
into Old Mexico. The authorities had M
trouble in whipping them ont OF that c)un
try, running them 10 the New Mexico I'm
and stopping. A request was made by Gov
emor Wallace. 81 this Territory, to eros
the line and co0uerate with our military
which was declined on the ground that h
had only few regulars with hin, ana tina
bl, force, mostly volunteers, had TetuIne
10 their homes. A nice comment on on
troops surely, who are supplied with ever
engine Of warfare known. The fact OF th
business is, Old Victoria can whip all In
negroes not only in New Mexico, but in III
United states army, with 200 warriors. q
that every citizen in the country is pei
icciy satisfied. But enough Of Indians
and a few words about the country an
people, and will c,ose.
THE COUNTRY AND Ps 0PLE.
Money Is very scarce. owing partly to tb
drying up of the Rio Grande del NOrte
on which the principal farming lands are 81;
uated, and without irrigation very feV
things can be raised, the rainfall being yer
meagIe-irequently for six months at
time not drop falls. The climate is deli
cious-the summer days being warm, th
nights cool and refreshing, blanket bein!
comfortable any night in summer. Tn
health OF the country is proyerbiaIly good
The Mexican population live exclusively i!
adobe houses pronounced dObie( wbicl
are suD-dred brick-the same spoken OF il
the Bible-miXed with straw Just the same
a few sheepskins on the floor. 6urO (smal
jack or ienneite) at the door, man with
big bat, woman with shawl on her heat
uhey wear no bonnets). little fellows il
White jeans, and you have all the sur
roundings OF New Mexico farmer
They cut their grain with reap-hOOks, ant
have carts made without any iron, tb,
wheels being cut out Of logs, and the oXeI
are strapped 10y the horns TO round pol,
Instead OF yoke and bows. They ploug!
with forked stick, !he point being of iron
IKE our bull tongues. They are simple
and, when not drunk, polite and very hos
p'table, dividing their last torteus kind o
a Slapiack). of which they are very fond
10 fact, beans, bread, and coffee constitute
lheif chief food, and when they have sup
p'y are perfectly happy-a cirgorite Away
Included, used by the entire family indis
clmlnatcly. Fruit grows from Albu
querque, hfly miles south OF Santa Fe
down the river. The Mexicans pay very
niue attention to It's cultivation. 4 number
oil Americans have intermarried with them
ana nave the incest places and the princi
pei mercantile business. The railroad