The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-09-10
A Five Thousand Mile March
By General Kearney's
Army.
Interesting Notes From the
Dairy of Private Sheri-
dan of Col. DOniphan's
Regiment.
Continued from last Sun lays BAzos

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Rio del Norte into Mex.ca Territory
and proceeded five or six miles when
We went into camp. We celebrated
our advent into the Mexican republic
to-day by drawing molssses and rice
from the commissary for the fist time
and also by regular built battle be-
tween johnson and Sansdall. They
quarrelled about trife when the lat
ter picked up a club, but threw it
down again and the two went at it
fist to fist. Sansdall caught Johnson's
neck handkerchief and gave it sud-
ded twist which forced him to throw
up his hands and shout stake his
hands off of my necktie." Sergeant
Wicklin stopped the fight.
Friday, Sept. 25.-We marched
twelve miles. Cox Price of @ COM
pany arrived from Santa Fe bringing
Col. Jackson's commission with direc-
tions from Col Doniphan for the regi-
ment to march in the manner as will
best preserve the stock. Col. Price
said that as soon as his regiment
reach Santa Fe the troops will all De
concentrated and the march to Chu-
chuaha begun. The great difficulty this
army has TO contend with is the want
of transportation. The teams from the
states are always broken down by the
time they reached Santa Fe and
nothing less than two or three months
rest will put them in order to travel.
Saturday, Sept. 26. Col. jackson
intended to march only four miles,
but it proved to be as many leagues
before we came to water. When with
in q few miles of the place we camped,
the bluff of the table land presented a
rare sight. Rocks of all descriptions
and sizes have tumbled into the valley
below as the clay was washed from
under them. Huge masses broken in
exact squares, as smooth and perfect
as if cut with chisel, sandstone mar
BILE, jet black and snowy, which lay
together in q confused mass in beds of
plaster of Paris and a red dirt, re-
sembling cinders. L believe that at
some time, probably before the Chris
iian area, there has been a volcanic
eruption which has brought these
widely different kinds of stone togeth-
er, but can't account for their square
and smooth appearance. There are
M marks ON the blocks like chisel
marks. Both of our wagons came In
to camp tonight.
Sunday, Sept. Give celebrated
to-day by putting on clean clothes and
taking q rest.
Monday, Sept. 27.-Dan Harrison
and johnson had fight this morning,
but as usual nobody was hurt.
The country over which we
travelled to-day was table land
with deep ravines. At the foot OF
the bluff for about three miles is a
great bed of pure plaster of Paris.
We passed through narrow valleys
encompassed on both sides by steep
preciplces and on the rocks we no.
ticed engravings of horses, elks and
other animals made by the Pueblos.
We camped at Lagoon, q small
Pueblo Indian town. The inhabitants
were exceedingly hospitable. They
took our horses to Craze and gave us
all the melons we could eat. They
are much finer people than the Span
iards. In one of their droves of sheep
l saw one black one with four horns.
| had been told that such sheep ex.
listed down here, but never believed
| it until saw them with nv own
eyes. Two of the horns came out OF
the side of the head and hung down
while the other two extended up from
the top of the head.
The Pueblo women are finer than
any l have seen. They have big,
dreamy looking eyes. fine white teeth
and a splendid figure. They don''
hide the figure either with many
clothes. A girl is counted a woman
at the age of IL and she is usually
married soon after that, but prior tC
the time of her arrival at womanhood
she don't wear any clothes, not even
as much as Mother Eve did. The
women aud girls ride horseback like
the men and some of them arr
remarkably fine riders. A few
days ago party of Nawajoes
raided the town and killed a woman
and two children. This morning the
Pueblos In return went out anC
brought back four scalps aid had {
big war dance tonight. We were
Just in time to see it.
The dance first commenced in th,
council house but afterward adjourned
to the public square, when thirty-tw'
warriors in their best dress with {