El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-15
Continued from Yesterday

Continued from Yesterday
July 3. twentieth day.-Left our camp
on Dove creek this morning at 6 O'Clock
and rode about three miles to a small
branch. which crosses the trail This
was Good Spring creek: the water was
pure and very cold. Our course now is
due west. occasionally diverging from
it to avoid a spur of the hills. or to
head an arroyo. The line forming the
| PaSs-in-mOuntainS and Green mounds
is due east and west. From the half
| way point between Dove creek and Lii
pan Camp creek. the twin mountains
| bear north As degrees east. Pass-in-
mountains bear west from Brady'S
creek (aheadD These two are land
| marks. scarcely mistakeable. Arrived
today at the main COncho about three
o'clock. The country at Green mounds
| rocky and broken, but did not offer
much difficulty to the passage of the
wagons. After passing Green mounds,
the country becomes a rolling prairie.
The grass all along our route today and
yesterday appeared dry and burnt up.
offering but little sustenance to our
animals. We fell in. on the banks of
| the Concho. with the emigrant road to
California. which we expected to find at
the Green mounds. 1t lies to the south
of Green mounds.
July 4. twenty-first day.-Marched
three miles today. merely to change
camp, and find good grazing for the
mules.
July 25. twenty-second day.-Started
this morning at O'Clock. and got into
camp on the banks of the Concho at /
O'Clock. Crossed the river at nine miles
from camp this morning. 1t runs here
in a northeast direction. One mile
further. crossed the north fork of the
Concho. At four. six. and fourteen
miles from camp. We crossed deep ar
royos. running north into the Concho:
these. however. presented no difficulty.
At the Green mounds this road was
visible to us: but as it was to the
south of us. we continued on the trail
We were following until We arrived on
the Concho. where the wagon road is
deeply marked on the prairie The river
is reached at seven miles from Green
mounds. but the road follows the
southern and eastern bank for twelve
miles before crossing. For the last two
days wood has been very scarce: graz
ing only tolerable. the grass being
parched and dry. The water of the
Concho is good. affording catfish, trout.
etc.
July 6. twenty-third day-Road to-
day continues hard and excellent hav-
ing hills on both sides. Here rocks APP
pear statified. as also at Kickapoo
creke. strata carrying from six to eigh-
teen inches in thickness; rocks are
limestone. Today came to the head of
the river: it rises in a valley between
two ranges of hills. in low. Swampy.
ground, appearing in pools. covered
with leaves like those of lotus plants.
Grazing here is pretty good: some tim
Der to be had at distance from the
water.
July Z. twenty-fourth day.-Left head
of Concho this morning at z o'clock.
and travelled twenty miles over a hard.
smooth. and level road to this place.
where there are two water holes of
large size. Country over which the
road lies is situated between two rang
es of hills of small elevation. and is eX-
tremely destitute of wood. For the
first nine miles there was plenty of
water standing in holes. but not per-
manent: after that there was none I'M
til we came to camp. The country is
extremely dry; grazing very indiffer-
ent.
July s. twenty-fifth day.-Came today
twenty-five miles to the Wild China
ponds. which were entirely dry. Hills
and mountains appear on our left and
in front: country around us rolling
prairie: no water today. and obliged to
camp without it. Five miles from our
camp of yesterday morning. Connelly's
trail leaves the road, bearing to the
southwest. There is. probably. abun-
dance of water at these water holes
during the rainy season: the ground
above them is soft. moist. and Springy.
offering chance for finding water at
no great depth. Today and yesterday.
saw large droves of mustangs. Soil to-
day is light and sandy: grazing good.
but no wood.
July Q. twenty sixth day.-Arrived in
camp on the Pecos river at | o'clock to-
day. having left the Wild China ponds
at four this morning. At Gap water. in
the Gazette mountain. thirteen miles
from the camp we found little dirty
and brackish water. which sufficed to
water our mules. but was unfit for any
other purpose. The road runs through
pass in the mountain; this pass is
very winding. and goes down very deep
into the mountain. the rocks rising to
several hundred feet above it. The