El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16
Continued From Yesterday

Continued From Yesterday
July "a. forty-first day.-Left camp
this morning at ) O'Clock. and cleared
the ravine without trouble. About
three miles from camp. came to a fine
spring.to the right of the road. at the
commencement of the descent of the
first hill. The descent was very rough
and continued for about two miles
down the mountain side. The road
continued rocky and rough for seven
miles when it became smoother and
nnaliy deep and sandy. At twenty
miles we came upon a range of hills
of pure white sand. extending some dis
lance on the left OF the road. At TWEEN
ty-four miles. the dry bed of what
seems to have been a salt lake appears.
1t Is perfectly smooth bed of white
sand. The ground was covered with
effloreScence of salt AT l o'clock ar
rived at Ole del Cuerpo. which is a
spring of brackish water in the open
prairie. The grazing is very poor. and
there is no wood. We found a hole.
dug under the bushes by some Califor-
mia party. which furnished us toIerable
water. The spring OF Ojo del Cuerpo
is quite strongly impregnated with sui
phur- The road today has been rough
er than any we have had since leaving
Fredericksburg. Course today north 40
degrees west: distance twenty-eight
and a haIf miles.
July 25. forty-second day.-Left camp
today at O'Clock p. m. and marched
sixteen miles to place on the prairie
where We camped. without water The
grazing at this camp was excellent as
we'll as for several miles back. The
road is excellent. being smooth and
hard. and very level. We passed sew
erat salt plains. and some lakes of very
salt water. about three miles to our left
IL.
lakes. and composed of glittering white
sand. Reached this place at 6 o'clock
in the evening. and encamped. There
is no wood to be had here. The distance
from Ojo del Cuerpo to Comedies del
Alamo is thirty mileS-too long a
march for one day: so we were forced
to make two marches of it.
July 26. forty-third day.-Left camp
this mornin gat 5R O'Clock and march
ed fourteen miles to the banks of Con-
nedos del Alamo. which were reached
at 91s o'clock. The road was very firm
and hard, composed of gravel packed
very closely. as was the road yeSter-
day RattlesnakeS and dog town again
appear i'll great numbers. Road today
is rather more billy than yesterday:
mountains appear on all sides: course
to this camp from Ojo del Cuerpo is
west. The mountain here is nothing
more than mass of gigantic granite
rocks. piled upon each other in every
imaginable way. Water issues from
the rock in several places. Outside of
the mountain. several wells have been
dug by California parties. These wells
were full when We passed. Inside the
mountain. in a cavern. there is a fine
large well of pure water: this is full to
overlooking: the water is very cold and
of good flavor. Besides these places.
there is large tank of water On the
western side of the mountain. Graz
ing here is very good. and plenty of
wood to be mad.
July %. forty-fourth day.-Marched
today nine miles to Ojo del Alamo.
The road is firm and good, leading
through the hills. Wood is very scarce
and grazing along the road only toler-
able. The water here is high up the
mountain side. and is found in several
tanks or wells. and is quite difficult to
get at. on account of the steepness of
the mountain. The wagons could not
get nearer than four or five hundred
Yards Wood is not to be had here at
all. and scarcely even brush. Saw to-
day the Organ mountains. and Robbro
and Sierra Colorado: they bear from
this camp north so degrees west. and
west.
July %. forty-fifth day.-Marched
today nineteen miles to the Waco
mountain The road was over rolling
prairie having high mountains on the
right and left some distance from us.
The water here is pure and good, and
in great abundance: but it is very diff
cult OF access as it is in tanks high up
on the rocky side of the mountain, so
that animals cannot get at it. nor can
il be brought down to them in buckets.
The road to this point is very good: the
grazing along the road was also good:
but there is no wood at all to be had.
This mountain is COMPOSED of immense
masses Of granite. with very little earth
to cover the rocks. In it's immediate
vicinity a few stunted trees may be
found. Leaving this place. we passed
through the sierra by a road leading
mostly over the dry bed of a mountain
torrent. now and then crossing ridges.
The rocks rose nernendicularlY ON both