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<br />16 <br /> <br />REPOR'.r OF AN EXPEDITION DOWN THE <br /> <br />se?n li"Jl" the first time since leaving the San Francisco moun- <br />t.ams. ~ Here, too, we ~,~joyed the luxury of a bath and clean <br />clothc~-a IllX~lfY not fully appreciable by those who have not <br />gone a week without water to wash even their taces and hands. <br />. Nv'vel/.,be7- 1, Camp No. 28.-In the morning one of the sen- <br />llllels dBcoverecl. an Indian lurking about th I 1 <br />b .1 I' '. . e mu es, ant <br />roug H 11m IIlto camp. He called him-nlf' a .. C .. " <br />, JJ'II . . . . J "" OJnulO, was <br />"\\.: .c. ~")t led 111 slllft, le~mll1.s, and moccasins of buckskin, and <br />III" 11,111 . bound. ul") behind IIlto a (Iueue at' tel- th . f' <br />I P II' f' C manner 0 <br />tIe. ue) () Ind!ans. A long half-rope wound around his <br />W;:JIst gave. lllUfJlswl\eable evidence of his desians upon <br />mules. Alter ~ short. time several others made Otheir a e:~~ <br />anc~ upon a neighbOring hill, and were induced by si~~s to <br />ap~'~J.'~ch tl~c camp; but, when within two hundred yards, <br />th: fil:;t Olll! sprang uP. and darted fi-om the midst of a dozen <br />Tn.ell wl~o we~e s~andll1g around him, wielding an arrow <br />dtawn from IllS. qUIver to 'prevent th~ir approach, and calling <br />out 100!dly to . filii co.mparllons, who Immediately turned and <br />fled: dtscharglll,g; their arrows into the herd and killing three <br />of.lhc mules. 1 he men were then ordernd to fi . h <br />I' I I . . " re upon t em, <br />w. lie I t ICy dl(l wI~hout any appar~nt effect, although traces <br />01 blood upon the 10C];:S shO\ved altenvards that one at least <br />had bcclI wounded. <br /> <br />"Novc~nber 2, Camp No.. 29.- \V e kept down the valley of the <br />"y ,llnrm some twel.ve mtles, when, findillg that its course waS <br />OLl.t 01 oLlr most. direct route, we diverged from it across a ' <br />Wide barrell plal~l, and. encamped without water, grass, or <br />wo?d, tllC only fuel belllg the withered cacti with which the <br />plul1l ahounded. <br /> <br />.A nake~l esc~lrprnellt .o~ the side of the creek showed a <br />stHlllHII. 01 grnlllte, cont[l\nll1~ il ~eat deal of li ld d <br />1 . IT I... d . " . . ,e spar, un er- <br />JlI1b I J~C tl ap, an a whitiS I te dspathic rock enclosing no- <br />dllleso~ chalced?ny: Tl~e rest of the cOlmtry only exhibited <br />the ll:;lI,d volcaniC lormatlon. . . <br />. NOl'cm~btT3, CfI;,mp ,,!o 30.-Directly in our ti.ont was a bold <br />lange, ~)f rnountnms, {rom the top of which we were sanguine <br />of SC!.lIlg. Ilw Colorado. \Ve entered a rugaed and rfti It <br />1)'J s - L 1 . I 'fl' I' 0 < (J cu <br />c. '" . C \~ cell C I ,; all( pinnacles of gneiss, and attained the <br />. SlImllllt after a IUllg and liJliguing ascent and the loss of seve- <br />ral 111111.:,; that ";IV(; Ollt by the w.~v to be .' I' . - <br />J . . ..." . '~J , agdll1 ( IsnppOlnt- <br />Cl III hl'llldl.llllg, Instead at' tllc river, another extcnsi've am) <br />dcslllalc: pl;lIl1, HlIll beyond it a similar' fonuiclable looking <br />mOlinlull1 rang!.'. <br /> <br />!'-"'. <br /> <br /> <br />S,l <br /> <br />ZURI AND COLORADO JUVEIlS. <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />\Vhile halting to rest the mules and endeavor to bring up <br />those tbat were left on the road, Mr. Lerau:>;. turned off tQ <br />ascend a higher peak, affording a more extended view of the <br />country ahead; and, passing by a cluster of rocks, received, <br />the discharge of a Hight of arrows fi'om n cOfJc,~ealedparty", <br />of Indians. Three of the arrows took eRect, inflicting severe; . > <br />wounds in the head and wrist, which caused himUlUch suf-," . <br />Ie ring and clisabfed him lor the rest of the jourl"WYi/Whe In~:; <br />Jians WCt'C driven from rock to rock, but alwqysCQntrived to"" <br />kce.p ?ut of rifle range; and, alter the pu~slli(~as~Qandol1eflt. <br />as JrUlllcss, they returned as near as their salptywould per:- l, <br />mit, watchiug our lllOVell1ents and making gestures of rage <br />wHl defiauce. When the march was resumed they folIpwed lor <br />a short dis.tanee, al?proachillg near el~ollgh to di~charge spQle <br />arrows, Without dicet, attbe rear of tbe part.y. They were <br />similarly clad and appearclI l? be of the same tribe as tl~l)se . <br />last seen i some of the men, mdeed, thought they recoglllsed <br />the one ,vho had been in our camp two 'days bCliJre. <br />. November 4, Camp No. 31.-1\lany trees of tile Spaniah <br />hayonet. scattered over the plain, varied the scene somewhat, <br />but gave no relief to its aspect ot' barrenness i and anQther <br />Di~ht passed, 'without gras~ or water, added to the suHerings <br />oE the neafly exhausted ammals. <br />Nave1llber 5, Cmllp No. 32.-The approach to the moun~, <br />rains, befure' alhldell to, was by (i gradual ascent, so that <br />when ,ve arrived at their base, therc did not remain much to ' <br />be Q\'ercome. The pass was ne\'crtheless exceedingly rough. <br />and bordered by ovcrhanginQ cra~s, wh}ch it W,IS .deemed <br />prud~Pt to occupy beli)re acl\'nnclIlg wllh the nloJo. W~ <br />passed through, however, unmolestcd, and were at length <br />cheered by the view Ill' thc' Colorado, winding Jill' below <br />tbrough a hroad valley, ilii cour~c till' many miles being appa- <br />rent from tlle large trees uJlon its banks. The smoke of. nu:'. <br />meroqs lires in the valley gave evidencc of a large Indian <br />population, and tbe sight brought a spontaneous cheer li'olll <br />lbe men, whu believed that this WflS to be Ihe end of their <br />privation~ and uf the labor~ and anxieties of the journey. <br />'rhe barometer showed us to be about 3,200 feet abo\'e the <br />ri\'cr. 'fhe desccnt to it was rapid and continllolls, the slope <br />.' of the mountain rcaching almost to its banks. . <br />. A small travelling party of mi~erablc looking lndians was <br />met ascending the mountain, one of whom, heiug too llIuch <br />frightened, or too heavily laden to e;;c:I)le', was interrogaled bj' <br />2 <br /> <br />., <br />/" <br /> <br />'~i:...;.G.i..Ik~il'_it-, ' <br /> <br />-....wURij.'ii~:L~l;.i -:~." Ii 1Iiit<.i <br />