CHAPTER IV 



ACROSS THE MEXICAN MOUNTAINS TO ALTAR 



June 28th. Left Parral at noon, leaving Carroll, 

 E. A. Lambert, J. S. Lambert, J. Black, Penny- 

 packer and Joseph Lambert to follow after burying 

 poor Teller. Before this we had sold our Jersey 

 wagon for $275.00 and I refused $250.00 for two 

 mules, as I did not dare to start short handed in 

 animals, their lives here are so uncertain. Our 

 start was late, not only owing to the loss of our 

 companion, but because the night previous we had 

 a severe storm with thunder and lightning, which 

 had drenched tents, blankets and men; many of 

 the men were stiff and cold, and we had to dry the 

 tents and blankets to save weight on our mules, 

 but when we did start, we wound along a glen that 

 led to our first view of the spurs of the eastern 

 chain of the Rocky mountains, and exclamations 

 of delight burst forth from all. 



We rode until six this evening, twenty miles, 

 when another terrific storm coming on, we camped 

 on a grassy flat, among musquit and scrub oaks, 

 with good feeding for horses, but bad water. It 

 rained too hard to make a fire, so we dined on 

 bread and Parral cheese, not bad I assure you. 

 Each man was served with a tin cup of brandy 



