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[No date.'] We camped at a pretty lake, shal- 

 low but clear, and good to drink ; at the back was 

 one of those peculiar rocky mountains so common 

 in this country, and I made an outline of it. Some 

 wagoners killed an ox, but to me it was uneatable, 

 so I turned in as usual, on bread and beans, and the 

 luxury of a cup of tea. Bachman lost his mules 

 here, and he and Walsh stayed until daylight, the 

 rest of us leaving much earlier. I have felt rather 

 anxious about Bachman as he is not strong. 



October 2jd. San Felipe} Three days of 

 sunny road, and three nights of freezing cold, have 

 brought us to San Felipe, and a pretty valley it is, 

 but no water, and no wood of any consequence, still 

 there is enough for travellers' purposes, and the 

 sight of the trees gave us great pleasure, after the 

 dearth of vegetation through which we have been 

 passing. We find no food here, and most of the 

 company have gone to Santa Isabella, a rancho 

 fifteen miles distant, where they expect to get all 

 we want. 



San Felipe. October 24th. My own mules 

 having been more heavily laden than the average, 



^ The Indian village of San Felipe has disappeared from 

 the modern map but the name is borne by a creek in this 

 valley. The journey from the Colorado to San Diego is 

 described in Bartlett's Personal Narrative., and the itinerary is 

 given in Marcy's Prairie Traveler (New York, 1859). -^^ 

 edition of the latter book, disguised as Burton's Handbook of 

 Overland Expeditions., was issued in London in 1863. 



