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circuit of the lake, and return, may be made in four days’ travelling (of 
Mexican riding.) About 16 eecwen northwest from lake Tlagualila two 
other smaller lakes lie in the Bolson, called Laguna de Palomas and Jacque; 
their water is salty, and the salt coud on the shore is used i in the amal- 
gamation process of silver mines. 
May 13.—We travelled to-day 25 miles, from San Juan to ef Poz 
The soad was more gravelly than sandy, at first quite — afterwards 
slightly ascending. A few miles to our right a steep mountain chain was 
running parallel with our road; to the left rose more a mountains. 
The mountains are formed ef a compact gray limestone, without fossils, 
intersected with large veins of calcspar. About half way we passed by 
a deserted. rancho, ‘‘Refugio,’’ with a well. ei. el Pozo the valley A 
comes narrower; its width there i is eee five 
[ had been riding ahead this morning, anid ee Pozo early, though 
not in time te take part in a skirmish between our vanguard and a pa 
of Indians. When I arrived, some Mexicans were engaged in lazoing 
several dead bodies of yen Bi and disasin ng them into a heap together. 
The skirmish had taken place under the following circumstances: Tw 
days before, a party of Lipan Indians, upon one of their predatory excur- 
sions, had stolen from a hacienda nea red mules 
and horses, and killed several men. The propiietor of the hacienda, 
Don Manuel de page “gt ve to Captain Ried, of our regiment, (who was 
then ahead of u h Lieut. Colonel Mitchell’s party,) for aid against 
these Indians. The captain, one of our@most gallant officers, took but 
eight men along, and, accompanied by the: Don himself, we back to: el 
Pozo, where the Indians , on their march to the mo eee 
expected, about 20 men of our vanguard came very early this morning to 
el Pozo, and increased their party to 30 men. Soon afterwards the Indians 
appeared—from 40 to 50 warriors. When our men rushed on horseback 
out of the corral to attack them, ‘the Indians (probably supposing them to 
be Mexicans) received them with sneering and very a aa provo- 
se Sea and their confidence in their bows and arrows was increased 
n the Americans, firing their rifles from pe a killed pine 2 at the 
first charesi But as soon ad our men alight and took g with 
i dead on the field. our side, Captain Ried was wounded b 
some arrows, but not dangerously. Most of ve. dead Indians had fine blan- 
mass some even carried ; all were armed with bows and aITONSs and 
gold 
ew with elegant shields of leather; and the ‘‘ medicine-man,’’, who was 
eh t in the action, and fought. most bravely, wore a head -dress of 
i nd hors. awe men, of course, took of t curiosities Ww 
proportioned a: y ul aces bo: ; 
mah the Indian race, but their skin looked whiter than 1 
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