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General Wool’s marsh towards Chihuahua. - But, instead of that, ilf-for- 
wanted us 
Adios of of my aaae 
The day after my arrival I presented myself, with my. passport received 
in @hihnstua, to the prefect of Cosihuiriachi, a respectable old man, 
treated. - throughout very kind, and execute ted-the strict orders. which Beir 
atime to time arrived from 2 Chihuahua for our better control, with all the 
“umanity th that his official, station allowed.. Though we were not permitted 
to leave Cosihuiriachi for another residence, we considered ourselves at 
acihdiantiys to make excursions in the neighborhood. Most of us were experi- 
enced hunters; and as the surrounding ss Wee contained a great many 
. deer, Wwe roa roamed almost daily over our psig sround, to kill time as well 
~ as to provide our table bey venison. On such excursions I paid constant 
. attention to. the botany of the cou ntry, a anes made in the first month a rich 
-«-eollestion of mountain plants, most of them undescribed as yet. ' But with 
_/the approach of winter the flowers disappeared; the geology of the coun- 
mést uniform. ‘To extend our excursions further was forbidden : 
- try was. 
by a new order from the Governor of Chiliuahua , which limited them to two 
leagues at the utmost; nearly all my books and instruments I had left be- 
> Uhind; society was confined to ourselves ; édeninehications from Chihnahoa 
~ were but seldom received, and, accordin ng to all accounts, there was no more 
"prospect of General Wool’s march towards Chihuahua. So we spent the 
Winter in a-state of constant expectation and, weariness, interrupted some- 
times only, by a small patriotic excitement from a part of the Mexicans, 
most of whom hated us as foreigners, but did not dare to attack us. But 
. instead. of expatiating upon these trifles, which can afford no interest to 
the reader, I will rather insert here the few statistical accounts which 1 
was. able to collect in relation to Cosihuiriac 
The town of Cosihuiriachi, or, with its full name, Santa Hosa de Gosi- 
laniiachiy (also written Cosiguiriachi and Cusihuisjachic,) was established 
beginning of ahe latter century, in consequence of the accidental dis- 
covery of silver m The mines must have been very ay productive, 4 
_ cause the at faa or the town, in Spanish tim estima 
10,700 souls; while at present, with ‘the surrounding setitemenis it Aiedly 
exceeds | ,000. The mountain chain on which it is situated is called Sierra 
s, and forms a part of the Sierra Madre, which ete whole 
western portion of the State of Chihuahua, The mines are allin the moun- 
tain chain, west of town. Renowned among them were the mines of San 
Antonio, Santa Rosa, la Bufa, eae: 
_ ofthe mines. Some of the mines. hare Bose cortege account of the 
Water in them. The few weal! hy families that live here, and attend to 
- Mining on a small scale, pear riley to risk anything by expensive ma- 
eiteanipioc ae foreign capita id miners have in the last 20 years 
i by the the rich mines of Jesus Maria, further west. ‘The ores 
of sie teomseiaegie sen te g yet, contain, on a 
in the carga, (300 pounds. 
oy there six long months, ‘which I consider the most 
ife. 4 
My BENG ia eager NA ea 
