ith meshes of cord, in ne 
nish fluently, I obtained. a interestin 
information, which I wld. be 
wa i 
country through which w 
a desert, afforded ms mxeit i- 
ty of the botanist; but limited time, and the 
rapidly advancing season for active opera- 
tions, oblige me 
this 
"The Indian aida spoke Spanish had been. 
educated fo. ral eae mber of years at one of the 
Spanish m at the breaking up of 
those oh laa ‘had returned. to 
mountains, where he had 
to the conclusion of 
party of Mohahve %. 
ew) Indians, among whom he had ever 
resided. 
‘ He spoke of the leader of the present a 
| tyas “mi amo” (my mas ). He said the 
lived upon a large rive 
hich the “soldiers called i. 
n ‘the aithaeaes 
Rio Colora- 
do;” but that, formerly, a portion of them | cade of about thirt 
mo 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
me to omit all extended eee ThelI 
riefly 
Th 
which the 
bones 
the 
Me 
apecisis um oaths matrhag zygophyllaceous 
rub had been gone characteristic of 
the plains along t oa and here 
new plants, a new and very = 
r cattle had become so tired and poor 
by this iatg paeeh , that three of 
them were ney here "the meat dried. 
shad now 
feast, were oc 
and cup! 
= day and all I the night in cooking and 
poe gest eg 
X person 
See of Fue 
pail aie 2 
ithward during the day, re | advance of the great caravan, in order to 
along the river they had raised various kinds , and obtain bett 
of melons hey sometimes came over, to feving advanced as far i desert as 
trade with the Indians of the Sierra, bringing | was considered consistent with their safety, 
with them blankets a factured | they halted at the Archileite, one of a cus- 
by the Monquis ,and other Colorado Indians. tomary camping grounds, about | miles 
Ther rarely carri horses, on account 
of the difficulty of getting them across the | of water, with sufficient grass ; aud 
rt, “a of arding them afterwards | concluded to await there the arrival of the 
from the Indians, who inhabi Cara ose Indians were soon 
Sierra, at the heed of the Rio Virgen (river | discovered lurking about the camp, who, in 
of the ai irgin. a or two after, came in, and, after behav 
.. He informed us that, a short distance be- | ing in a very friendly manner, took their 
er thie ein finall The two | leave, without awakening any suspicior 
ifferent portions in which water is found had | Their deportment begat a security which 
received from the priests two differe ;| proved fatal. Ina few days afterwards, sud- 
cubseeny I heard it ealled by the | denly a party of abont one hundred Indiat 
de las Animas, but on sight, ad t 
Sani Me camp, It was too late, gr 
pril 24.— ontinued to ence of 
(or rather its bed) for about eight miles, | measures of safety ; and the 
ere there was water still in holes, | down into their camp, 
and encam The caravans. sometimes and di 
pars agg below, to the end of the se from Pablo and Fuentes were on horse 
there is a ve T- ime, and moun 
ya y miles, pa Age tt > a | custom of the coun 
/aingular and new species of acacia, with ts of the 
_ Tal pods or seed vessels, made its fir -| sion of the horses, and. 
ance; becoming henceforward, for a i- | diately unded. the 
{ dista a characteristic tree. It} enceto shouts of € 
‘was here comparatively large, being about | the animals over and h the assailants 
. 20 feet in height, with a full and spreading in spite of their arrows ; and, andoning 
4 
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e lower branches sols _ fowante | 
gro and. It afterwards oc smaller | 
size, 2 in groves, cat sys vi ee i 
i has been called by Dr. 
