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fandangOj which is the name given to aU collections of people 



■where there is music and dancing. 



A cotillion was attempted in honor of the Americans present, but 

 this cold and formal ^ance soon gave, way to the more joyous 

 dances of the country, the Coona, the Bolero, and the Italiana. 

 Every variety of figure was introduced, hut the waltz was the hasis 

 of all, except the Bolero, which, as danced here, resembles our 



i^^gfo jig- • ■ 



__tthe dance we found a very plain, but very intelligent woman, 



the sister of Armijo, who said he w:ould return as soon as he settled 

 his affairs in Chihuahua. 



September 11. — Returned to- Santa Fe. 



September 15.— Sent Lieutenant Warner, with a party consisting 

 of Lieutenant Peck and three men, to determinethe latitude of Taos 



and the topography of the road. , 



From the 15th to 25th September I was busily engaged In fitting 



out for California. 



Lieutenant Abert, who was left dangerously ill at Bent's Fort, 

 Ifad not arrived on the 25th, but accounts reached me that he was 

 convalescent, and on his way to Santa Fe, where he might shortly 

 be Expected. Lieutenant Peck was also an invalid, and neither 

 being able to accompany us to California, I left, by the general's 

 direction, the subjoined order for them to make a map of New^ 

 Mexico, based upoji the astronomical' points and measurements de- 

 termined by myself, and to furnish from the best statistical sources, 

 an account of the population and resources, military and civil, of 

 the province. 



Santa FE,»'jSe|)fem6er 14, 1846. 



Sir : I am cliarged by the general commanding to^ inform you 

 that you will remain for the present in the territory of New Mexico^ 

 and should your health, or that oi Lieutenant. Peckj be sufficiently 

 restored to return to- duty, that you will continue the survey of 

 this territory commenced by myself, and follow it to completion, 

 provided it does not interfere with other military duties which may 

 be required of you by the officer left in command of the territory. 



With the limited number of instruments that can be placed in ^ 

 your hands, it is not expected that you will conduct the survey on 



strict geodetic principles, yet it is believed that sufficient precision 



can be attained to answer all the requirements of the military and 

 civil service. 



The country from Taos to Fra Cristobal contains nearly all the . 

 ground that is under cultivation, and nearly all that is worth culti- 

 vating; and for this whole distance it is open and bounded by high 

 and conspicuous peaks, affording great facilities for conducting 

 your operations. 



I have established the astronomical positions of six points in this 

 territory, viz: camp 42, at Vegas; camp 43, Vernal springs, Santa 

 Fe; camp*55, 11 miles south of the church of San Felippe; camp 



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