508 ^ Ex. Doc. No. 41. 



prepare for the arduous journey before us. I wished now to en- 

 lorce what I had so strenuously advised by my own e^jample. Be- 

 sides, I knew that this exercise would be of great personal benefit, as 

 my constitution had not yet entirely recovered from the severe 

 shock It had sustained from my illness in August. -On our road we 

 saw great numbers of redwinged flickers, shore larks, wild geese 

 and brant; also many varieties of ducks, among which werl the 



, out they were not so numerous now 



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as ney were when we cam^ down the river. Although ornitholo- 

 Fn 5tl fi T determined that the blu^ crane is only the white crane 

 l^ Its first plumage, still we did not see a single white crane during 

 our exploration of xVew Mexico. ^ 



nn'^K'"'^'^!,^-* *.^^town Of Limitar, the people came out in great 

 numbers, bringing us mules to sell. I bought two fine ones? and 

 exchanged a horse for a beautiful '' macho," which, although a 

 little wild, was indeed a valuable mule; he had never had a sclr on 

 his back, and was large, fat, and beautifully formed. Before the 

 Kp^w' vT ^f o^er we placed the ''macho" in the wagon, and 

 he worked as if he alone would drag the whole load. I found 

 t'Zl"^ ""^ new men one named James Dobson, who had at one 



havfnl"" ^ '^i^;r '^ *>' ^'"^y^ ^"^ h^d ^^^ the advantage of 

 bZ f Ti *^' ^'^''''' '^^^^^1 *i°^e^- I ^^ t"t too glad to- 



fev.r.n." A /' -'T^ ^^ '^*^^ ^ S^°*^ ^^^0°^ for acquiring per- 

 se-verance and fortitude. ^ 6 f 



CofnnTn' ?\-?^f«^^ ^e had proceeded far, we met a party of 

 on th.^ Poniphan's men with flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, 



Mno " L.^ ^""V^^ ^''^^' ^^ ^ ^'^^^^ ^l^ile ^e entered '' Sa- 



nerfectlv drv^ 'n'"^^ '^' mouth of the « Rio Fuerco," which was 

 boschas '' .nrl K 7'^^^ "^5 '^°^ '^^'"^^ ^^lla^d ducks, '' anas 

 " ^orSe. " ft r 1. ^ •'''; ^"^^' ^^^^^"g ^^ encamped near 

 tained the n-L- • '^"'/'rl" '^ ^^ ^^^^^ J^^^ Chavez, having ob- 

 camD we sfw ''''? u '^ ^^°^- ^^ ^" ^^^*l^i^ that lay near our 

 we^r rnLTh f^'"^ ''muskrats," " ondatra libethicus," but they 



glancing ^^ '''' '°^ "^^ ^'^ ^^^ ^^^^^ fo^ f^^^ of the ball 



for^the'^?r.3T7^.w ^ starting we called on Senor Chavez to pay 

 me tha^ hlhtlf /^S""' ^"^ '"^^" ^^ ^^^^ our mules. He told 

 Navaio;s .ndtl f y ^°'S^ '*'"' ^^° ^^d been carried off by the 

 children ' iV. '• .''7''V^ ^^^ P^^"^ ^^^ ^o^t their wives and 

 had their facT, .' '^f'^ ^ the ladies of the household; they 

 that conceafed everJ7'f ^^'^ " •'^^'l^ ^°^^i"g of «ome whitewash 

 not put on because tL '"•?''?* '^' '^''' This preparation is 

 told!^o ^^otePt tL /l''°'''''^f 1^ ornamental, but, as I have ]>een 

 posure? fo'r hi 1«/-^ ^'"'^ '/ '\' '^^^ ^^°«^ ^^^"g ^Po^ed by ex- 

 g^ar^t^ their beauty"' "'" *' ''^"^ '^' " ^^^-^'' ^ ^^^^^'^^^^ 



wi?h';ahrj!%lj^ ^°".^^ ^^n^^r ^° ornament their cheeks 



look Kin'abfe '''^' ^"'"'^ '^' ^^*^^^' -^^^^ dry, makes them 



We made along march, encamping at » Lentes," and passing 



