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were from a silver mine west of Santa F6. The country is not- 

 much frequented by Indians now just along here, as Carson left 

 some horses and mules, and found them here. 



Ocioher 24. — Laid by in camp, the salt grass purged our horses, 

 and gave some of them the cholic. 



Ocioher 25. — Marched early, and made about 25 miles, over a 

 very rough country approaching the third canon of the Gila and 

 San Pedro mountains- the black hills of basalt rise on each side", 

 and deep cuts in the diluvion makes the country very rough; some 

 Tallies on the Gila are capable of cultivation, and at them found 

 the ruins of a number of habitations. No 1 represents a ground 



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plan of the most northern, six miles out'from camp." The outline* 

 of the foundations were visible, as round stones had^been used for 

 that purpose. The houses, probably made of adobe, were long 

 since washed a/ewr de terre. The longer house was* shaped like 

 those of JHew Mexico in present use; the smaller ones had the ap- 

 pearance of some of the assemblages of houses occupied by the 

 Pueblos of New Mexico. In the longer house were some cedar 

 pieces of posts and joists, very much decayed. How long cedar 

 would last in this dry atmosphere, I cannot tell; but presume if 

 even exposed to the weather, it might lay like a stone for ages.- 

 Pieces of broken pottery strewed the ground in every direction, 

 and fragments of black crystal, which no doubt were left from 

 the manufacture of arrow points. The pottery seemed like that in 

 present use among the New Mexicans. I raked the dirt in various 



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Pottery. 



directions, in vain, to find 







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of the 



ruins; 



some 'relic which might indicate the 

 a number of broken stones to pound corn 

 ^ .. , Mople were agricultural. In the bottom 



was the ruins of a small house, probably used for guarding the 



B€ids. No. 2 represents a place two miles further down the Fiver: 



tipon, showed that the 



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