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-mejo, and reported himself just escaped from Taos. He brought 
the intelligence that, yesterday, the proclamation of Governor 
Armijo reached there, calling the citizens to arms, and placing the 
whole country under martial law; that Armijo has assembled all the 
Pueblo Indians, numbering about 2,000, and all the citizens capable 
of bearing arms; that 300 Mexican dragoons arrived in Santa Fé ~ 
the day Armijo’s proclamation was issued, and that 1,200 'more were — 
hourly expected; that the Mexicans.to a man were anxious fora ~ 
fight, but-that half. the Pueblo Indians were indifferent on the sub- 
ject, but would be made to fight. 
~A succession of thunder storms passed yesterday to the north. 
and west, but did not reach us. The ground indicates recent rain, 
_as also does the grass, which looks as in the spring, just sprouting. 
The hills to the left, as near as I can judge, the same as in the 
- Raton, were of different colored sand stone, regularly stratified, and 
dipping gently to the east, topped by a mural precipice of green, 
stone. The. growth on the mountains, pifion and cedar. On the 
_ plains, which are covered with scorie, scarcely a tree is to be seen. 
We encamped on the little Cimarron, and observed at night for 
latitude and time. 7 altitudes of pelaris give for the latitude 36°. 
27°50"; 7 on arcturus in the west, and the same number on alpha 
aquile in the east giye the meridian by chronomoter differences 
6h. 58m. 39s. Approximate height 6,027 feet. glee 
The plants of to-day, in addition to many of plants heretofore 
mentioned, were the Erysinum Arkansanum, lippa cuneifolia, myo- 
sotis glomerata, so frequently found on the plains, lytherus line- 
aris, hypercium ellipticium, several verbenas, and several new 
- varieties of oxybaphus, wild sage, and on the streams a few cotton-_ 
wood and willows. “ss ; : ed 
ugust 11.—We madea long march to-day with the advanced guard 
and the Ist dragoons, to the Ocaté, 313 miles. The road approaches 
the Ocaté, at the foot of a high bluff to the north, where the river 
runs through a cafion, making it inaccessible to animals. We as- 
cend the river for four or five miles, to where the road crosses ; 
there we left the road, and at that point, the river being dry, con- », 
tinued to ascend it a mile, and found good grass, and, occasionally, 
running water. The scenery to-day was very pretty, sometimes | 
approaching to the grand; the road passed through a succession of 
valleys, and crossed numerous ‘f divides” of the Rayada and Ocaté. | 
_ The Rayada is a limpid running stream, ten miles from the little: 
_ Cimarron, the first of the kind noted, though we have been tra- 
versing the bases of many mountains for days past. The pasture, 
- however, is not good. At pointstwo and four miles farther, at the 
foot of the mountains, there are springs and good-grass. At the 
last point we overtook the infantry, where they. halted. . Abont 
five miles before reaching the Ocaté, the road descends into a 
valley, overhung by confused and rugged cliffs, which give promise 
hea and water, but, on going down, we found that this beauti-, 
ful valley had no outlet, but terminated. in.a salt lake... The lake. 
_ -is now dry, and its bed is white with a thin saline encrustation., 
_ Here the road is indistinct, and takes a sudden turn to the left. 
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