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storm to the west, which swept around towards the north, where it. 
thundered and lightened till nearly 9 o’clock. The country passed 
over in the first part of to-day was. beautiful in the extreme; a . 
succession of high, rolling hills, with mountains in the distance. — 
The soil rich, and waving with grama. The latter part was more 
barren, and covered with artemisias. 
_ The spring of San Lucia, 13} miles from the copper mines, very 
large and impregnated with sulphur, is in a beautiful valley, sur- 
rounded, at the distance of ten or fifteen miles, with high moun- 4 
tains. This was the place appointed for meeting the Apaches, at * 
11, a. m.; but arriving at 12, and not finding them as we expected, * 
and the grass all eaten up, we moved on to Night creek, making 30 
miles. We halted at night on unknown ground, by the side of acreek, 
so miry that the mules, some of which had not drunk since morn- — : 
ing, refused to approach it. It was dark; many of the men mistook 
the trail and got on the wrong side of the treacherous creek. The s 
mules begun to bray for water, and the men to call out for their — 
messmates; all were in confusion. My thoughts of last night came 
vividly to my mind, as I heard the voice of my chronometer man 
on the other side, asking to be shown the way across. I sent him 
word to retrace his steps two or three miles. sal 
The assembly call was sounded, which seemed to settle all things; 
and, as far as the clouds would allow me, I obtained observations. 
This is only the second time since leaving the 100th degree of 
longitude that I have been interrupted by clouds in my observa- 
1ons. Nothing has been heretofore more rare than to see the heavens ~ * 
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