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One of the party, who had received some little favor from Carson 
in California, was well plied with brandy, but all that could be 
extorted from him was the advice that we should not think of going 
to the Puebla with our small force, counsel that our friend soon 
learned we had not the. lightest intention of following. 
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-arifle. ball; and rested on the neck of the fugitive; the Indian, 
“took a sweep, and followed by his pursuers, came th 
_ stallion a completé somerset, and the 
1e position of our camp, about one mile and a half south of the 
ion-of the Colorado and Gila rivers, determined by 12 circum- 
ay 
Meridian altitudes of sirius, 6 of saturn, and 12 altitudes of polaris, 
“is latitude 32° 42’ 09”. The longitude by one set of lunar -dis- 
tances, E. and W., 114° 37’ 09’’, which agrees with the chronome- 
tric determination of the same place, determined by assuming the. 
longitude of San Diego to be 117° 11’. 
d in such 
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: t night, passing my arm over the surface of ie fur robe in 
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November 24.—We visited the camp of our Mexican friends, . 
woman with the party in the agonies of childbirth. She was at 
tion, over a fe; esert. 
The capture horses were all wild and but little adapted for im- é 
Mediate seryrce, but there was rare sport in catching them, and wé 
saw for the first time the lazo thrown with inimitable skill. It is 
ihuahua that ‘‘a Californian can throw the lazo as 
well with his foot as a Mexican can with his hand,” and the scene 
before us gave us an idea of *its truth. There was a wild stallion 
of great beauty which defied the fleetest horse and the most expert 
rider. At length a boy of fourteen, a Californian, whose graceful 
riding was the constant subject of admiration, piqued by ci ted 
failures,.mounted a fresh horse, and, followed by an Indian, 
launched fiercely at the stallion. 7 ee 
His lareat darted from his hand with the force and precision of 
at 
the same moment, made a successful throw, but the stallion was 
too stout for both, and dashed off at fufl speed, with both ropes fly- 
in the’ air like wings. The perfect representation of Pegasus, he 
| undering down 
the dry bed of the river. The lazos were Sabie A the 
age of the | 
circumstance, stooped from his flying horse and caught onein hi 
hand. It was the work of a moment to make it fast to the pommel 
ground, and the gallant young Spaniard, taking advant 
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of his saddle, and by a short turn 4 own horse, he threw the 
ame was secure. 
