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FIFTH DIVISION. 
SAN DIEGO TO EL PASO, ALONG THE GILA. 
CHAPTER XXVI. 
SAN DIEGO TO ALAMO MUCHO. 
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oe for the journey to El Paso—Leave San Diego—Accident to 
ook’s rancho—San vie seed onareg ie ene - sins 
sido Indian ee, ae eped qual mountain—Difficult aseent—Reac 
camp at Santa Isabel—Deficiene ft i I despatched 
wei another Wairot—Tndigta of ‘Gants Tsabel—A Mormon arrives with 
wagon—List of return party—Journey resumed—Luxuriant valley— 
San a eiele eae mode of sac get, — pass— 
Vallecita—Desert appearance Carrizo cree 
Intense héai-—Mitia + run swig RTA and carcasses of animals— 
eens destruction of sheep—Utter desolation—Wagon upset—Sack- 
t’s well—Dig for water—Meet Lieut. Sweeney in pursuit of deserters 
from Fort Yuma—aArrival of bearer of despatches—Alamo Mucho. . . 109 
CHAPTER XXVIL. 
ALAMO MUCHO TO FORT YUMA, 
The Desert—Dry basin—“ New River ”—Alarming news from the Train— ~ 
Colonel Craig’s encounter with the deserters from Fort Yuma—Report 
of Sergeant Se ae ebb returns in search of Colonel Craig and 
Sergeant Bale—Loss of wagons on the desert—Great heat—Return of 
pesty shai we by of Calon  Oraig—Sergeant Bale’s retu Se 
Burial of Co. onel Craig 
Word. sent to San Diego—Prompt aution of Colonel peel est 
of the murderers by Indians, and their execution—Colonel Craig’s char- 
