FROM THE RIO GRANDE DEL NORTE 
_ ‘TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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CHAPTER I. 
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. 
Jolton and Bell start on a Coal Hunt.—Galisteo.—Revisit the Real de los 
Dolores.—Tejeras Caiion.—Manzana Mountains.—Albuquerque and the 
Friends we made there.—Isleta.— The Rio Grande del Norte.—Mexican 
Ranches.—The Valley, the Plateanx, and the Mountains on either side.— 
Fort Craig.—Our Surveying Parties reassemble there.—General Wright 
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Camp on the Rio Grande, and our Visitors.—This Valley a grand field for 
igration.— Vine Oulture.—Two Horses bitten by Rattlesnakes. 
Distance, 281 miles. 
( olton and myself, without attendants or luggage, left Santa 
Fé on an independent search, the object of which was coal. 
Several spots had been named as coal-bearing districts, and it 
‘was necessary to test the truth of these promising reports. 
ithout change of horses, our week’s ride was the following :— 
ame Gey Dente V6 fo Galinted- yy 8 
2nd Carpenter’s Ranche (Tejeras Cafion) . Soe SO 
3rd ,, Albuquerque (RioGrande) .  . : ee 
4th ,, Visit to coal-fields, eight miles from Albuquerque. 16 
5th ,, Belen (on Rio Grande) . . . . : . 22 
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wth ,, Fort Craig ,, . : . . ‘ “ _ = 
: Total for the week . » 21: 
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