

height. at, 
Wells, 
line, was New. River station, which I, 
- Coloradorriver. 
79 
my. visit, and. in flower, were 
evidently identical in species with dry 
stalks of previous year’s growth, in which 
| Tiaight have 
played hide and seek. 
Fifteen miles. due south of Indian 
just below the United 
But the water 
have not seen. at New. 
River station, from descriptions, is found. 
under identical conditions and is equally 
unreliable. Fifteen miles further due east: 
from New River station was Alamo, or 
Alamo Mocha... 
said to have been eighteen feet deep and 
_imperfectiy curbed.., during the old emi- 
_ grant days, but for years has been caved 
The well at Alimo: is 
in and furnishes no water to travelers. 
_ The water was brackish and said to be 
_ exceptionably bad. 
Cook’s' well and the Mesquite well. 
were muddy holes in the clay nearer the 
Los Siete Posos, or Seven 
Wells, I bave iearned but little. 
were about. nine miles 
(nearly east) of Alamo. Mocho. 
miles still further due east. 
The distances may be recapitulated 
(with such slight. variations as result. 
from information from different, parties), 
with. additional. notes on the water, as 
follows 
Carrizo Creek: Water in spring at 
source, 68 dey. to 75 deg. F., containing 
sulphate, of lime, magnesia and chlorite 
of sodium. (Fraser, Emory’s Rep. 102.) 
_Lypran Weuts: Thirty-six miles from 
Carrizo-creek ; ‘‘ excellent water can be 
had ’”’ ! — or none. 
Atamos: Alamo or Alamo Mucho: 
thirty miles from Indian Wells, sixteen 
tiles from New Kiver. Water bad, well 
eighteen feet deep, caved in; no water 
now to be had.. 
Burkrn’s Weis (formerly called, Gar- 
dener’s Wells): . Hight miles from Ala- 
mo; water brackish, four feet. from the 
surface in a ravine fronting the station 
house. 
States: 
They, 
south. of east. 
Garden-. 
_er’s or Burke’s wells were about eleven 
~Spven Weuis: Nine miles from Burke’s 
Wells; ‘‘ water somewhat salty.’ 
Coox’s Wriis: Nine miles from Seven 
Wells; good water. 
Hanion’s Ferry: 
from Cook’s Wells, 
orado River. 
Forr Yuma: 
lon’s Ferry. 
Total distance, Carrizo Creek to Fort. 
Yuma, 118 miles. 
In the most of the larger canyons in. 
the Peninsula Mountains that open into 
the desert water may be obtained. A> 
notable instance is the famous Cantillas 
Canyon, in Lower California, where Dr. 
Edward Palmer found the type of his 
Palmerella and:the beautiful blue palm 
(Hrythea armata) in 1876. This canyon 
is known under various designations, 
but best as the Horse-thief Ganyon, since 
iu early days it was a noted rendezvous’ 
tor the desperadoes of the two Californias 
and of Arizona.and Sonora, who found it 
a favorite practice to steal om the coast 
and cross the desert via this canyon, or 
vice versa. 8 
The. Mountain Springs canyon is the 
first, | believe, north of the line where 
water can be depended upon. About 
half-way on the road fromy Mountain. 
Springs to Coyote Wells, before leaving: 
the canyon, a left-hand road may now be 
detected, leading up a side canyon and 
over a divide and back in the same: di- 
rection as lies Mountain Springs. This 
leads to a curious spot known as Dos 
Cabesas or Haydon’sCamp, and excel- 
lent water in abundance has: been devel- ° 
oped in the precipitous granite walls 
which almost enclose the little nook. 
Rhus ovata grows almost to the propor- 
tions and ferm of a tree here, and has 
been considered asia fair indication of 
water when ian growing on the desert 
borders. 
Dos Cabesas is one of the best’ stations 
for desert work that I have yet found. 
From there one can travel in several diree- 
(ce 
Seventeen miles 
on west bank of Col- 
Nine miles from Han- 

