a large, stout man with a Spanish face and manners; His wife 

 must have been pretty in the past. The Chocolata, which was served, 

 was excellent.- No further news about the invading army. All seems 

 to be quStt here« Tomorrow morning I shall go to our camp« which is 

 6 miles from here, to get a number of things into order, and in a 

 few days I will go to the Placer or the well-known goldmines of San- 

 ta fe# Mr. Sprager is so eager to depart that I most likely will not 

 have tirae to return to Santa Fe,but will meet with the caravan du- 

 ring the trip in Albuquerque. In the beginn! ng I was undecided, if 

 I sho^ild remain here or if I should go with F, to Chihuahua. Reasons 

 to stay here were the case of sickness of Armigo, and, in part, the 

 soon expected arrival of the Invasion movement, but the first offers 

 less ^ hope for restoration,. than I had expected earlier, and the 

 arrinml of the second will increase all prices so rauch, that I would 

 suffer a signif icant loss of money with the very dubious expecta - 

 tion to find a position as physician thereby. and at the same time 

 I would lose the best oportunity to travel to the South, The Company 

 of Speyer, going from he^e to Chihuahua will be a very strong one, 

 some 36 wagons and 60 men. He purchased the caravan of governor Ar- 

 migo ( 10 loaded wagons, which will come with us from Santa Fe), as 

 well as those of some smaller traders, and he must gain a sißrnifi - 

 cant fortune from this one wagon-train, if all jroes well. Nothing 

 will be amiss with his enterpreneurial skills and business acumen. 



July ?• I was away two days in our camp, and brought order into 

 various things, and with other tasks I repacked the collections, and 

 returned yesterday here, I found all in a Status quo.no further news 



from the army, the rumor seems certainly to have been premature. I 



second v 

 made ajcall yesterday with S at Armigo, found him ugly as ever and 



not in the best humor. The spies, whom he had sent South , had retur- 

 ned with the report that no sign of an american army could be found. 



