Ans'd " 3 

 Dear Engelmann, 



The enclosed correspondence is destined for the Anzeiger des 

 Westens, eliminating the effort to write to you in detail what 

 confronted rae during the last 6 weeks. I therefor restrict ray- 

 seif to a few points, which are of interest for us alone. First, 

 let us come to an understanding about our correspondence. I 

 wrote to you at the beginning of July from Santa Fe, and, at the 

 same time shipped a case with collections from there. Mr. Roll- 

 ston from Independence took both along. From Chihuahua I sent 

 a report at the beginning of August by way of Veracruz with an 

 english packetboat by way of Havanna and New Orleans to St. 

 Louis. The case with the collections according to my letter with 

 news from Santa Fe to Chihuahua, Stands unf ortunately still here» 

 but will depart also today. This letter goes by Express, which 

 is sent by Colonel Doughton with a dispatch to Santa Fe and the 



United States. The case will however be taken along by Mr. Maier from 



probably 



Independence to Santa Fe and from there(be@.' x P edited very fast, 

 so.tbatJstln it will arrive at the same time as the Express. 

 Should the arrlval of the case be delayed, then learn from Mr. 

 Maier in Independence, by which method it continued its travel 

 from ^anta Fe. The case may weigh around 250 pounds, and contains 

 everything I have collected during that time« Items lying on top 

 are mostly collected during my exile in Cusihuiriachi • Should 

 some of them be with out tags, then assume that they come from 

 there. I collected everything related to Cactus, but am afraid, 

 that many of them will have spoiled, as they were collected so 

 long asro. The few fossils in limestone from El Paso are the only 

 onesf ound between Santa Fe and Chihuahua; try to identify them 

 in the meantime. 



