FIRST DIVISION. 
NEW YOBK TO EL PASO, THEOUGH TEXAS. 
CHAPTER I. 
NEW YOEK TO INDIANOLA. 
Treaty of Peace between the IJnited States and Mexico — Hon. J. B. Wel- 
ler appointed Commissioner to run the new Boundary Line between 
the two Eepublics — Determines the initial point' on the Pacific and the 
centre of the mouth of the Gila — Col. J. C. Fremont’s Appointment 
and Eesignation — J. E. Bartlett appointed Commissioner — Fitting out 
and Organization of the Expedition — ^Embarcation of main body ot 
Commission from Hew York — ^Embarcation of Commissioner and others 
— Water-Spouts — Havana — Hew Orleans — Arrival at Indianola. 
The treaty of peace between the United States and 
the Mexican Eepublic, dated at Guadalupe Hidalgo^ 
on the 2d February, 1848, requires that “ the two 
governments shall each appoint a commissioner and sur- 
veyor, who, before the expiration of one year from the 
date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty, 
shall meet at the port of San Diego,” and proceed to 
run and mark the boundary between the two countries 
“ in its whole length to the mouth of the Rio Bravo 
del Norte.” These officers are required to “keep 
journals and make out plans of their operations; and 
the result agreed upon by them shall be deemed a part 
