SECOND DIYISION 
EL PASO TO THE COPPER MINES. 
CHAPTER VII. 
EVENTS AT EL PASO. 
Losses of Animals — ^High price of provisions at El Paso — Excursion up the 
river — ^Entertainment given to the officers of the Commission by the 
civil authorities — The Bishop of Durango — Pueblo Indians — ^Meeting 
with General Cond6, and commencement of the labors of the Joint Com- 
mission — ^Arrival and disposition of the main body of the United States 
Commission — Arrival of ox-train, and death of U. D. Wakeman — 
Departure of military escort for the Copper Mines — American despe- 
radoes in hTew Mexico — Death of E. C. Clarke — Trial and execution 
of Wade, Craig, and Butler — Trial and execution of Young — Dinner and 
ball giver " 'Ities — ^Excursion to the Sierra Waco— Indian 
]■ * :s — Initial point agreed upon, and survey in 
its vicinity commenced — Depot established at the Copper Mines — Dr. 
Webb’s report on the same. 
On reaching El Paso, I feared that the ten mules 
sent out by Major Yan Horne to my assistance would 
be insufficient, as so many of our animals had suddenly 
given out when I left the train. On making my fears 
known to Mr. Magoffin, an American merchant here, he 
generously ordered four of his own men to take ten of 
his best mules and set off immediately to aid the train 
in getting in ; and, in consequence, it arrived in safety 
five days after. 
