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upon the will of man; thanks to the protecting care of 
a divine and overruling Providence, we escaped un- 
harmed from the many dangers with which we were 
surrounded, and the difficulties in which we were 
involved, and have brought in our little party in the 
enjoyment, as already observed, of good health and 
spirits. 
‘“T remain, sir, very respectfully, yours, 
(Signed) THOMAS H. WEBB, 
Secretary to Boundary Commission. 
“Hon. J. R. BARTLETT, 
‘““ Commissioner, etc.” 
The animals brought in by the several parties were 
greatly reduced by their long and painful journey, 
owing chiefly to their poor and scanty food along the 
Gila, and from that river to the coast. They were now 
placed in a grassy valley near the mission, some five or 
six miles distant, where the feed was pretty good; but 
they were so completely broken down, that many 
weeks would be necessary to recruit them. The sur- 
veying parties during this time were engaged in re- 
ducing their observations and in plotting their maps. 
Although the entire boundary along the river Gila 
was not completed, it was a source of peculiar satisfac- 
tion to.me that we had accomplished so much. It is 
more than the most sanguine in the Commission 
expected to perform in so short a space of time, sur- 
rounded, as the operating parties were, with so many 
serious impediments. To cross a wilderness, such as 
it may in truth be called, from the Rio Grande to the 
