FIFTH DIVISION. 
SAN DIEGO TO EL PASO, ALONG THE GILA. 
CHAPTER XXVI. 
SAN DIEGO TO ALAMO MUCHO. 
Preparations for the journey to E] Paso—Leave San Diego—Accident to 
wagon—Snook’s rancho—San Pasqual—Gen. Kearney’s battle at this 
place—Indian village—San Pasqual Mountain—Difficult ascent—Reach 
camp at Santa Isabel—Deficiency of transportation—Leroux dispatched 
for another wagon—Indians of Santa Isabel—A Mormon arrives with 
a wagon—List of return party—Journey resumed—Louxuriant valley— 
San Felipe—Indians—Their mode of life—Narrow mountain pass— 
Vallecita—Desert appearance—Carrizo creek—lIncreased barrenness— 
Intense heat—Mules run away—Skeletons and carcasses of animals— 
Immense destruction of sheep—Utter desolation—Wagon upset—Sack- 
et’s Well—Dig for water—Meet Lieut. Sweeney in pursuit of deserters 
from Fort Yuma—Arrival of bearer of dispatches—Alamo Mucho. 
Asout the middle of May the members of the Com- 
mission left their quarters at San Diego, and encamped 
some six miles distant near the Mission; where there 
was good grazing, and where the animals had been 
chiefly kept since our arrival. They were now busily 
engaged in completing the preparations necessary 
before setting out on so long and difficult a journey as 
