314 SANTA CRUZ TO 
CHAPTER XXXIV. 
SANTA CRUZ TO THE PRESIDIO OF JANOS. 
Shoeing mules and repairing wagons at Santa Cruz—Standing guard— 
Sad fate of Inez Gonzales—Sickness of the town—Boldness of the Apa- 
ches and their constant inroads—Wretched state of the people—Leave 
Santa Cruz—Country assumes a new aspect—Rio San Pedro—Enter 
the mountains—A gua Prieta—Prepare for a fight—False alarm—Meet 
Col. Garcia with Mexican troops—Enter Guadalupe Pass— Wagon upset 
—Description of the country—A better route suggested—Take the 
Janos road—More emigrants, and their encounter with a bear—Iwo 
human bodies found—Open country—Reach Janos, 
July 25th. At Santa Cruz. Since leaving Fort Yuma, 
we had had no opportunity to complete the repairs on 
the wagons, some of which were much injured and had 
been temporarily patched up with raw hide or other- 
wise. Besides the iron work to be done on these, 
many of the mules required shoeing. It was necessary, 
therefore, that this work should be done here, as we 
should have no other opportunity until we reached the 
frontier towns of Janos or Carrelitos in the State of 
Chihuahua, still nearly two hundred and fifty miles 
distant. The Guadalupe Pass, which we had twice 
been through, and with whose difficulties we were 
well acquainted, was yet before us, besides some very 
rocky mountain ridges. I therefore deemed it advisa- 
