THE PRESIDIO OF JANOS. S301 
August 6th. We continued our journey across the 
plain in a direction east south-east. With the excep- 
tion of a little rise of ten feet, to reach a gravelly pla- 
teau, the whole plain had been a perfect level since we 
entered it the day before. It was entirely open on the 
west, being limited in the far distance by the Guada- 
lupe Mountains, while on the east none were seen. 
This great plain, from its position and extent, I 
think unites with that we crossed on Cooke’s road, at 
the dry lake or ‘‘ La Playa ;” for when there, I noticed 
that the plain stretched far to the south-west, unlimited 
by the mountains. 
Our attention was arrested to-day by the sight of 
the remains of two human bodies, but whether of 
Mexicans or Americans we could not determine. What 
was left of their clothing consisted of white shirts and 
narrow white cotton drawers. The latter article is 
not worn by Mexicans, which led us to suppose the 
murdered men might have been our countrymen. 
In the afternoon we crossed a fine clear stream, 
thirty to forty feet wide and about two deep, occasion- 
ally expanding into ponds twice that depth, and en- 
camped on the opposite bank where there was excel- 
lent grass. This stream is a branch of the river which 
passes Janos and Correlitos, the latter being known 
both as the San Miguel and as the Casas Grandes River. 
Like other streams in Mexico, it takes the names of 
the several towns it passes. In it we caught asufficient 
number of trout to give us all a meal. We also col- 
lected specimens of unios, which abound here. About 
a mile to the east, several large adobe houses were 
seen belonging to an estate which had recently been 
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