EL PASO TO CHIHUAHUA. AOL 
CHAPTER XXXVIII. 
EL PASO TO CHIHUAHUA. 
Departure from El Paso—Accident at the start—Farewell to friends—San 
Eleazario—Fording the Rio Grande—Wagon upset—Guadalupe— 
Ascend the Table-land—Grassy plains and open country—Ojo de Lucero 
—lLaguna de los Patos—Country overflowed—Wagon mired—More 
accidents—Carrizal—Ojo Caliente—Rio Carmen—Encounter with the 
Apaches—A man killed—Animals lost—Ojo de Callejo—Mexican 
soldiers—Precautions to avoid a surprise—Laguna de Encinillas—El 
Pefiol—El Sauz—Rio Sacramento—Battle field—N otice of the battle— 
Arrival at Chihuahua. 
October 6th. All being in readiness to start, the 
train drew up in front of Mr. Magoffin’s store-house, to 
take in a supply of corn. While standing here, the 
mules, which had not been in harness for six weeks or 
more, became uneasy, and, turning suddenly round, 
broke off two of the wagon tongues; which compelled 
us to wait another day for repairs. 
There is no grass along the river after leaving 
Isleta. This made it necessary to send off a wagon 
load of corn, to be delivered to us about eighty miles 
ahead. In addition to this, each team carried a few 
bags. 
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