. Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua : connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52, and '53 . ntier town which we had visited,whether in this State or in Sonora, its population isdiminishing, and its houses falling to decay, in conse-quence of the inroads of the universal enemy, theApaches. The present population is but three hun-dred, and even these dare not venture far beyond thetown, but lounge out a miserable existence beneaththe shade of the adobe walls, changing the
. Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua : connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52, and '53 . ntier town which we had visited,whether in this State or in Sonora, its population isdiminishing, and its houses falling to decay, in conse-quence of the inroads of the universal enemy, theApaches. The present population is but three hun-dred, and even these dare not venture far beyond thetown, but lounge out a miserable existence beneaththe shade of the adobe walls, changing their positionas the shadows change. The streets have a desolateand forsaken appearance. No one seemed to be atwork; and such as were not squatting under the wallswere engaged in gambling. The presidio buildingsoccupied by the military, are in a state of ruin. Before going to camp, I rode to the quarters of thecommanding officer, Colonel Medina, who had extend-ed many civilities to Colonel Craig and a surveyingparty of the Commission under Mr. John Bull, thepreceding year, while reconnoitering the country be- * Escudero. Noticias Estadisticas de Chihuahua.—p. 56. , ill jpffll m [liilllllllll ??V- iii iii 11. AND VISIT TO CAS AS GR ANDES. 341 tween El Paso and the Copper Mines. The Colonel,however, was taking his siesta, and I had not thepleasure of seeing him. We found here seven Americans, who had left oneof the emigrating parties a few days previous, in thebelief that they could reach California by an easier routeand at less expense than by keeping with the plan was to go to Ures, Hermosillo, and Guay-mas, where they intended to take a vessel for SanFrancisco. On my representing to them all the diffi-culties that would attend a journey that way, and thedelay they would be likely to meet with at Guaymas,where there might be no vessel leaving for a month,they became convinced of their error, and determinedto leave the same evening, and endeavor to overtaketheir friend
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