. 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 . g them wereseveral women on mules, who appeared to have hada sorry time of it. The Picacho was still farahead; but after watering the animals, we pushed on,and at 11 oclock reached its base, where we encamp-ed. I had been eighteen hours in my seat, and wasglad to throw myself on the ground beneath the shadeof a mezquit bush, and get some sleep. After an hoursrest I got up and mad
. 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 . g them wereseveral women on mules, who appeared to have hada sorry time of it. The Picacho was still farahead; but after watering the animals, we pushed on,and at 11 oclock reached its base, where we encamp-ed. I had been eighteen hours in my seat, and wasglad to throw myself on the ground beneath the shadeof a mezquit bush, and get some sleep. After an hoursrest I got up and made a fire for my cook, who wasstill deep in his slumbers ; and by one oclock we hadour breakfast. This forty-five miles was the mostfatiguing days journey we had yet had, including theexposure during the whole night to such a tempest ofwind and rain. VOL. n.—19 290 CASAS GRANDES TO The vegetation of this desert is the same as thatnear the Gila, viz., dwarfish mezquitat intervals, larreaMexicana, palo verde, and cacti; the great petahayaluxuriating as usual in the barrenness. A tuft of grasswas occasionally seen, and now and then some brilliantflower that had ventured to u waste its sweetness onthe desert rioacho of the Tucson desert, from the South. The mud holes here were filled with water, but soturbid that we could not taste it. We had enough,however, in our canteens and kegs for drinking pur-poses. There was quite a thicket of mezquit here, and SANTA CRUZ. 291 an excellent place for a camp. The animals found atolerable supply of food in the tufts of grass, and mez-quit beans. At 5 oclock in the afternoon we started again,although we had had but little rest. I would haveremained till morning, but our water was nearly road had by this time become quite dry, and werolled on at a steady gait of three miles an hour. Soonafter leaving, the sky became overcast, and we feareda repetition of the storm ; but it did not occur, and,although we had considerable difficulty
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