. 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 . s, we were compelled to stop short of ourintended places of encampment, in order to get up ourtents and arrange the camp before the rain came stood guard this night, and found it rather uncom-fortable, as it rained most of the time; yet I made myhourly rounds, stumbling several times over mules,which I could not see in the darkness. August 15th. Keeping a north-easterly cour
. 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 . s, we were compelled to stop short of ourintended places of encampment, in order to get up ourtents and arrange the camp before the rain came stood guard this night, and found it rather uncom-fortable, as it rained most of the time; yet I made myhourly rounds, stumbling several times over mules,which I could not see in the darkness. August 15th. Keeping a north-easterly course, ourwhole days march was over a broad plain with fewundulations, and no hills or mountains near; the roadgood as before. The day was damp and cloudy. At4 oclock, p. m., we stopped, having travelled abouttwenty miles. We now approached the most dreaded portion ofour journey since crossing the Tucson desert, south ofthe Gila. This was the Medanos, or Sand-hills. Allthe emigrants we had met spoke of these, and thegreat difficulties that attended their passage. Bydoubling their ox-teams, that is, by putting from 12to 15 oxen to each wagon, they had succeeded inpassing them. Two trips were thus required for each. ft :
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