. 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 . e the teams, but foundthat no more than four mules could be used to advan-tage, owing to the short turns in the road. The get-ting up these hills proved a very difficult task, and itwas only by every one putting a shoulder to the wheelsand chocking them at every five or six feet, that theycould be surmounted. It was dark when we reachedthe small stream seven miles beyond, which,
. 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 . e the teams, but foundthat no more than four mules could be used to advan-tage, owing to the short turns in the road. The get-ting up these hills proved a very difficult task, and itwas only by every one putting a shoulder to the wheelsand chocking them at every five or six feet, that theycould be surmounted. It was dark when we reachedthe small stream seven miles beyond, which, though fullwhen we passed, now furnished scarcely water sufficientfor our mules. June 14dh. The road being good, we completed ourdays journey by 2 oclock, p. m., and encamped on thebanks of the arroyo where we had nooned before. * This statement was found to be true on our return to the CopperMines, where news had been sent from Janos; and on leaving for Cali-fornia, two months later, I took with me a man who had been in theaffray, and substantiated what had been related to us by the Mexicansoldiers. On returning from California a year later we saw on the spotwhere this affair took place the skeleton of a THE COPPER MINES. 297 The stream was now dry, but water was found in thespring near at hand. June 15th. In crossing the ridge of hills which sepa-rated us from Las Playas, the cart took a side lurchand broke down, every spoke giving way and the wheelcrushing to pieces. As the accident was past remedy,the contents of the cart were distributed among thewagons, and we hastened on, reaching Las Playas atnoon. Here the grass and water was so good that weremained until 4 oclock, when we pushed on in orderto accomplish that night as much as possible of thelong distance of fifty-two miles that lay before us with-out water. Kept on till 10 oclock, p. m., when weencamped on the arid plain. June lQth. The road being excellent, an earlystart and fast driving brought us to Ojo de Vac
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