Part 15 (2/2)

17-3/4. Branch of Canadian.-Road pa.s.ses a small branch 3-1/2 miles from the last camp.

18-3/8. Branch of Canadian.-Road pa.s.ses a small branch of the Canadian at 8 miles from the last camp.

17-7/8. Spring Branch.-Good road.

9-1/2. Branch of Canadian.-Good road and camp.

18-1/2. Branch of the Canadian.-Good road and camp.

10-1/4. Pools of Water.-Good camp.

10. Large Pond.-Good camp.

25. Pools of Water.-No wood; water brackish. The road pa.s.ses over a very elevated and dry country, without wood or water.

18-1/2. Head of Branch.-At 13-1/2 miles the road crosses a branch of the Canadian.

19-3/4. Laguna Colorado.-Road here falls into an old Mexican cart-road. Good springs on the left up the creek, with wood and gra.s.s abundant.

7. Pools of Water.-Road runs through cedars.

10-3/8. Pajarito Creek.-Gra.s.s begins to be rather short in places, but is abundant on the creek.

13-1/2. Gallenas Creek.-Good camp.

15. 2d Gallenas Creek.-Good road.

16-1/2. Pecos River at Anton Chico.-This is the first settlement after leaving Camp Arbuckle. Corn and vegetables can be purchased here. Gra.s.s is generally short here.

15. Pecos River opposite Questa.-Road runs through the cedar, and is firm and good. Camp is in sight of the town of Questa, upon a very elevated bluff.

21-3/4. Laguna Colorado.-Road pa.s.ses through a wooded country for a portion of the distance, but leaves it before reaching camp, where there is no wood, but water generally sufficient for trains. In very dry seasons it has been known to fail. The road forks here, the right leading to Santa Fe via Galistio (45-1/2 miles), and the left to Albuquerque.

22-1/2. San Antonio.-Good road.

18-3/4. Albuquerque.-Good road.

Total distance from Fort Smith to Albuquerque, 814-3/4 miles.

Total distance from Fort Smith to Santa Fe, 819 miles.

II.-From Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe, by the way of the upper ferry of the Kansas River and the Cimarron.

[In this table the distances, taken by an odometer, are given in miles and hundredths of a mile. The measured distances between the crossing of the Arkansas and Santa Fe are from Major Kendrick's published table. Wood, water, and gra.s.s are found at all points where the absence of them is not stated.]

Miles. From Fort Leavenworth to 2.88. Salt Creek.

9.59. Stranger's Creek.

13.54. Stranger's Creek.

9.60. Gra.s.shopper Creek.

6.50. Gra.s.shopper Creek.

2.86. Gra.s.shopper Creek.

2.60. Gra.s.shopper Creek.

4.54. Soldier's Creek.

2.45. Upper Ferry, Kansas River.

7.41. Pottawatomie Settlement.

5.75. Pottawatomie Creek.

3.89. White Wakarussi Creek.

7.78. White Wakarussi Creek.

6.27. White Wakarussi Creek.

0.73. Road from Independence.-No place to encamp.

5.72. White Wakarussi Creek.

2.51. White Wakarussi Creek.

2.82. 142-mile Creek.

7.80. Bluff Creek.

5.77. Rock Creek.

5.08. Big John Spring.

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