Part 21 (1/2)
28.00. Fort Davis.-Good camp. From Fort Davis to Eagle Springs there is an ascent, and one of the very best of roads.
18.42. Barrel Springs.-Water good; gra.s.s and wood fair.
13.58. Dead Man's Hole.-Good wood and water; gra.s.s scarce.
32.83. Van Horne's Wells.-No gra.s.s or wood, but they will be found two miles back.
19.74. Eagle Springs.-Gra.s.s and wood poor; water about half a mile from camp, in a narrow canon.
32.03. Mouth of Canon ”de los Camenos.”-The road is rather rough. From here to Fort Bliss, opposite El Paso, the road runs near the river, and camps may be made any where. The wood, water, and gra.s.s are good at all points.
61.13. San Eluzario.-Mexican town.
9.25. Socorro.-Mexican town.
15.00. Fort Bliss, at El Paso.-United States military post and Mexican town.
Total distance from San Antonio to El Paso, 654.27 miles.
Miles. El Paso to 22. Cottonwood.-From El Paso to Messilla Valley, in the Gadsden Purchase, the road runs up the east bank of the Rio Grande to Fort Fillmore (N.M.), where it crosses the river into the Messilla Valley.
22. Fort Fillmore.
6. La Messilla.
65. Cook's Spring.-From Messilla Valley to Tucson the road is remarkably good, with good gra.s.s and water. The streams on this section are the Mimbres and San Pedro, both fordable, and crossed with little trouble. The Apache Indians are generally met with in this country. There is a flouring-mill two miles below El Paso, where flour can be purchased at very reasonable prices.
18. Rio Mimbres.
17. Ojo la Vaca.
10. Ojo de Ynez.
34. Peloncilla.
18. San Domingo.
23. Apache Springs.
9. Cabesas Springs.
26. Dragon Springs.
18. Quercos Canon.-Bunch-gra.s.s will be found sufficient for traveling purposes along this section of the road between El Paso and Tucson.
6. San Pedro Crossing.
20. Cienega.
13. Cienega Creek.
20. Mission of San Navier.
8. Tucson.-Total distance from El Paso to Tucson, 305 miles.
5. Pico Chico Mountain.
35. First Camp on Gila River.
29. Maricopa Wells.-The Maricopa Wells are at the western extremity of a fertile valley occupied by Pincos Indians, who cultivate corn and other grain.
40. Tezotal.-Across Jornada. There is but little gra.s.s here, but in the season the mesquite leaves are a good subst.i.tute.
10. Ten Mile Camp.
15. Oatman's Flat.-First crossing of the Gila River.
25. Second Crossing of the Gila.-The traveler can generally find sufficient gra.s.s in the hills along the valley of the Gila.
32. Peterman's Station.
20. Antelope Peak.
24. Little Corral.
16. Fort Yuma.
The distance from El Paso to Fort Yuma is 644 miles.
WELL IN THE DESERT.-ALAMO MOCHO.
XV.-From Fort Yuma to San Diego, California.
[Distances in miles and hundredths of a mile.]
Miles. Fort Yuma to 10.00. Los AlG.o.dones.-Along the Colorado.
10.00. Cook's Wells.-Here commences the great desert; water nowhere good or reliable until arriving at Carizo Creek. The points named are where deep wells have been dug. ”New River,” though usually set down, is a dry arroyo. The surface of the desert for seven miles on the eastern side is drifting sand and heavy for wagons. Then comes a section in the centre of the desert that is hard and level. On the west side there is about three miles of a mud flat.
21.90. Alamo Rancho.