Part 21 (2/2)

16.40. Little Laguna.

4.50. New River.

5.80. Big Laguna.

26.40. Carizo Creek.-Water good; cane and brush for fuel, and they afford some forage for the animals; no gra.s.s.

16.60. Vallecito.-Gra.s.s poor; wood and water sufficient.

17.80. San Felipe.-Gra.s.s poor; wood scarce; water good.

15.80. Warner's Ranch.-The road pa.s.ses through a beautiful oak grove, where there is an abundance of gra.s.s and water. This is the summit of the mountain. At the Ranch the gra.s.s is poor, and no wood. The water is good. The oak grove terminates six miles from Warner's.

10.30. Santa Isabel.-Good gra.s.s, wood, and water. This was an old Spanish mission, but is now occupied by some Americans and Indians.

11.40. Laguna.-Two miles from last camp is a good camping-place. The road pa.s.ses over some steep hills, not high. This is the best camp on the road.

12.00. San Pasquel.-For the first nine miles the road is level and good to the top of the mountain, where there is a good camping-place, with wood, water, and gra.s.s; thence the road descends a very steep hill. The camp is on the east side of the brook, near Soto's house.

18.80. Parrasquitas.-The road pa.s.ses a good camp three miles from San Pasqual. Wood, Water, and gra.s.s at Parrasquitas.

8.00. Fisher's House.-The road pa.s.ses over several hills, and at four miles is a good camping-place. Wood, water, and gra.s.s at camp.

San Diego, California.-When animals are to be kept a considerable time at San Diego, they should be taken four or five miles up the river, as the gra.s.s is poor near the town.

Total distance from Fort Yuma to San Diego, 217 miles.

XVI.-From El Paso, New Mexico, to Fort Yuma, California, via Santa Cruz.

[Distances in miles and hundredths of a mile.]

Miles. From El Paso to 26.10. Samalayuca.-Spring, with gra.s.s and wood.

38.00. Salado.-Bad water, with little gra.s.s and wood.

24.75. Santa Maria.-Good gra.s.s, wood, and water.

27.50. Mines of San Pedro.-Bad water; little gra.s.s or water.

19.20. Correlitos.-Good water, gra.s.s, and wood.

20.00. Janos.-Good water, gra.s.s, and wood.

12.00. Pelatudo.-Good water, gra.s.s, and wood.

30.00. San Francisco.-Water half a mile south of the road.

18.00. San Louis.-Good water, gra.s.s, and wood.

35.00. San Bernardino.-Good water, gra.s.s, and wood.

30.00. Ash Creek.-Gra.s.s, wood, and water.

37.00. Head of San Pedro.-Gra.s.s and water.

24.00. Santa Cruz.-Good gra.s.s, wood, and water.

31.00. Cocospe.-Much gra.s.s; 10 or 12 miles without water. Leave Santa Cruz River at old Rancho San Lazaro. No water till reaching the head of San Ignacio, except at nine miles, a spring one mile west of the road.

26.00. Hemores.-From Cocospe to Santa Anna follow down the San Ignacio, and in many places there is wood and gra.s.s. Gra.s.s is much better at three miles from the river. At the foot of the hills there is an abundance of grama-gra.s.s.

5.00. Terrenati.

4.00. San Ignacio.

5.20. Madina.

5.20. San Lorenzo.

2.60. Santa Marta.

5.20. Santa Anna.

26.00. Alamita.-Plenty of gra.s.s. Leave the river 10 or 12 miles from Santa Anna, and no water thence to Alamita, which is a small rancho.

31.20. Altar.-No water; gra.s.s abundant.

13.00. Laguna.-Small water-hole; gra.s.s scanty and poor.

52.00. Sonia.-Sometimes water is found 25 miles from the Laguna, south of the road. There is a well at Sonia in the town, and sometimes water in a hole 300 yards south of the town, 100 yards west of the road.

10.40. El Paso.-Well at El Paso supplying 100 animals; water muddy and brackish; gra.s.s poor.

52.00. Sonorita.-No water on the road; at Sonorita are several brackish springs. Gra.s.s poor; bad camping-place; saltpetre at the springs.

Quita Oaquita.-No water on the road. Saline spring at camp, better than at Sonorita, but the gra.s.s is not so good.

10.40. Agua Salado.-Water uncertain; gra.s.s poor.

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