Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila RiversWendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848 - 416 Seiten |
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5-Continued abundant Alpha Aquila altitudes of Arcturus altitudes of Polaris altitudes of sun's Apaches APPENDIX Aquarii Aquila Arcturus Arkansas river August beautiful Bent's Bent's Fort buffalo California camp cañon Captain Chronometer fast Clear and calm clouds Colonel Colorado cotton-wood Council grove creek crossing December DETERMINATION OF LATITUDE dragoons east star encamped flowers Fort Leavenworth Gila Gila river grass ground hills horses inches Indians July Kaw river Kearny Leavenworth leaves Lieutenant longitude Lyræ meridian Mexican Mexico mezquite miles moon's mountains mules night November Nutt o'clock observations October p. m. Double altitudes Pawnee fork Pimos plains plant prairie rain rancheria Raton pass reached Rio del Norte road route San Diego sand Santa Fé September side Sonora species spring stream sun's upper limb table land Thermometer Thermometer 50 to-day Torr town valley wagons Wakaroosa west star wind
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Seite 27 - From the Mexican government, you have never received protection. The Apaches and the Navajoes come down from the mountains and carry off your sheep, and even your women, whenever they please.
Seite 29 - Pecos, once a fortified town, is built on a promontory or rock, somewhat in the shape of a foot. Here burned, until within seven years, the eternal fires of Montezuma, and the remains of the architecture exhibit, in a prominent manner, the engraftment of the Catholic church upon the ancient religion of the country. At one end of the short spur forming the terminus of the promontory, are the remains of the...
Seite 38 - It is covered with cushions, carpets, and pillows; upon which the visiter sits or reclines. The dirt floor is usually covered a third or a half with common looking carpet. On the uncovered part is the table, freighted with grapes, sponge-cake, and the wine of the country. The walls are hung with miserable pictures of the saints, crosses innumerable, and Yankee mirrors without number. These last are suspended entirely out of reach; and if one wishes to shave or adjust his toilet, he must do so without...
Seite 48 - Women, when captured, are taken' as wives by those who capture them, but they are treated by the Indian wives of the capturers as slaves, and made to carry wood and water; if they chance to be pretty, or receive too much attention from their lords and masters, they are, in the absence of the latter, unmercifully beaten and otherwise maltreated. The most unfortunate thing which can befal a captive woman is to be claimed by < two persons. In this case, she is either shot or delivered up for indiscriminate...
Seite 99 - ... struggle, showed signs of water. An old champagne basket, used by one of the officers as a pannier, was lowered in the hole, to prevent the crumbling of the sand. After many efforts to keep out the caving sand, a basket-work of willow twigs effected the object, and, much to the joy of all, the basket, which was now 15 or 20 feet below the surface, filled with water.
Seite 92 - ... twentytwo miles, very long for our jaded and ill-fed brutes. The general's horse gave out, and he was obliged to mount his mule. . Most of the men were on foot, and a small party, composed chiefly of the general and staff, were a long way ahead of the...
Seite 33 - Indians, well mounted, and two of them carrying gold-headed canes with tassels, the emblems of office in New Mexico. Salutations over, we jogged along, and, in the course of conversation, the alcalde, a grave and majestic old Indian, said, as if casually, "We shall meet some Indians presently, mounted, and dressed for war, but they are the young men of my town, friends come to receive you, and I wish you to caution your men not to fire upon them when they ride towards them.
Seite 108 - Thus were put to rest together, and forever, a band of brave and heroic men. The long march of 2,000 miles had brought our little command, both officers and men, to know each other well. Community of hardships, dangers, and privations, had produced relations of mutual regard which caused their loss to sink deeply in our memories.
Seite 72 - ... that in bygone days, a woman of surpassing beauty resided in a green spot in the mountains near the place where we were encamped. All the men admired, and paid court to her. She received the tributes of their devotion, grain, skins, &c., but gave no love or other favor in return.
Seite 35 - ... determined to make the march in one day, and raise the United States flag over the palace before sundown. New horses or mules were ordered for the artillery, and every thing was braced up for a forced march. The distance was not great, but the road bad, and the horses on their last legs. A small detachment was sent forward at daybreak, and at six the army followed. Four or five miles from old Pecos the road leads into a canon, with hills on each side from 1,000 to 2,000 feet above the road, in...