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Show T1IU0UIIII MJMHtA, J1KXIC0. .tu lntertalnlng l)rrrlpllnn of a Witt to the erllirateru I'Arl of tilt! hUtC. ICorreironJeDrs of tht IlcsssiT Saws. I have Just returned homo from n visit te the northeaitirn part of the Btate of Bonora, Mex!co,whcre 1 visited many placet of Interest end met many Icraona who nre now or have been prominent In thu affairs of that Htate, Arriving at Ilensou on the Houthern 1'aclfio railroad,! thcro boarded a tralu on the Kogales A Honora railroad, passing our brethren located on tho stream Han Pedro, where can bo seen comfortable, dwellings surrounded with alfalfa, corn and other products, bt, David coul I scarcely be icon, to com-lelelyoocred com-lelelyoocred lilt with a foliage of trees. Wo soon reached the lunctlon of tho railroad, the left branch turning eastward east-ward to a raiulug town named llisby. Thence wo continued our Journey southwest, passing continuous claims of ranchmen, w (rare thoutanda of cattle cat-tle aro seen from tho car window. We arrived at Nogilea at 2 p.m. Here are the best built and molt comfortable houses (after tho Mexican style) that I havu yet seen. Nogales hasapopu latlou ol S,000 Inhabitants, of whom I pioiume about two thirds aro Mexicans. Mexi-cans. Hero the eustom houses of each rtpubllo Join, or rattier the cilices of the railroads. Thu bridge that crosses tho main wash through tho center of tro town Is also loliied, one half belonging be-longing to each government. Here Mexican silver It accepted at(ar the ouly place I have ever been in the United BUtts that they did not discount dis-count Mexican money. I visited tho noted Mexican lady from Honora Hlnto who claims divine toner to heal thu sick. A Mrilloothe, uhosu acquaintance! had forme-dwblle nn the cars, Introduced llrother Isaac Iloblnsau, of Hele Illver (lately released re-leased from n mission among the l'a-agoea),and l'a-agoea),and myself. Wu entered by tho first door. On our left eat the July's socretary.- Wo were registered as visitors, visi-tors, while around lho entire circle of tho wall sat people elbow to elbow, an-tarenlly an-tarenlly lu deep conversation. We stood 111 the center of the room awaiting await-ing tho lady'i arrival. Within a few itiomeuts there entered a tall, rather slender, light comleoted young lady. Mr. lloothu presented us as vlslton. Hhu In re cordial way requested us tu follow her Into an adjoining room. I tils offer we accepted. The next room wusaUosurroundenl with Jeopie with their backs to the wall. Here were men and women slctt from vsrlous causes. We passed through to the third room, where to our sur rise we found thoplaco filled. The next room ojn ned Into an open space, and I confess I felt relieved, and hoped that we would ha to this privilege of a prlvatn conversation. conver-sation. About twenty steps furttier we entered another room, and you can better Imagine my feelings than I can desorlbu tlicm when I tell )ou that heru the lady was compelled to request tho halt, lame and blind to give us passage. Hhe couducted us Into a fifth room, where she evidently performed uk)ii those who had come from all (arts of Mexico, and tho United Btatit also, for on tho tvue tralu with us onie a gentleman, about fifty j ears of aire, from Mluueatolls, who had ro- ceiviu asiroae or nervous prostration. I conversed with him and he told me the object of his long and tedious Jour lie . lie had already vlstted thtsnoted ladynnd had returned to the hotel claiming that ho could realize a marked difference in Ills feelings, nnd that she had Instructed him to remain In the town a few days, thus giving her other opportunities to relieve him. Hut let us return to tha room lost mentioned. Near the centre was a bod uKin n hand.raude bcdiltrad. On It sat die ladles of a higher tyetban I had hitherto observed, liy the side of thu he'd was a good-looktug gentleman, to whom wo were Introduced as tbe father of the young lady. Here, as before, tnt men and women around the room, tome with bandaged heads, othen apparently bllud, while others wero polutea out touj as bsluwexR-inliidid. bsluwexR-inliidid. , Afte r we were ecuted and Mr, jlooth had explained that llrother Robinson and myself were "Mormons" I inquired in-quired If I could ask tho lady a few quittloiis. Yes, wu the reply, and the following stiort comersatlon ensued! en-sued! "Howoldareyou?" "Twinty. three )eara next birthday." "How old were ou when you discovered this divine power, as you call It?" Klghteen yearn old " "How did you recelvelt,or Vihatwrm pour lmirea-slotis, lmirea-slotis, or by what authority do )ou lit nl tho sick?" "1 don't know;ltIust enmu uon me." I had up to this answer used Mr. llooth as nn Interpreter, Inter-preter, but It was quite plain that ha could notilo ullco to the Interpretation Interpreta-tion and I told him that I could speak Hpaiilth, and that ho could mention men-tion this to the father. He did so, and eomuieiiud the conversation. I aiked agalu how the la ly come to obtain her commission, "for surely this is no per-tonul per-tonul power, it his come from tome suiemttural source.' "let, sir, I now uuderstanil what you deslro, an I will tell you that my first Impressions were that there was a something for me to do, hut I could not understand what." '-When this feeling was upon you, did )cu know what was going nn around or wero you unconscious?" "Most of tha tlmo I was unconscious, tho remainder cf the time I could discern dis-cern vverythlng around me, but I had no control of my body or tongue." "How did jcu feel coming out ol this stupor. "I realized no dlflerenco excel ex-cel t that there, remained a constant prompting thai I was to do something, und uneday H so ha "R'' lhatn tick person loiid Willi lu." Here the lady gavuinea long account, toj tedious tedi-ous to (rouble )ou with. Hulilca It to say that Shu cured the pciloo; then her Imprcislous were apiwited nnd lho became convinced that tier mission was to heal the sick, which she has followed from that hour, having lietled by the score; but she Informed mo that her gift fevrned to run among the nervous nnd pnralyllc, though she has cured cases of eiwry description. Tlieru teem to to an exercise of contl dcif-o necessary on tho partof these allllctcd to Insure a cure. Tbu lady also Informed mo that there had been n few caeea over whloh (he had no power, atllrmlug tint such persona per-sona wcro pronounced upon by tho Creator Himself and to sutler the Judgment upouthem." "Under what condition or Intluenco aro you when you put our hands upon an aflllctrj ierson?" "When I place mv hands and It gin to rub the part aflllctcd I become unconscious, or at least I have no control of in) self except to perform my duty, but this Is only in coses that I can cure." "1)3 you Imagine that you see anything when unconscious, ordo jou hear anything?" "I cto.uot hear an thing: but thcro nruperwii agea apparently Hosting In the air, traversing to and fro, and they are trying to Instruct me, but I cannot understand them." Here I ceased my questioning. I have only given you the main points or outline of one of lho Interesting visit. of my life. Wu shook hands, lhaiiV. Ing tho Isdy for her courtesy end, retired. At .1 pm. 1 left llrother Itoblnson and passed Into Mexico. Altera few moment's delay (durlug which the custom olllcers examined our pact ages) wu hurled aloug down grade, piuslng many slstlons till within about twenty miles of the City of Maiallna, where on either side, except In tome few cases, could bo seen poorly tilled farms, orchards sxtundlng for many miles along the tide of the rallroaj. At the Stallone It was amusing to see the swarm of veudort of fruit almcsl given away, Madnllnt la said to contain from seven to eight thousand luhabltaull. The heat only reaches 80, At 12 midnight we halted at I'osa ttallou, my railroad destination, and at I waJ walking the platform a gentleman gentle-man (l.gnaclA Halatar) hailed mo In lirokon l.tiglUh. 1 of course knew that tics was a Mexican and responded In Ills own language. Ho seemed a Hills surprised and offered ruu his hand, asking ask-ing my rardou lortalutlnguteln Ln-llsli. Ln-llsli. He invited mo to his house. I Ills, however, was alter I had ex. plained the object of my Journey and that Captain 1j. W. Mix was to tend a lilou, as It Is called here, to carry me to l.us baleclas, a distance of ilxty-fi ve miles. I wassoonejuletly recllulngbiKiu my blanket, and early uext morning, to my Joy, ,th young Mexican came up, leudllig asaddtcd horse. Yeti4nl the time until 3 p. m. converting upon the Uospt ins repealed by the l'rophct Joseph rimltli, tho Introduction of tbe history of the lchalUams of this continent, con-tinent, together with a moat rigid comparison com-parison between this sacred re curd an i the Holy llible. Thla gentleman hsd been the Htate secretary, had served as prlvatJ secretary under (Jen. 1'cscelra at thu tlmo when tills Honoia Hlstu was uuuer a series of revolutions uiuoug themselves and the tloodthlrsly Atactics made havoc of everything tcforu them. Many Incidents mentioned men-tioned by thls'gcntleiuauweru of memory mem-ory to rac, having occurred at thu tiiuo that I). W. Junes, his sou Wiley, Heleroan Trait, Antonio W. lvlus, J. .. Stewart, It. H. Hmlth and raj self were passing through tbu couutry seventeen years ago, huvleg been sent by President ilrlghura Young to open tno Gospel door tu tl.o.e frontier Htutcs and exlore thu country. Leaving at 3 p. in. wu camped at a ranch lor a time. Wo were on our way long beloro Oayllght. Our Journey lay across high mouutaln ranges and deep csuyonsuiado by u thousand floods. At last, havlug reached tho summit, thu guide pointed to the ltlverHoueralylng cast and running from north to south, v, hle.lt oould barely bo located, ns the rugged mountains with their towering chllt and deep gorges filled thu entire siiacu as far as thu eye could renoli. Wo i rested on, lest the shades ol the comlug night should uvertsku us. At U p. in. wu wero served with u meal by tnu mother of my guide. Aflerafcw moments' rest we continued our Jouruey to the HI. 1-lena Miuu the point I had elarted for and where wu were met ty the ci tulii and his secretary, Mr. llullcll, who received me with a cordiality characteristic of western people. After supper and a gcnural look arouud the place, visiting the stupendous works of a sixty stamp mill, with all its apiirlenance, then I iny down Uon a cot, tired Indeed, Next day being thu Habbulh I rested and talked with tbe captain relative to tho purchase of the Delicto, the old resort and home of lho late Uorcruor Tcscelra, who bad sold this Ht, l.leua mine and l.as Dellcos to a llostou com ueuy. The property has, howuver, passed through vurlous hands, and Is now owned by a New York company. Hie pricu originally paid was $.lo0,0iM to thu govornor. Thu car (Bin was compelled to go oil on busluess, carry-lug carry-lug with him some $10,MX In bullion, whllo Mr, lluHett was detailed to show mo around thu laud claims, which wu commenced thu next eta). This property is all that Its name indicates, indi-cates, oneu the mansion wheteUeucral Tescelrn made his homu and wheru he prided himself hi taking his visitors; where he quartered hit toldlcrtaau where he worked hit servants to help to beautify and to keep all things pleat ant. lho sixteen ncro garden adjoins the houses on the south, and is filled with all the variety of hulls and tlowersthat go to satisfy the taato an 1 please tho c)e. There ore orange trees towering sixty feet lu the air, tho olive, lemon, apple, the pomegranate in all their arletiee Interspersed with berries of Mirious kinds and surrounded on every sldn Willi doublo-headed roses, seudlug forth a delightful perlume. Hut to return; we found that tho prort did not embrace nearly as many aires as had been tuppoeel, and after three da) s' visit 1 was furnished with an excellent horso and a guide to return by the dllltrent places to learn more of the couutry. My course from tbu railroad to the Dollcla was easterly. I now turn directly north, following the Hjnora river most of the tlmo. This tuns south and toulhwcet. mm night we were favored Willi a visit from J.gnnclo Tcs-oelra. Tcs-oelra. I think lie Is Ilia oldest eon of tbuUoueral. feextday wulefl tho river and keit ntarly north, passing small farms all day until about 1 t-m. We then opened out oh toa higher plateau. Thus far thu couutry outside of the cultivated cul-tivated fields was utt rly worthiest, though thu entire surface, hillside and all was covered with an underbrush, which is notlhe caso hero where our IoploUelI, as our mountains around us lu Dlsi nre entirely bare. At lho foot of this higher plateau was an excellent ex-cellent farm and well tended, beautiful com, very large and tatty melons.wllli plenty of grass and (Imlvr along tho narrow vulle, which extends six mllet to the Haicleuda headquarters, as It Is called here. Along this valley grows Umber of an Immense height, Cottonwood Cot-tonwood trees nru grown hero 100 feet high, the trunk measuring sixty feet without a limb; n-h In abundance, 100 feet. The mulociry and tach can also bu found aloes thla stream. Otai are plentiful, and other timbers I mu not acquainted with. Wu now reach tho Hac!endo, where the widow of the Itto Uovernor Tescelra resides. Hhe owns 180,0110 acres and 10,000 bead of cattle and 10i)0 head or horses, with houses along thu stream for miles; but these are not Inhabitable, owing to their ago. Heru live thousand acre ot land could bu cultivated up and down tbe stream, which nlforda ample water. On thla Hasclendaaro natural reservoirs, reser-voirs, which could bu Improve! s aa to Increase thu water privileges and thus bring under cultivation hundreds ol acres not already Included In the udjacent hills. Utah cedars are In abundance, whllo there are live oaks lu every direction. 1 had a pleasant visit heru and was treated kindly. Our next point la lack on lo the river, whelo wu find the cuuntry much more open. Heru wu havu lho hills an 1 mountains not only covered with an excellent growth of oakandmus-quit, oakandmus-quit, but also grass. Here dwells a oi le ready for tho Uospel, and 1 asturo you that 1 lest no opportunity lu Uarlug my humble testimony of the truth. We continued our Journey instward, while the river tutus a little lo the w est. Wu unci thu divide and dow u to an American's ranch (Jerry Dillon's). Woaro now uud hva Iweii since leaving lho river In onu of the llnutcountries for lliiibe rand grnsHlhs t my eyes v er beheld or my fcetevir trod. Hut water Is scarce. Oaks can bo found In abundance. Wu nt last reach lho Fronterct. All along the routu ml friendly old guniu tainted out the laces of note wheru utiles Heru fought and wberu the Apjches ttaluod Ihugrouud fjr mllra with the blood of tbu oi!c. No onu could betlevu the licmieudlug tieleo thai ore told by the aged among Mils people about thowuraand revolutions revolu-tions that tiave been their lot for so many gtinctntliuir, and tho hunger an 1 sntlerlnt; they have endured lu their n treat. Judging from their own accounts, consternation loomed the lot of the l-eojile who inhabited thu land, white the very oi jot lo seccoad to lu I Iru ttiulr foes, ior lu many cusea thu A aches would whip ana put to Might leu to one, carrj lug ctr w uuieu for lor turn and children for slaves, and tu sell aud latter them with ether tribes, r'rontercs Is a tinall town. The stream, which Is llkewlio called by that uaino, rises lu tbe south and runs north, bearing east until It makes n complete turn to the south, i uiptylng Into the Havlsty river, fifteen or twe nty miles north of thu pnrcbssu of llrother Wll lams, Johu C. ,alloaud others who largalned and colonized the I lace last siring. This fruutlcr stream It not sufficient to Irrigate nearly all thu land aloug Its banks, but ttio country Issusceptlblu ol reservoirs, where water can bo husbanded while tho stream It Hushed aud then drawn hi tho more dry season. Thla stream Is at least stveul) flvu miles long and coul I, under more practical and Judlclods maiiagi ment, be made to sustain sus-tain filly thousand Inhabitants. Tim. ber Is fairly plentiful. Tlnn for lumber lum-ber can bo ol tallied, which as n rulj is si-utce In Mexico. It It au excellent cllmato with lenty of grass; hi short, all things considered, the land, the water, the timber, tho climate, coupled with thu distance from our other set-tloiueiiti set-tloiueiiti seems to bo sullloletit to warrant me In saying that Trontcrcs allords the best uulngfor colonliing that I have seen on iny Journey. Itls no farther from heru to Truuterea than to our settlements on thu mountain. Itls ouly thirty. five miles from llltby rallroal station (which is locate I In the Uulted States) lo 1 rou. tvres,nnd tbe greater prtlou of the land can be nbtalned at a very low figure, while asleplu thntd.ioctlon would tend to strengthen our brethren on tho la-vlspy. la-vlspy. Htsrtlng In another direction wo went across the hills with a vlow to strlko the Tronteret, wberu it e mi ties Into the Hnvlspl river, this we did early next morning, when my gulja left me ns pr agrcorueut, while 1 trudged along lonely indeed. Continuing Contin-uing my Journey 1 reached OJItat Just before daylight. Hero I was klmiir treated aud arrived homo last night at dark. I found my family all well but a little anxious over my long delsy. Ajimon M. TrNNi v. Colony Diaz, Chihuahua, Mexico. August 23, 160J. |
