Show narrative of beales 1 wagon roddi rodd i expedition from groi r ont oft 1 defiance efi edl to the colorado biver elver the te lol iol lowing cairati jai arra rati tiva tive a of or beales sealed exploration lon ran of tcp southern bouthern Sout bout liem tiem agon bouli taken from ibe the note dote bor bar bork boik k of ojan mra J R borle porle porter 11 atta attached clied iq the tha til scientific corps of ahe the ati expedition pell I 1 tion wicopy p the alfa ala ata the object pf af tb ift expedition abich sf ep bifid in the tho written instructions of til secretary of yar var wa was to proceed to ins di abola tek tei texas wilvie le the camels iad been lande laade from the stor esip S supply u ply david porter portar and from thence to proceed to lo fali fail foll foil t defiance Dt fiance 16 in now new itow maxico mexico near bhuta jae and aud fronat tint elace place to commence tha the wa wao nolad to the colorado ahe sun sup anc uth tit p then thel the Ap jave jaye oal oai C cal 1 earmer eanner dec 18 E r ARRIVA arnival AT san sax ATONI 0 1 l A fj rf lf iti F liek s xa F 13 bale baie baie bale and anahis kis his I 1 party parly arril rd aasin anton antonio lo 10 on the of june from froni san antonio 6 to onabe on abe verde river where the I 1 camel camels had been beep conveyed fo to his lua aid ard i d that air fir coyt pope PP e of a S top topographical ogra engineers iid ild D bad had b been ee depute deai d by government to construct artesian arje arte stan the he ticketed avil y ahree out alit ofil of i the ninety dat that prace pili ans and three to together geibe r with tile tiie animals were and two Arabs ll 11 who wll wil left ift him alima at t heing being cletur letur illg homo 1 r t V i the tag party left sad san A antonio on tile tiie tie tle 23 sath gath ah of f jun june e dho tha iha camels packed with ith a large portion bil of the grain for tell ten teams leatos of mules 1116 oi ole beular Y re ulan dulde ular pack camel of there thero ivene wherte a are ara aro capable of of off aone f one thousand d pounds they rhey passed over the tile old wagon road extending bonia borne even seven miles between san antonio and el paso piso the tiie pal stopping places on utie itie route were leha leba springs the tha hondo thib foch clark dark rid san felipe rio sein seln pedro devila Devils or riven river camp Lin caslen casler the pecos peas springs ledna leona spring ba rella gs fort tort dav davis is higo springs and d herld herid he rid Grai gral graude icle jole on the july tue the aped on followed tda led the road leadia laeding through the chevalley vailey valley of this stream along a fertile and welt well watered gate Vate fed country dou and af fording sustenance to hund hurd hundreds reds of sheep they passed assed el P Ps a so a adew rely fely miles to ill fil the e southward andi and reach ua on the loi loth of august hyl heh p V THE thib camera 1 lt 1 1 13 liia the tho camels perform ed this journey het bet between weep sau san antonio and aud alke aike a no tio t less less than i a thousand miles ii in wiell thile was a considerable sp spa epa aco bce ace ce fo lo to assed jeh dei ilof idof I 1 water or grass grassi without in a single instance 6 any sign of fatigue or dotres ds dm tres tress bof nor sho w ing ng any ally signs signs of thirst they k ept pace paco easily with the teams teams at an average rate of four milt an ari hour though required this rale rate could cougil hava have been doubled with outi uti thi the least inconvenience A i t aib alb erol beique berque is 13 nie die JIey afe bican ican town town dowd built baili of ao lobes and d is the depot of the he troops pf af that quarter it isi ia the center of fil ill tho the 1 I supplies lyp pip diles or the th U S forus fons in that section I 1 Is t a pl population is about the expedit expedition iori vv was as cordial lynd hospitably received at every stopping place laa th the vicinity 1 I entirely destitute deg des titue 0 I 1 grass I 1 I 1 THE BOOTI ROUT 1 THROUGH tROUGH Tl leaving some of the chons wagons which had be coin cora come coia qunce essary to tran the dile tha buggag the expedition ali alf crossed the rid rio grande and turned towards the colorado they crossed the dry bed of the little and proceeded on the road roa d lying within of the arver and abmpr tha the r mountain tin tairi spurs extend extending ing through new mexico they passed through t the tho pueblo of laguna in IS habited by a mixed population of indians and new mexicans they were now 1 raveling traveling coronados Coron Coro ados route who in 1530 passed parsed ih through rough lough this ilus country the fhe first explorer ofner mexico continuing upon the road to the new town of zahl zabi situa situated ted fed about eight miles wiles from the original ruins of that name they passed the tile rio ning hing through a remar remarkable kuble kable volcanic basin oan clent formation they waited waitea upon the the arrival of colonel loring who was fefa returning 1 19 with kith his gom command gormand mand fj aiom am G gila lla ils while the tile expedition was proceeding to zuid zuni ll 11 beale lii lil in Iii company pari nari withnol with col ool Loi lol boiling ling mue made a detour i r towards the northward in the navajo country to fort defiance a distance of 0 ni ninety nety roles miles to procure an escort oe of V U S troops for which mach lie he had bad all an order from the Sec secretary retry of war J t I 1 1 till THE inscriptions INSCRIPTION TION I 1 1 liu lib ROCK roce CK Pas pashing passing sing Eing over this porter consider the most beautiful covered witla with almost noble and lofty pine trees tb they ey arrived oil on of august at vit el moro or the inscription I 1 rock rook this remarkable natural formation iner its a I par Ji ulan ular description emerging from the forest which skirts the basas of the tile backbone of the western conti continent n ent without any previous lous indica fori of its existence bild alid and in the be of un ibn I 1 a almost most explosively volcanic country a smooth wall at 0 white sandstone rises from the grassy plain bich hach read from rom its base to an altitude of q thousand feet at eastern base is ahe spring prink kno kuo known as el moro it Js is wedge shape its ts summit is crowned by an ob original fortress artres ille work of ibe the samo artisans I 1 tumuli I 1 are visible from peru perta to wisconsin sloping fro from inthe in the an ak artificial ive lve ibe the western entrance of the moLin ialo fain iv bici bial hicl farm forma natural corral capable of holding at L jerst berst five thousand head of 4 animals animal aadi impregnable except by a very and paril partially ally aily t thi 11 is corral grow glow the pite trees are cret eret eres t rock ellig towers lou low ers erg above aboyo thu thep the thet party from this tins point proceeded to within twelve miles at 06 zuni vh sy encamped and awalter mr beales deales arm ival al tra tru 91 fort yort defiance le fiance krol erol irom from EL nono NORO 1 I he aasved on the bli bis vf corta arid arld od after reaton reat ln with the he indians for corn earn they started aid ayd denegri de nearl pe d upon a plain gov dov covered i pitr uyama edid idid gramma grass eibing the 11 boull ils its camping pace e basss ivr ovar r leei leel cou ivell tali watered aud out hing qing ap 6 fiu oin e gras aras az q jthn itin ea of man moun monn UR taina hgr bl 0 volean tc bilg ahi 14 ui alt all awe ns 0 I 1 helo belo heio capped app ape d sith r this titles feature is the lix ier g dahy between uru utu a and iii ili afie 16 colorado they cattle in n 9 ii ar kihl gihl the e colorado chiquito onabe Septen september bei bej 4 aade hahe I 1 he h they crossed it without d til III y s athe the I 1 mers lver Js a very narrow nario I 1 tv and mu muddy dy ia e aai ali at efio he ford tora liere liero we hemiy remly foutt foitl fou four tl i ft of ter r the tha camels frow the cis ois t anad atie th mma marcles marei ps willi without out fatigue e or flaggie flaigg ii ta tle 0 a their theli course on ohe the 1 pirn pian f 35 a delree degree tart s fi a A mg lieuen ei egen eUen valer waler t baon rive 0 maji amter ai and ard he mat wal in luxuriant blue gram dla did margias r ras rad 1 4 the coure course now lay through an unexplored TC te gion xion 1 i til the A A vp tin liri jin e intersected by rt 21 ar sar aided volcanic tile tiie e d upon a re reservoir io of burp water by tiia he guide gulde jaide cevedia 14 which beale bile ave ve I 1 the I 1 ien len I 1 woof aneo K jans jaas jy Is P rei rek the trail trall oe loa made by cigut wat being obliterated by time a ani and lid iid albo also ehat that of aubrey beal beai isel isei kled died a 17 C him self aad thus ihus from the above menti mentioned the e raiders until teaching tha the cobol colorado iver et bg over a terra incognita froni from oie nie camping place were by ly ut beilein Be alein b in various 41 li creations reat ions lons he elce race face of df the flie country KANYON ANYON 11 1 i I 1 in one of these led by beale him himi himself elf self they dicov ared pred what was reil tell relieved eved tobe to be the ic c el hauyon on of au brey described by him bim in hm notes an ide ilea may am be gatli gattl gathered ered of the ous detthof derth depth of ihl this great chasm from the fact that standing stanlin on its precipitous brink a ball bau half a ilg ing the tile bottom at Us its shallowest abal lowest point this was proved by frequent experiments its 16 width was j so great that a musket bail ball disch discharged ai ed horizontally a quarter of the way aros arcs g tills this eliase chasm appear appears to 0 be a vast ast sink ink ad in the general level of the country the result of borne e ancl anci ancient ent volcanic con coni the they descended to tile the bot toimi and explored it 0 o its mouth in it ibey they d discovered Is coi edi elred the indian tra trall trail 1 it to the mojave villa village gF extraordinary NATURAL FEATURES JE some peculiar in the ft features aluies of this tins section ot country nt are worthy of the road extending over the mesas ft s 1 fid lid more a adf art like the roads toads constructed by the roman noman generals add and napoleon than natural formation formations 0 the tho palisade formations op all all hands loomed unlike up like ilke gigantic fort fortifications sin SiD singular gular guiar to say the tre voled volcanic nic i lock ock rock was garpet carpet carpeted coi col with the most luxuriant blue gramma gri grass affording food cr as nutritious itimus as oats only a min tinn stratum of soil laid betwee between ohis this and th the e rock specimen specimens of 0 of the most w wonderful 1 description brae presented themselves and on the western bauk bank of the rio de 6 14 labara xara ticy tl cy faund a rock nock about abatt twenty flenty five feet sq square aare ir in the heart beart of which tw waa as a large igge petrified tree vree this fragment was if detached from therna therra th ejrain inbody body in which the 15 dougha wp we aie lie re distinctly v isible visible they ais also aiso ol found ia til the e beginning beginning at 0 their new ne w route gute on the r rock emilic fres grf gresslin shin sKin of the from the ideographic to th the char charmer character mir mip tins tina ar argues g ues aes a v vers very e ry h high ig degreeff degree of cultivation among the anci ancl ancient int inhabitants hab it bf of these regions as do their fortifications ARRIVAL AT T COLORADO biven RIVER the tile guides having proved unworthy of trust t lie the expedition 11 on was prece preceded ad by parties detached in beat seal ch of water which wille elivras was vas v as variably invariably J n found showing thawing that up to this his point the route is in e very every way available for emigrant trains train it being caneely scarcely necessary to double teams in a angle in in sance nothing of consequence occurred from this point until tile tiie arrival of the expedition to he the colorado river which they gained without difficulty camping oli oil on is banks foi for the first thel the 19 it of ridden over theroun the country on either elther side of the route for a considerable distance they encamped afi in a grove of cottonwood on tile the eastern baukin tle the immediate vicinity of the mojave 1 villi villages of course tile he camp was filled w with A the indians sho aho were ready to 0 o trade hi III corn icorn which 13 pie in the valley and aid exel exchanged iileen by the say asis azis for blankets beausang bea beaufi Usand and trinket tiie the passage of the colorado as made without any tand fand in the same place by which p pies ples expedition passed CR CROSSING tili tild THE the baggage wag was conveyed over in an india rubber boat brought fra from new yok york for th til pur poe poc oae the river is here about ards broad wad but has his sev sei several eral baig bars bif in its faed oad whick enable nabla e animals im ma to rest the curau U s about foun four miles milea ghi an ai har ur it ii is only necessary to swim the he animals tor for or distance 0 on n tva th eastern fible 1 1 1 1 i sw I 1 uini MINI eig elg IN G tine tind CAMELS at this place the tile camels thema themselves elves refuted some assertions which have hare been made of thern them eliat they are lin unable abie able ao to swim fathers father 1 hucka his work describes described his detention upon Tipon tile the yellow river riser in chinai on account of the tild difficulty of crosma his camels damels foche he says r tie tib fille the animal cannot swim deso been supported by many writer critel 0 i on this occasion libut beabe try ry the ex exper per ament led edone one of he the larka idius lotus to the bank batik of the river riser and had him diloff gifol lit tit tile the water avater As I 1 soon as he ke found of his deih struck off without h tor lor foche llie opposite high chadd and with ease tle rie tie krestof rest of tile the train were crossed in iti batches of five and andrix six not one apparently haidtke hald hadt the slightest eligh test difficulty in 1 A or OF THE ablat I 1 hir if e r 11 le t k a ii eler eier 1 found te tp firlit glit jar sandy j country colht VV their route the tho athe grais gramps was poor poon and thin a and lyd water vt erat erht at loher anger in interval t arv il than thanh eyad P d yet f fo it tile wea were however to procure a sue sup without any liny sum suf fiering and ant ani e ir course due west until thoy they struck tho dro river 1 a d distance dS lance tance of about aboudi eighty miles v hat is to where water appears appears hoi hoj flodung 9 P in IM the bea bed be d of the river rj er t Is a A northern t ath of til e great amencia Ame pes pcs desert ert of nev nei ew mexico AI 0 O but ipso aud and deso debo dc desolate so ja t e f features e al t f s of the sout leru lern ieru or r moa mma rod main maln inbody body of the desera desert and a is innately preferable to 6 travel aver ARRIVAL AT LOS LOT ANGELES i 11 now onus on Us ern em bank until the p party arty reached ilie lile road read roady kept cresing cn issing the abe dhe san bern bernardino a rd in M mountains oil retains at tile flie gjon cdon ajon pass pasi and jou journey r I 1 y over nver the ther well weli known road trani slin S an borr ber nardino to lob los angeles where when on the of november A 1 t lATini batini Ai pacu bacu ROUTE 1 I the of the of rier 0 tj erdel ails which ti they ay eford aford are sufficient to eab exhibit bi cille the fa fact ct that ihal ghe the route pati passed kerl keel over ove r by the expedition i 4 entirely feasible cpr immigrants to this ustate there section of it that paak anit nal nai are re not oa 01 pot ecoy ebuy ty able abie a bia bie bla to traverse easily finance li nance for formant want of water or grass als a 2 she f ap pp rout ra elt elv elvis eit is unsurpassed Hitherto ithe j ail wrid we th |