Show r -i- to tho U- property In Chihuahua was from Doming Hot? Mexico across forty miles of plains to Columbus Mew Mexico At Columbus the international boundary too crossed but the Mormon official port of entry Mexican some was Aeencion sixty reach the little village To five miles south of Columbus of Asencion the caravans had to cross some of the ?orst land in the northern part of Mexico First of all the land too devoid of catering facilities for the animals Secondly territory too tho ban gout for numberless renegade Furthermore the Apache Indians had xvhites and Mexicans rt the 11 I i t I I never been completely subdued and were a menace to the richly ladened caravans of the Hormone It was no difficult task ! i i I f for the robber to dart in and pillage at the expense of the t ! immigrant and then osoape into the mountains COLO’IIA DIAZ ! ‘ I After reaching the port of entry and the legal transactions completed the Mormon vas in the neighborhood of his new home The majority of the settlers had no previous claim to land so a large number of them made temporary camps near Ascension There were small detachments also located Grandes river The at Corrclitos greatest i 5 - and San Jose on the Casas number of the first caravan I I - r |