Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating, in Answer to a Resolution of the Senate, a Report and Map of the Examination of New Mexico - Tapa blanda

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848. Excerpt: ... cost me some labor, and that I valued highly, would hare been destroyed. September 12.--When daylight appeared, I again congratulated myself on the escape of last night. The ground for a considerable space around the fire was one black patch, and this extended to within two feet of my tent. We quickly struck our camp and started for "hole in the rock," which is 7 miles from the Willows. As we crossed the Tiinpa, at the Willows, and were going south, we had that stream on our left hand side. Where we camped the banks were composed of high, rugged sandstone rocks, covered with a dense growth of cedar and pinyon, (pinus monophyllus.) We noticed along the road many sky-larks (alauda alpestris) and meadow larks, (sturnella neglecta,) differing slightly from the common meadow lark in its note, and in its tail feathers, which, in this bird, are nearly equal; also the flicker, (picus auratas.) While riding along the road, some distance in advance of the wagon, I noticed a number of prairie dogs seated near the entrance of their burrows, some squatted, half concealed in the mouth of their dwelling, and were barking most vehemently on my approach; hut there was one that stood straight up upon his hind legs, presenting his white breast and belly to full view. Although I had never fired off my mule, I could not resist this opportunity of procuring a prairie dog. I drew up my gun and fired, with the quickness of thought; my mule turned directly about, and had made several springs in the direction of the wagon before I could check her. I now rode back, but could not identify the spot where the prairie dog had been sitting. After a little time spent in fruitless search, I continued my journey, resolved not to fire off from a mule again. We had to search about "hole in t...

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