on of San Navier.

8. Tucson.--Total distance from El Paso to Tucson, 305 miles.

5. Pico Chico Mountain.

35. First Camp on Gila River.

29. Maricopa Wells.--The Maricopa Wells are at the western
extremity of a fertile valley occupied by Pincos
Indians, who cultivate corn and other grain.

40. Tezotal.--Across Jornada. There is but little grass here,
but in the season the mesquite leaves are a good substitute.

10. Ten Mile Camp.

15. Oatman's Flat.--First crossing of the Gila River.

25. Second Crossing of the Gila.--The traveler can generally
find sufficient grass in the hills along the valley of
the Gila.

32. Peterman's Station.

20. Antelope Peak.

24. Little Corral.

16. Fort Yuma.

The distance from El Paso to Fort Yuma is 644 miles.

[Illustration: WELL IN THE DESERT.--ALAMO MOCHO.]

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XV.--_From Fort Yuma to San Diego, California._

[Distances in miles and hundredths of a mile.]

Miles.

Fort Yuma to

10.00. Los Algodones.--Along the Colorado.

10.00. Cook's Wells.--Here commences the great desert; water
nowhere good or reliable until arriving at Carizo
Creek. The points named are where deep wells have been
dug. "New River," though usually set down, is a dry
arroyo. The surface of the desert for seven miles on
the eastern side is drifting sand and heavy for wagons.
Then comes a section in the centre of the desert that
is hard and level. On the west side there is about
three miles of a mud flat.

21.90. Alamo Rancho.

16.40. Little Laguna.

4.50. New River.

5.80. Big Laguna.

26.40. Carizo Creek.--Water good; cane and brush for fuel, and
they afford some forage for the animals; no grass.

16.60. Vallecito.--Grass poor; wood and water sufficient.

17.80. San Felipe.--Grass poor; wood scarce; water good.

15.80. Warner's Ranch.--The road passes through a beautiful oak
grove, where there is an abundance of grass and water.
This is the summit of the mountain. At the Ranch the
grass is poor, and no wood. The water is good. The oak
grove terminates six miles from Warner's.

10.30. Santa Isabel.--Good grass, wood, and water. This was an
old Spanish mission, but is n