. At the foot
of the hills there is an abundance of grama-grass.

5.00. Terrenati.

4.00. San Ignacio.

5.20. Madina.

5.20. San Lorenzo.

2.60. Santa Marta.

5.20. Santa Anna.

26.00. Alamita.--Plenty of grass. Leave the river 10 or 12 miles
from Santa Anna, and no water thence to Alamita, which is a
small rancho.

31.20. Altar.--No water; grass abundant.

13.00. Laguna.--Small water-hole; grass scanty and poor.

52.00. Sonia.--Sometimes water is found 25 miles from the Laguna,
south of the road. There is a well at Sonia in the town,
and sometimes water in a hole 300 yards south of the town,
100 yards west of the road.

10.40. El Paso.--Well at El Paso supplying 100 animals; water
muddy and brackish; grass poor.

52.00. Sonorita.--No water on the road; at Sonorita are several
brackish springs. Grass poor; bad camping-place; saltpetre
at the springs.

Quita Oaquita.--No water on the road. Saline spring at camp,
better than at Sonorita, but the grass is not so good.

10.40. Agua Salado.--Water uncertain; grass poor.

23.40. Los Pleyes.--Water only in the rainy season, one mile west
of the road, hidden by bushes and difficult to find. Grass
pretty good.

28.60. Cabeza Prieta.--Natural tenajas in a ravine two miles from
the road; follow a wagon-track up this ravine between a
black and a red mountain. The water is good and abundant;
grass tolerable.

31.00. Poso.--No water on the road until reaching Poso. Here it
is abundant on the east side of the road; grass good one
mile west.

13.00. Rio Gila.--But little good grass.

26.00. Fort Yuma, at the crossing of the Colorado River.--But
little good grass for several miles.

Total distance from El Paso to Fort Yuma, 756 miles.

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XVII.--_From Westport, Missouri, to the gold diggings at Pike's Peak
and "Cherry Creek" N.T._, via _the Arkansas River._

Miles.

Westport to

4-3/4. Indian Creek.--The road runs over a beautiful country.
Indian Creek is a small wooded stream, with abundance
of grass and water.

8-3/4. Cedar Creek.--The road passes over a fine country, and
there is a good camping-place at Cedar Creek.

8-1/2. Bull Creek.--The road i