9-1/2 miles; crosses numerous small
branches, where are grass, wood, and good water in abundance.

25-1/2. Camero Creek.--Road for 7 miles, to Sawatch Buttes, is good;
thence 1-1/2 mile to the last crossing of the Sawatch, where
is a good camping-place. Good camp at Camero Creek.

3-1/2. Garita Creek.--Good road and good camp.

16-1/2. Rio Grande.--Road level and good. Good camps along the
river at almost any point.

6. Rio Grande.--Good road and camp.

17-1/2. Fort Garland, Hay Camp.--Road continues down the river, and
is good. For six miles there is timber, but after this
willow is the only wood to camp. Good road. Hay is cut at
this place for Forts Massachusetts and Garland.

16. Culebra Creek.--At 4-3/4 miles cross Trinchera Creek, where
is a good camp. Road rather sandy. Good camps any where on
Culebra Creek.

24-3/4. Latos Creek.--Road tolerable to Costilla Creek, 10-3/4
miles. Good camp.

14. Ascequia, near Lama Creek.--Road crosses several small
branches. At 9-1/2 miles strike Red River. Grass at camp
good, but not abundant.

19-3/4. Meadow near Indian Puebla.--At 6 miles the road crosses
the San Christobal; thence over another ridge into the valley
of the Rio Hondo. Camp 2 miles from Taos.

2. Taos, New Mexico.--Good road. At Taos are several stores,
where goods of all descriptions can be had at fair prices.

13. Taos Creek Canon.--Road passes through the settlement, where
grain and vegetables can be obtained. It then enters the Taos
Canon at 3 miles, and crosses the Canon Creek frequently to
camp. Good camp.

29. Gaudelapepita.--At 5 miles the road ascends to the dividing
ridge, and is tolerable; thence in 4 miles cross the
mountain, and reach a fine spring branch, where is a fine
camp. Thence the road passes short ridges for 9 miles to
Black Lake. Good camp.

Fort Union.--Road follows Coyote Canon 3 miles; thence one
mile to Mexican settlement; thence 19-1/2 miles over the
prairie to the fort.

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Colonel Loring came over the route from Camp Floyd to Fort Union with
a large train of wagons. He, however, found the road in many places
upon the mountains very rough, and it will require