The Prairie Traveler: A Hand-book for Overland ExpeditionsMarcy, Randolph B. (Randolph Barnes)
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The Prairie Traveler: A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions
Marcy, Randolph B. (Randolph Barnes)
Overland journeys to the Pacific; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
11.40. Laguna.--Two miles from last camp is a good camping-place.
The road passes over some steep hills, not high. This
is the best camp on the road.
12.00. San Pasquel.--For the first nine miles the road is level
and good to the top of the mountain, where there is a
good camping-place, with wood, water, and grass; thence
the road descends a very steep hill. The camp is on the
east side of the brook, near Soto's house.
18.80. Parrasquitas.--The road passes a good camp three miles
from San Pasqual. Wood, Water, and grass at Parrasquitas.
8.00. Fisher's House.--The road passes over several hills, and
at four miles is a good camping-place. Wood, water, and
grass at camp.
San Diego, California.--When animals are to be kept a
considerable time at San Diego, they should be taken
four or five miles up the river, as the grass is poor
near the town.
Total distance from Fort Yuma to San Diego, 217 miles.
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XVI.--_From El Paso, New Mexico, to Fort Yuma, California_, via _Santa
Cruz._
[Distances in miles and hundredths of a mile.]
Miles.
From El Paso to
26.10. Samalayuca.--Spring, with grass and wood.
38.00. Salado.--Bad water, with little grass and wood.
24.75. Santa Maria.--Good grass, wood, and water.
27.50. Mines of San Pedro.--Bad water; little grass or water.
19.20. Correlitos.--Good water, grass, and wood.
20.00. Janos.--Good water, grass, and wood.
12.00. Pelatudo.--Good water, grass, and wood.
30.00. San Francisco.--Water half a mile south of the road.
18.00. San Louis.--Good water, grass, and wood.
35.00. San Bernardino.--Good water, grass, and wood.
30.00. Ash Creek.--Grass, wood, and water.
37.00. Head of San Pedro.--Grass and water.
24.00. Santa Cruz.--Good grass, wood, and water.
31.00. Cocospe.--Much grass; 10 or 12 miles without water. Leave
Santa Cruz River at old Rancho San Lazaro. No water till
reaching the head of San Ignacio, except at nine miles, a
spring one mile west of the road.
26.00. Hemores.--From Cocospe to Santa Anna follow down the San
Ignacio, and in many places there is wood and grass. Grass
is much better at three miles from the river. 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.
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