The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, July 1925 - April, 1926 Page: 222
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and while they have had their animals stolen, ours have passed
with impunity through the Commanches, Apaches, Pimos, Man-
cops, Cashuas and Jumas.
The accounts from the gold fields are still very favorable- we
meet Mexicans returning from there every day- but they are such
inveterate liars, that we can place but little reliance on what
they say.
We met Lieut. Coats at the junction of the Gila and Colorado.
The Jumas were getting to be very hostile, until he came up-
there had been a number of fights between them and the emi-
grants- and by the time we got there, we should probably have
had to fight our way through them, if he had not arrived in time
to pacify them- however, by waiting a few days, we could have
gathered 500 men and walked through the whole of them.
We met Lieuts. Gray and Foster, here, running the boundary
line- Lieut Whipple was at Coats' Camp taking observations-
they will soon have this end of the line complete.
As soon as we come to a stop, I will give you some of the inci-
dents of our journey- but at present it is impossible- I will
keep you informed of our progress when we get to the Coast,
where we can hold communication with Uncle Sam's Mail.
The Texians ought to be awoke in making public the excellent,
safe and short route that can be had to the Pacific and the land
of gold, through Texas.
By striking the Rio Grande, at or above Donna Anna, the dis-
tance can be shortened 60 miles- and I am perfectly satisfied
that there cannot be a better route found to California than the
one we came- to be sure we have been some time coming, but
we have travelled in company with ox teams, and laid by six weeks
unnecessarily on the Rio Grande. Besides not knowing what was
before us, we have travelled with much more caution and at greater
disadvantage than those (having a good report of the watering
places and grass) coming after us would find it necessary to do,-
good strong light wagons with mules are the things to come with.
If I were coming again, I would start from Houston, with my
wife, in a good buggy, and a good strong mule- the buggy will
stand the trip, so will the springs. I have seen a number of light
Rockaways on the road, and they stood it as well as any- a great
many have come this way from Independence and Fort Smith, and222
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, July 1925 - April, 1926, periodical, 1926; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117141/m1/242/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.