Notes of a military reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers.

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Notes of a military reconnaissance

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Date: 1848
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Notes of a military reconnaissance aJL u ufc h ca H v fi t vr 1 fLnAJ vclC a lii r u_

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 30th Congress 1st Session SENATE Executive No 7 CL S L HJUv NOTES OF A MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE FROM FORT LEAVENWORTH IN MISSOURI nsfv7x to SAN DIEGO IN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING PARTS OF THE...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 5 t fz7 7 C 3 HI War Department WasMngfon December 15 1847 Sir In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant requiring the Secretary of War to...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance If the work should he printed it may probably be advisable to have the map and sketches executed under the direction of this bureau as in former instances Respectfully sir your obedient...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance INSTRUCTIONS AND EXPLANATORY REMARKS Washington September 1 1847 To Col J J Abert Chief of the Corps of Topographical Engineers Sir The following order was received by me June5 1846 Bureau of...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 8 7 in Washington to collect the instruments and other conveniences for such an expedition This was quite sufficient for all the objects appertaining directly to our military wants but insufficient for...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance last points where the observations are multiplied their places may be depended upon to the nearest five seconds Of local time The local time was in all cases determined by altitudes of...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance A 10 7 comparison as far as Santa F6 is a series of observations made at Fort Leavenworth with the same instrument running through two years and the height of the hospital...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 11 7 For the information of detachments moving on that route a table of distances has been prepared which with the map though on rather too small a scale for military purposes...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 12 7 versed by the nomadic tribes of Pawnees Sioux Osages and oc casionally the Comanches Their range is seldom farther east than Council Grove The country thence to the western borders...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 13 7 argillaceous limepne containing ammonites and other impres sions of shells in great variety and in more than one instance dis tinct impressions of oyster shells The dip in both cases...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 14 m The buffalo where they range may be relief upon to support a column of many thousand men but their range is very uncertain This year it was westward between the...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance August 2 1846I looked in the direction of Bents Fort and saw a huge United States flag flowing to the breeze and straining every fibre of an ash pole planted over the...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 16 m and halted for the day near running water the grass was all burned dry and not a green sprig to be seen Three buttes were passed of singular appearance some...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 17 7 horses two jack dams magpie meadow larks king birds and bob olincolns The pasture was so bad that Colonel Kearny determined to march to the hole in the prairie the...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 18 7 Passing the rear wagons of the infantry we found their horses almost worn out and the train followed by wolves Captain Cook of the 1st dragoons was sent ahead the...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 19 m An express returned from the spyguard which reported all clear in front Captain Cook and Mr Liffendorfer have only reached the Canadian river It was reported to me that at...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 20 7 mence and the road for three or four miles is just passable for a wagon many of the train were broken in the passage A few thousand dollars judiciously expended...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 21 7 under the mountains on the western side of the Canadian on the hanks of a small stream a tributary of the Canadian The grass was short but good the water...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance oo 7 mejo and reported himself just escaped from Taos He brought the intelligence that yesterday the proclamation of Governor Armijo reached there calling the citizens to arms and placing the whole...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 23 7 At this moment we discovered coming towards us at full speed Bents spyguard All thought they had met the enemy I was ordered to ride forward to meet them followed...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 24 7 sounded and the colonel with Sumners command marched 20 miles and halted in a beautiful valley of fine grass and pools of cool water where the wild liquorice glycyrrhiza lepidota...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 25 7 nothing but the pine stakes of a corral The dragoons were sadly disappointed they evidently expected either a fight or a chase Six miles brought us to the first settlement...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 26 7 be because you prove the strongest in battle I suggest to you to stop at the Sapillo and I will march to the Vegas We will meet and negotiate on...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 27 m 600 men had collected at the pass which debouches into the Vegas two miles distant and were to oppose our march In the morning orders were given to prepare to...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 28 7 There goes my armyyou see but a small portion of it there are many more behindresistance is useless Mr alcalde and you two captains of militia the laws of my...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 29 m Height indicated by the barometer 6299 feet August 16We marched to San Miguel where General Kearny assembled the people and harangued them much in the same man ner as at...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 30 7 Pecos oace a fortified town is built on a promontory or rock somewhat in the shape of a foot Here burned until within seven years the eternal fires of Montezuma...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance Hums of Pecos Catho Church Iitli by E Webar Co Baltn

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Notes of a military reconnaissance distance was not great but the road bad and the horses on their last legs A small detachment was sent forward at daybreak and at six the army followed Four or five...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 32 7 33 of the city He was quite a youth and dressed in the fashion of the Americans Here all persons from the United States are call ed Americans and the...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 33 Events now begin to crowd on each other in quick succession but my duties keep me so constantly occupied in my office and in the field that I cannot chronicle them...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 34 m them an expedition of 150 miles down the river has been deter mined on to start on the 1st September August 30To day we went to church in great state...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 35 7 m refinement intelligence and knowledge of the useful arts The higher class dress like the American women except instead of the bonnet they wear a scarf over the headcalled reboso...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 36 7 military possession for the United States The road from Santa Fe to Fort Leavenworth presents few obstacles for a railway andif it continues as good to the Pacific will be...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 37 7 dows From this place to its mouth there is scarcely the sign of vegetation At the dry mouth of the Galisteo and directly on the Del Norte is the town...

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Notes of a military reconnaissance 38 m side of the road which descends through a deep canon and halted on the peaks of the cliffs Their motionless forms projected against the clear blue sky above formed studies...

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Book/Printed Material Notes of a military reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers.