Total distance from Fort Yuma to San Diego, 217 miles.
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. |
| 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.
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 is smooth and level, with less wood than before. Camping good. |
