What renders this portion of the route still more unpleasant and fatiguing, is the great scarcity of water. All that is to be found on the road for the distance of more than sixty miles after leaving El Paso, consists in two fetid springs or pools, whose water is only rendered tolerable by necessity.


Commerce of the Prairies (1831–1839), Chapter 20 Preparations for a Start to Chihuahua — Derccho de Consumo

Josiah Gregg Quotes

What renders this portion of the route still more unpleasant and fatiguing, is the great scarcity of water. All that is to be found on the road for...

What renders this portion of the route still more unpleasant and fatiguing, is the great scarcity of water. All that is to be found on the road for...

What renders this portion of the route still more unpleasant and fatiguing, is the great scarcity of water. All that is to be found on the road for...

What renders this portion of the route still more unpleasant and fatiguing, is the great scarcity of water. All that is to be found on the road for...