Excerpt from Report of the Topographical Features and Character of the Country From the eastern border of the Choctaw territory to the head of Pajarito creek, about seven hundred miles, our route is near the valley of the Canadian. Beyond, to Rio Pecos, (nearly forty miles, ) it passes a ridge which extends northwardly from the Llano Estacado and divides the waters of the Mississippi from those of Rio del N orte. After crossing the Pecos, threading Canon Blanco, and traversing the high mesa which breaks the continuity of the Rocky mountains, this line unites with the valley of Rio Galisteo, and strikes the Rio del Norte near San Felipe or, by a, shorter route, from the lagunas near the head of Cahon Blanco, proceeds by the way of San Antonio Pass to the narrows of Rio Grande, at the Pueblo of Isleta. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.