Jan.2) Meawhole in arry a sin the Yucca Bell.The Country was dry + level with open Dourbles and feully Yuccas. Bare desert hill lines in the distance. The aftern was passed travelling thre New Mexico. At Columbus, a large camp of negr carols were guarding the border. We reached El Paso at 3 P. m. Here there were large camps of U.S. Soldiers guarding the Mexican Border. Many Mexicans were living in adobe houses in the most places near the town. ③ Our way day thres Kwises today. There was snow in sight. The weather was mild. Fields standing corn stalks + plowed fields great of the [illegible]