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| I left Santa Fe for Texas. Shortly after my arrival from El Paso and got employment ^[as a cook with] [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] Mr. Ewing [[Young?]] [[strikethrough]] to do his cooking [[/strikethrough]] my board being the renumeration. In the Spring I once more departed for the States, ^[but] met a party on the Arkansas and again returned to Santa Fe. I then was employed by Co. Tramell, a merchant, as Interpreter. [[strikethrough]] In [[/strikethough]] I accompanied him to Chihuahua and then [[?]] with Robert M Knight to go to the Copper mines Near [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] ^[the] Rio Gila. I remained [[strikethrough]] on the Gila [[/strikethrough]] ^[at the mines] a few Months driving ^[a] team. ^[As] I was not satisfied with this employment. I [[strikethrough]] took my discharge and [[/strikethrough]] departed for Taos ^[where I] arrived in August 1828.
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| Some time before my arrival Mr. Ewing Young had sent a party of trappers to the Colorado of the West. ^[They were defeated] in a fight with the Indians [[strikethrough]] were defeated [[/strikethrough]] Having fought all of one day and gaining no advantage they considered it pruedent [[sic]] to Return. Young then Raised ^[another] party of forty men consisting of Americans, Canadians and Frenchmen and took command himself. I joined the [[strikethrough]] party. We [[/strikethrough]] ^[expedition which] left Taos in August 1829. In those days [[?]] were not granted to Citizens of the United States to trap within the limit of the Mexican Territory- To avoid all mistrust on the part of the Government Offices we travelled in a Northern direction. For Fifty miles and then changed our course to ^[the] South West [[strikethrough]] travelled [[/strikethrough]] journeyed through the country occupied by the Navajo Indians, passed the Village of Zuni and on to the head of the Salt River, one of the tributaries of Rio Gila. [ [[strikethrough]] [[NE?]] [[/strikethrough]] ] ^[At] the head waters of
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