The Monte Grande that I refered to is an extremely thick oak "encinal". A vast tangle of vines, yaupons, etc.... It is in essence, almost jungle like. There are still large areas of this in existance. Boggy Creek Ranger knows exactly what I refer to!

One Spanish journada did attempt to cut thru a portion of it. In several years the forest soon reclaim it.

One of the prime directives of the Viceroy in New Spain was that any journada entering the lands north of the Rio Grande were NOT to establish new routes, but were to utilize existing native trails. The Viceroy was very serious about this.


Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester

"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."

WS