At his feet the plain broke away sharply, in a series of steplike sandy benches, to where the Rio Grande bore quartering across the desert, turning to the Mexican sea; the Mesilla Valley here, a slender ribbon of mossy green, broidered with loops of flashing river-a ribbon six miles by forty, orchard, woodland, and green field, greener for the desolate gray desert beyond and the yellow hills of sand edging the valley floor.
"The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On"
Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Soon after the Indian battle Billy Bonney and Jesse Evans landed in the Mexican village of La Mesilla, New Mexico, and there met up with some of Jesse's chums.
"History of 'Billy the Kid'"
Chas. A. Siringo
The "Kid" told the boy to wait in Mesilla till he and Segura got there.
"History of 'Billy the Kid'"
Chas. A. Siringo