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Show 90 Ex. Doc. No. 41. ancl a man. Their heads are turne(~ t_o the east, an.rl this may commemorate the passage of the Abongmes of the Gila on their way south. • + • - Ex. Doc. No. 41. 91 ~tf an y o f the m o t l c r n s y m h o] arc in i mit at ion o f t h c anti q u c , atHl, doubtless, th m clicine men of the prese nt day resort to thi mound to invoke their nn c n spirits, ancl work th ' miracles whi <'h enable them to hold their sway amou~st their credulous rae<.'. There are many more weird and my:tcrious lookin~ placr than this to be foun<l along the bank of tht• U ila, niHl the fm.;t atlra.clion to the modern Indian was, without douht, the strange haract·r he saw in st;ribcd. • omc of th • boulcl·rs appcnr to have b >en wrill<'n anc1 r •-written upon so oftt'n it was impossible to gel a distinct outlin • of any or the characters. We descended into the broad vall<'y of tbe Cila, sl irll' cl on the south s i d c o f' t h · tab lc Ian d , b h (' k w it h bas a It IW b b l e s, n• s t i 11 g on a stratum of the carbon<lt<• of lim<· upon whirlt th' ri\cr imping •cl at every flood, and widened its valley. Th • hill· on tlu' north sid · w rc of red and rrrey rocks, pro1Jah1y granite, irrcgulur in form, vary in~ from 500 to J ,000 feel. Finding no p;ras~, w • loosened our tuul s alllong th ·willows and cane . • N·ovcmb('J' 17.--Thc route to-day was ov<'r a country much th' same as that (lescrjbt'<l y ·~ter day. \Vhcr<'ver we mounted to th' table land ~ to ·ut oil' a. b(•nd in the river f'outld them dreary beyond d <'script i o n , co y c n· d with b l o r k s o f b a~ a 1 t , \\ i l h a few in t c n a 1 s o f <lwarf growth of Iarrea. Now arl(l then a sin~lc aca('ia raised its f; 0 J i t a r y f 0 r IT1 an <l d i s p 1 a y c d i t s v c r d ll r (' i ll t h I b 1 a ·1 c X p a ll s c . vV ' ero~sed th <• dry beds of two ere ks with sandy bottoms. Undt•r th<' eru~t of basalt ar ·usually sancl-stone and a eonglornerat' of p(•bblcs, san<l-ston<·, and Jim •. This last is easily undermined by the rivn, and th • basalt or lava then caves in. Th • bottoms of the river ar' wid<', ri('h, an<l thickly overgrown with willow and a tall aromati<: weed, and aliH! with flightH of w h i t e b ran t , ( w in g t i p p e d w it h b I at' k , ) g e esc , c\IH l d u c k s, with many signs of dcl'l' and beaver. AL ni~ht l beard the song of th' sailors ('a1ling- the tll•pth of the w n t n, and p r c s <·n t 1 y , W i lli am~, L i cut <'nan t W a nw r s . er van t , \\' h o had been mi~sing all day, came out of the river with th' hind quarters of' a Luge bu rk , perf'<'dly intoxi<'ated with his un ''(P<.' ·tpd succ s~. Twelve miles bad, held his mule loose, went in pursuit of d ·er, and killed a buck. Af't<·r lugging- the whol' of it for two miles, he lightent'd his load by h •aving one-half. We encamped down in oue of the dPsrrt<>d heels of th • (lila, w1tcre the grott T)(1 was na<'kcd and drawn into blisters. The night was ·old, the thermometer at G, a.m., 20°. Latitude of the camp :32° 55' 52" . Longitude of the camp 113) 25' 25" . .f\1 O'l ern'!Jcr J8.-Tligh wind frotn th northwc t all dny, showing that ther · was still a barrier of snow-elad mountain bctw ·en oursclve · and M ontPrey, which we must turn or S<'al<•. Cars0n pointed to a flat rock cov r<•tl with fur, an<l told th~t he had slaught reel a fat mule there. The nam ·s of scv •ral Amen-cans wcr in scribed on Jhc same rock. After travelling so,.oe ten or twelve miles through the valley, we |