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Show Ex. Doc. No. 41. 5~3 they forcrrl thrm to krrp in the middlr of the strram, antl t•ffc·rtua11y prt·Vtnlt'tl tht>1n, notwith:-tan ling their fr l'qtH·nt atlt rnpt s , l'rorn h ·<tping up ti l <' b it nk s on c•itl~t•r ~idt•. W' llOW rt.•<ttht•d Ollt' of 11tl' !'It' pc·!'t <II' C' li\ilit'S \\'('had ~('I'll in the wlwll' journq . . \V l' tonk all thv 111\llt·s, and n-: mau y of thP ptHty as c.ou1tl find room at. t!.' t' wlH· <·I:-:, and ('ttl ri< d our Witgo""' up ~HH' at :1 \ttn<'. lt.was pa1nlul to St<' thl· po or be<t. l" so H'rlibl) b(all'll' and :-llO cloug to ht·<tr til<• hl a:-:pht·tnotH; oaths wltl l' lt wen: Ittert·d~ but al l H'<'mct\ to forgd tht·utst·ht·s in th t• t'XI'itl'tnt·nt of the mou~t·nt, wl1ilt• thl'y strained 1'\t'I'Y nt·n·P, <1ncl whdl' 1l11' woods r c s () II n d l'" wit h \\ h () () pi II g; and )' ('IIi n !.{ ' v\i h ('II \\ t' l't'' {' lu' d t It(' t p n () f 1 h e h i 11 ' t II c 0 l d p i n l' I rl'l ' s 0 r u I t' m (Ill II t a i n !--i d (': :- h 0 I ,j \\ i I h deafl'ning sl,out~ and ch( <·rin~. To look at tbis hill, it woul1l st·t·m )rnpos~ibl<· for loaded wagon~ to arhit•\t' t h<' a, ct•nt. ]3dort- \H' lt;ul p lOl't't dt>d fnr, \\('found SI'\C· ral brokt·n "1gnn~; the tOTl~YU e of Olll' of' tlllll\ \V:t~ of bi1kory; this \\1' too},, ,IS WI' wauted helves for our a. I'S, and pi rkds lor our mult·s. vVt• rnadc 'JW •·a rly rnmp O!'iH a gr(IY(' of drad ('Ottnn \\OOd lrtt·:·, and l'lo~c by tlH· ro;HI siclt·; WI' h11ilt larl!,t' fin·r.;, and {'V ry Oil (' !tad bi• roas t ing- stirk loadc·cl with vt·ni.; on, \\hiC'h \\ ,tS soon sputh·rinp; bl for(' the fli1m Ps. Althout,h w<· wt•Jt' wa11Y l,ou:s ou th e road, yt·t our <1 a y '~ mar(' h d 1 d not ('" (' t' t' cl t· i h h t 1 n i It s. Jamwry 1•!.-l'<ot long nltl r lta\ill!~ c:unp \\'t' r<•ac1H:d t bt• last 'tli!Jj .. u)l bi\\ t!Jat Wl' \\0\llt\ \tav' to t'lll' OUitlt• r for tht' l('nl tl illdt•r of the road from ht>r<' to g, nt s fort ri :-t·s ~tnd !'all~ in g•·nllt• :lnpi'S. As soon as I hnd !-t t•n tht> wagon..; sa lt· ly O\ H th1 s hill, l too\, J_,aing with me :1ncl SC I o{f for SOllH' roal lH•ds whid1 } had (n rmt•rl y 'fi sitt>d on wy '' "Y to Santn F(·, wh< n I h<td n ot lH'{'ll a hi •· to fllld .any tran~s or fern~; but <t~ Lilill~ had ont·e wor\.:t·d in a ro: I m1n<'> and q ·t·m<·d to be po!'iti vt• that h<· rould f~ttd n~t• impn·s<.: JOII'l sul'h 3S he had ~H·<·n in tlH· nu honif..ro u ~ !ormation..; nf Mi-.:-:o uri, 1 ~d out with rc·tH'Wt' cl bopcl'; but altt•r n lon ~ :-;t•<HI'h ht• W il'l ol>l:,;t•cl to conft•..;s that tllcl'<' \\l\(' ti OIIt'. W t· ho\'\' t•Yl'r oht :1it11'd ~,·,t·ral ~ pt·ri m•·n ·of tlte fo,!-il !t":tV('S of dirotylc donnus pl ;1 nt <:. Th··~ · ''' r<' of two sort~: or.e a lan<"eolatl' ll' al', n:-:L'mhl1ng tb a.t of tl:l' "dlow; the oth€'r n lar···t: cord"'' lt•:tf, ld>t' 1h a t of t}p· <'iltalp·l, and bnllt or1s of lc·;tv<·~ :~·e d i"ti nd1y m, rl.t d with b1aul'ltin~ Vl iu-:. This form HI ion c•'> t nd.:i throu~l1oul t ht· R ::tun, :H·rordtn•r tu t! ,. n [HH l <?f my hunter:. The I))H'rinn•us of ro·tl :tntl of fos:-:il:-; whirh I pror urr<l hnc>, as wc·ll as all tl1P ~t·ol,) giC'a l (Inti ruillt' •a lo~ic:tl ~pc·cim~·n<.; c:oll• ctt•cl <luring th(• t•x ploration, b.J\' t' ht•t•n snbm1ttt·cl to ti1P ltl~JH'rttoll <1f Profc~sor lLtilL') of \\ t''>l Point, who has kindly con~wuted to t•x - aminP tbt•m. \V hi 1 (• h uu t i n f" f ll' ~ i 1 ., , l.tr f" 1' (1 n !'}, s of !' t c 11 i\ r j 1\) •· c :110 {' II yin~ .alorq~ lhl' hlutr; til(') \\' n· chattcri·Hg noi ~ily, ani 111 th1~ H'"P''rt tht•y tlfe }ikt• 0\ll' bltH' j::y We ~oon ovl·rtook tl t' w.1gnn~, ~11~d about 1 o'clol'l-7 W I' r<•:rdH·d the '~Rio de lo · Animll!"," or Purgatory. llt·rl· \\t' fo~Jild a largt• trnin of w••gon~, ;wei !-:1\V l-Otnl' of th~· tt•amstt·r~ who Hillel '":'t thr.) had taken their wintt•r quarl·rs hen·, ancl that they should wa1l until " )2!) I C' h. 1 at \Vc 111 g- I j I' h j 11 d ll () t t1 (' s tar-dr} t t) 11 a 1.' r- )()d all l1y lld al-ly l' tl le at IS d j 11 tl l f 1 { f |