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Show ell w se }1; m hi w st te H w t1i Cl 01 A c J: b h a t t ' t 1 , 72 J~x. Do·. No. 4l. eat ' cl pyramid slanc1in~ on il"' Rmallcst bas: ll apprarrtl !'O nicely balanced, a feather might haY' overthrown 1l. A well lev 1\ccl.sc;~t of Lug, Rhb" of red fnruginous Rancl ston' altcrecl lJy ltrat 111tiL<' at e 1 ! w c w <' r e n o t on u n t r o d d c n g r o u n d . J t w a s l h t' w at c h- low e r of the· Apa<'h<'· from it he coultl track the vall 'Y of th' Gila beyontl the ha•.c of l\lount Clraham. At the point wh<'1'e \\'l' lt•ft thr (lj];., tltt'rt' ~tands <1 ra('tus . ix f<>t'l in cin· umf't'rt'llt'c, <1Jlll so high I eould not reach half way to t h (.' t () p 0 r it w i l h t h t' p 0 in t 0 f my sa b r c b)' lU a.n y f 'c t; and a s h 0 r t distanl'e up tht• ravine is a g-rove of the st' or pLlahnya, murh Jargrr than the one r llH'ilSUI'('(l, ancl with ]tlr~c hr;wc.hes. These plant: b t' a r a ~an: h a r i n e f r u i l m n (' h p 1 i ~ c d by t h c I n d i an s ;111< l M c x i <' an s . "They <H, withnul leaYes, llH· frnit growing, to th(• boughs. 'l'hl' fruit rl'1'Clllh1cs the burr of' a C"hesnul nnd i~ full of prirk1 ·s, lmt the pulp r<' !:'t!(llhlPs that of the fig, only more ~wft antl 1us<"1ou . . " In so m <' it is white, in so m c r c d , and in o t h c r s } e 1l ow, b u l a 1 ways of c x q 11 i s i l e 1 as It' . A new shrub b •:1 ring a clelicions nutritious nul and in sufficient ahundnn<"r 1o form an arti('lc of food for th e Apac·hps. Mczeal and the fruit ol' Lbe <q~aYc Atnc•ricana, ancl for the' ftrsl Lime aretostaphylos pung<•ns. Two or three new shrubs i\l)tl flow('r ~. Tht' formation near lh<' month of the Sau l•~nln c i seo is di luvion , OV('rLt)ing a eoa·st• graitll'd hi ~ hly calc:Hl'OIIS sand -stone and lim estone. The mountains W('l'{' rltidly or granite with reel fl'ldspar antl ncar our c~mp Wi\S disrerniblc• a slmtnm of very compact argillaccou. litn l•-sto nc, dipping lH'arly vprtindly to the west. .N' o v c 111 be r 2. - T h <' C' a 1 I to w a 1 P r sound e cl Ion g b c I ore d ;l y-1 i g h t , atHl we <tt' breakfast by th • light of thr moon ; the thrrmom.dc r at 20°. As day dawnrcl Wl' looked an . iously for the· howitzns, which were bc.•ginning lo impede our pro p; r<•ss H'ry mtt('h. My camp was p i l · h t' d o n t h c o p p o :-. i t e s i d • o r a. r a v i n C' ~ o m e d i :.; l a n c c a p a r t fro m the main camp, th horses w •r gra~ ing on the hill s ide still beyond ancl oul of sip;hl. We W(' r<' quietly waiting for furth •r order~, when our two JVIexiC'an h(•rd smen came running into ramp much alarmed an~l without thl•ir arm~, c-xc:laimin~: " The Jndian~ arc driYing o!f the mul·s. "To tlrlll1' " vvas slloUt(.>d, ancl bd'or I could · loosen a pif;tol from the hol ster my littl • party were in full run to the sc·rnr of alarm, each with his rill(•. On turning thf• hill w • foun•l th' h~rst' s tranquilly p:rc1zi ng , Ultl th e bill ovctlooldn~ tlu•m was lined w tl h h or scm C' n . A s w c n d ,. a ti l' c d , on o f l h c n u m b c r h a i 1 c d us in panish , saying he wi, hcd Lo haYe "a talk." 'l'hey were A paehcs, and iL had been for some time our rarncst desire to trade with them, arul hitherto we had bcc.·n unsue ·rssful. ~'One of you pu~ down your riil<! and come to us," ·aid the SpanlSh- l_ongued Tndt~\n. Londen.u, my mplo) C bcfon•- m(•nlion c d,~m m c cl 1a t e I y \om p 11 r d , l . f o 11 o '~ r d ; . but b cfo r e r r a l' hi n g half-way up the slccy lull, lhc. ln chan <' sptl?d 111 my jac·kct the handle of a largr hor. pt tol. llc told m . 1 1~ust put clown my pi tol b efore he w.ould mrcl me. I lhrrw tl asule and proc d •d to the lop of th) b~l], wh.cr?, although h was moun ted an cl surround cd by six or ctght of l11s own men armed with rifles ancl arrows, he rceei vcd me (I I 0 A N 'I' ~~ lf S . N l':nyl ('man . AI'P""d'.x:' yo t (on/ '''""r! '' |