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Show 318 VICINITY OF KINGMAN. condition as their enemies the Yabipais Tejua. They conducted themselves with me as comported with the affection that I had shown toward them. I gave them to understand that I sought to pass on to the Moqui. I encountered great difficulty in this through the opposition of the Jamajabs, who feared they ( Moquis) might kill me; but finally I convinced further out in the Sacramento valley. Beale's springs are two, near together, apparently those described by him, p. 68 of his Report, as " strong heads of water," but left unnamed, Oct. 8, 1857. Other watering places within easy reach are Johnson's springs, a few miles northward, and Railroad or Gentle springs in the opposite direction, south of the defile; besides others artificially secured of late years. At which of these aguages Garc6s actually stopped it is hardly possible to say; most likely it was not Beale's springs, but Railroad or Gentle springs. Railroad pass is shown in fig. 28 on p. 95 of Ives' Report, which I will quote again: " Leaving Meadow creek and its abundant pasturage we descended to the [ Sacramento] valley. . . The pass by which we were to cross the Cerbat mountains was apparent as soon as we left the Black range, and Ireteba [ the Mojave chief who was guiding Ives], who had joined us early in the morning, headed directly for it The pure atmosphere made it seem close by, and it was disappointing to plod through the hot sand hour after hour, and find it appearing as far off as ever. When the base of the [ Cerbat] mountains was at last reached, it was found that the ascent was scarcely perceptible. A place more like a canon than an ordinary mountain pass presented itself, and we penetrated the range for a few miles through the windings of a nearly level avenue. In a pretty ravine, hemmed in by picturesque bluffs, our guide pointed out a good spring of water, with grass enough near by to afford a |