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Show 278 TALES OF THE COLORADO PIONEERS. mules had wandered over and was standing close by my hammock. "' The cold night and sharp wind had tingled his ears, and to keep them warm he was shaking his head with a peculiar motion that would double up his ears and make a crunching sound like a bear or other large animal eating. "' I slept with the boys after that.'" CHAPTER LVII. PUEBLO. At Pueblo we were entertained with sumptuous hospitality at the residence of Hon. Alva Adams, who, with the enthusiasm of a true Western man, pointed out to us the more attractive features of this flourishing city. In his opinion it is the new Pittsburgh of the West. Here the little giant of the initial narrow gauge of the continent, Denver and Rio Grande, turns as it were on a pivot and throws out tracks, arms and branches, to every point in the mountains, which has made Pueblo one of the great markets for ore and other supplies. While the Santa Fe with its broad gauge, steel-railed track and elegant equipments, places them in direct communication with the East. The Pueblos include two distinct municipalities, on the opposite banks of the Arkansas river, each duly organized and officered. It is probable they will consolidate in course of time and form one grand, elongated city. We drove to Bessemer, the town founded and admirably sustained by the "Colorado Coal and Iron Company," where we saw steel rails and other merchantable materials, as nails, spikes, etc., in process of manufacture. The State Insane Asylum, situated on the outskirts of the city, is one of the most complete buildings in the |