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Show 114 TEAVELS AND ADVENTUEES IN THE FAE WEST. vain when we were, from our own imprudence, entirely without food, a Delaware killed a cayotte, brought it into camp, and divided it equally between our messes- my share remained untouched. I had fasted 24 hours, and preferred to remain as many hours longer rather than partake of it. The habits of the horse and mule are clean ; their food consists of grass and grain; but I was satisfied that my body could receive no benefit from eating the flesh of an animal that lived on carrion. Those who did partake of it were all taken with cramps and vomiting. An old raven that had been hovering around us for several days, "to gather the crumbs from the rich man's table," paid at last the penalty of his temerity by receiving a rifle ball through his head. One of the men picked the feathers from its fleshless body and threw the carcass on the ground before us. It lay there unde-voured when we left camp. I have no doubt it subsequently gave employment to a brother raven. A BAIN STOEM. At the close of a long day's journey we descended into a fertile, although unknown, narrow valley, covered with dense forests of trees; a clear stream of water glided over its rocky bed, in the centre, and immense high sandstone mountains enclosed us; we chose a camp near the entrance of the valley, having deviated from our course, which was over the table land 500 feet above us, to obtain wood and water. It is not at all improbable that our party were the first white men that ever penetrated into it-it was in reality a primeval forest. Our feet sank deep into the |