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<br />~ net. 'hhe Ovate+• is hea~~il}- imhre~ualcc{
<br />«ith utineral-nrt~ncciunt, lime, and cili-
<br />cale-which are clelt+rsilerl on every thing
<br />~~ if lr,nchcs. Snrtll twigs :u~e surruunclcd.
<br />with a cream-rrrlut-crl i:ualing an tnrh c_rr
<br />_ more in diameter ; delicate ferns and muss
<br />dill shuts their ~rccn render nc«ly furnu•d
<br />ruvcritt~c of scnti-I ranslt:u•cnf a.l:th,ISLcr.
<br />In nutny places a lcntpur;u-y. harrier
<br />has caused the water to pause iu tits llead-
<br />lon~ flitihl ;then, cord like, it proceeds to
<br />hitild hi~hcr and hi~hcr, furntilt~ tutt-
<br />furrl Lrrcl•ilrires, over «•Itirh it hul`Is itself.
<br />I~.nurtntrus stalactites h;ut~ snslrcndrd uit-
<br />drrncalh a shrcn r,f «:tlcr, ~ivin~ lllc
<br />_- ,t llr rlc crrnc a hcaill i (ul, tvillt:ll a must
<br />uurcal, appear;utcc.
<br />rr.in.u, ~t;ti, r.~r.l,s
<br />~r;lss, up tit, tltcir knees. ..'\lso they were
<br />cure uf'';t three or fuur~'lays' rest, for
<br />they could nut-Ire taken arty farther, and
<br />it was ulr lu tire to du the h;u~cl tvurl;. '1'hc
<br />lutlian :I,ticnL Karl given us the hcys to
<br />some httilclings at this place, telling us
<br />th:Il we ct~uld cilf.cly store our hclungntgs
<br />thcrcitt tit bile we were ~thscnt.
<br />)nr nt:tleri:il «as placed inside, Lot tire
<br />prcfcrrctl to sleep outside un the dry
<br />ground.
<br />rliu'Cvar,r..trlli~r, .~v t~ui.~v
<br />I~,arlt the next nu,rnint, C:II,L'tin I;urru
<br />drupprd in frrr his- pruntised su~:u-, and
<br />;Int ulhc•r little ~r:llnily «'c should care (rr
<br />:ulrl. \\c bribed hint lu prrsc frrr us while
<br />we nt:ulc a phulu~raph ; but his typical
<br />Lndi;ttt fare, :tied and wrinkled, was
<br />Stitch a fall orcul'red just :ihnve the spoileel Irv a dirty anti dilapidated cos-
<br />,_plare «-c camped that evening: Some tnnte of "civilized clothes." On a Simi-
<br />une, tvisltin~ to hr cntircl~~ url~nt:ll, had l;Ir urc:I~iun• scvcrll }cars later, on hi;
<br />named it the "Ilrid:tl \'cil I~allti" (cC1 oll~erin~ tci allow us tu.ntal;e his picture,
<br />page Idol. ;\t the village ahu~•c, the walls we iltfcrrntcd Ilim that «•c ,did nut c~u~e
<br />«•ere 3,000 feet high and-about hat{ a for an Indian in awhile man's barb--
<br />ntilc apart. lea~~ing a fertile bol-tom to the that «c tvanteel hilit in Indian clothes
<br />cauvon. r\t this first fall the Ovalle oar- such sty lte need to «ear long ado. 1.1~~.
<br />roa eel until they v rre scarcely a hundred _
<br />yards apart at the hotfoot, the lower «~alls they iicl utt~td till het clr+thect (were li u(tll, f':ts
<br />going itp sheer. large cottonwot,d trees 1 '
<br />were scattered over the bottom : ferns elaborate as one nti~ht h:u-e espectcd.
<br />and moss clung Lr the ntcrisicncd walls, hul~ he Irul :t splett'hhclc•antcd Iltctd~rlalar
<br />:unl lllc wild crape-vier entwined ilst•lE of Iris ~rc:tt a~c.:nn
<br />over evcrylllin~ «•illlin retch, \\'c felt tie lrti~4 hi)n fr,r p"snt~. IL «as a dolly
<br />well repaid -for our two da~•s of hard Scplcntlrcr nu,rn, :uu-I~ the, ntlst risnlg-
<br />«n~rl; lei rcaclt this luvel}• place: the innst front the falls ~avc hint :ut nncntnf.~artt-
<br />hc;uttiful lateral canyon of all Lhosc hlc chr,«~cr h:llh (sec pa~c Fort).
<br />that cnlrr info fhc (.rand Canvratt. 'I`hc rrntantdcr crf this first day' «rI~
<br />Il had been ;t fali~nin~ journey to spent nt explrrt-nt~ the «•nnders ne;u- al
<br />reach this c:unla, «-hic•h witnld lac our I-clod. ;\ rlecl, toner r:utvrnt entered un
<br />he;ulduarters for llte newt few days. the ri~hl of tllc Falls, with •tvalls about 3uu
<br />l~ccd for the at,timals had been scarce, feet high. ~•cr," narro«•, and straight as a
<br />and the one little springy of «•ater found «cll. Il is rcpr~rted that the lndi:uis for-
<br />:tl the head of the trail ahoce. the village tnerl t~ ~ I:entatccl then- dead, trrz;cther \\ Itll
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<br />ryas tlis~nslin~, 1 opocobic," the ln- :Ill their hclr,n~in~s, nn the cIiIT al>nvc,
<br />di:tns call it, the ecluit•alcltf of "had lltcn 111rcw tltcir :tchcs into this canton.
<br />«~ater." which it ccrtainlt• w•as. l~.t•en the Nnn,enntc funnels and prospect holes
<br />hnrros sniffed suspiciously at il. 't`he were bored into ifs sill f •lea~ll:uul silver
<br />half-drr;Iyed cariacs of a horse, which- hcfr,rc ~rcat c~uantitiec „
<br />hacl hero shnyed off llte U-ail ah~ryc, dill ore h:ul been mined :utd parl.cd rent •rf
<br />neat :old to fhc. ~cncral hcanl_v of the lrr- lltis plac•c. In nnrrc rcrc~nl scars analller
<br />calif}-. cuntp:inv wac ur~~;utizcd lu pt-ucpecl the.
<br />C)ur coop here at the i>nllnm «~as all cany~,n fur plaltnunt. 'I~his runtp:uty built
<br />fhc more enjoyable for this reason. '1'hc the hr,ttses «c had citlct'ed the nigltl he-
<br />burl`us were now in ckit•er, or al least in Fr,rc•.
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