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low the entrance are covered with the edible yucca, oaks, wil- 

 lows, asters, and various bush fruits. There are innumerable 

 canyons and ravines branching off from Laguna Canyon that 

 have never been visited. The plants are, of course, unknown. 

 When complete collections are made, we may expect many 

 novlties in this region so long cut off from other areas of like 

 character. 



Kayenta. 



Kayenta, ten miles from Marsh Pass and the entrance to 

 Laguna Canyon, always comes to mind when travel in this 

 part of the world is mentioned. It is further away from a rail- 

 road than any other place in the desert, or elsewhere, for that 

 matter, but it is nevertheless a real town with two stores, a 

 post office, an Indian school, and several residences. It is the 

 point of departure for the picturesque Monument Valley, the 

 cliff ruins, Navajo Mountain, and the bridge. The presiding 

 genius of the place is Mr. John Wetherell, under whose guid- 

 ance the bridge was discovered and through whose family the 

 cliff dwellings were discovered and made known to civilization. 

 The region farther east and south of Kayenta through which 

 we passed has been made familiar by the descriptions of the 

 visitors to the Snake Dance of the Pueblo Indians, and needs 

 no further comment here. Nor are the adventures with which 

 the party met properly a part of this narrative. The last 

 mentioned have been written up for the amusement of the 

 writer's friends, but will not be published here. 



