disclosure of his plans would seriously interfere with their execution. Of 

 course, I respected his confidence and told no one. 



Hatcher's scheme, on the other hand, was entirely his own and was 

 concocted between himself and some of the students whom he had just 

 taken out on the '95 trip, especially John Garrett, subsequently the 

 U. S. Ambassador to Italy, and his brother Robert. I knew nothing of 

 this scheme, as Hatcher knew nothing of Osborn's plan, until every- 

 thing was ready and the money, for the most part, raised or pledged. 

 It was very natural for Osborn to think that I had not been frank with 

 him and was hiring away one of his staff without saying anything to 

 him about it. As soon as he learned, however, that the project and the 

 securing of Peterson's cooperation were due to Hatcher, who, in turn, 

 had not the least idea of anticipating any of Osborn's plans, he saw that 

 no one was to blame for the cross-purposes, which had arisen from 

 Ignorance on both sides. Mr. Morris K. Jesup, then President of the 

 Museum, felt much aggrieved at our action, until I called on him and 

 explained the whole matter, step by step, when he declared himself 

 entirely satisfied. 



In the summer of 1896, I conducted a party of students to the Grand 

 Canon of the Colorado, a trip that made no pretence of scientific work. 



Returning to Flagstaff, we went south into the more or less desert 

 and low-lying region of central Arizona. In this trip we were joined, 

 much to the pleasure of us all, by Dr. C. Hart Merriam, then head 

 of the U. S. Biological Survey, and Dr. Fernald, chief of the Forestry 

 Division of the Department of Agriculture. We visited the Tonto Basin, 

 with its wonderful natural bridge, and the Cliff Dwellers' ruins in 

 the valley of Beaver Creek and the Rio Verde and, altogether, had a 

 most memorable experience. 



On the way home, I made a detour to Fort Sill, in Oklahoma, where 

 my Brother had been stationed since 1888. He was kept very busy with 

 a multiplicity of duties, as he had command of the Indian troop of the 

 7th Cavalry and was also in charge of the Apache prisoners of war. 

 These Indians belonged to Geronimo's band, which had surrendered 

 to General Crook in 1886, on condition that their lives should be spared. 

 They had originally been sent to Alabama, but there the moist climate 

 had been fatal to them and many died. In consequence, they had bieen 

 taken to the much drier cUmate of Oklahoma and settled on the mili- 

 tary reservation of Fort Sill. I accompanied my Brother on some of 

 his trips of inspection and admired the success with which he had con- 

 verted these savage murderers into farmers and cattle raisers. Every 



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