RTFUrmiS^S TO' WES TEK 



t'l'n*. When they found 



Ihtpossibl 



ory 



i»tl washed out the previous fall. Finallv they agreed to let us have om 

 .hor'^c only.. So I told them we would pack the horse and walk. It is 

 r^ink lierf?y for a Mexican to walk. So ther finallv agreed to let us have 

 three horsi'^ one each for us and the g uide. My 'horse was a mule. In 

 m yoiin^iT days I w^s so nimhle that.I could put my hands on the back 

 rif fln animal and jum^ clean over him; now I was so logy that I had to 

 <-'mh on or he boosted on. Then the Mexican saddles are not made 

 n-M and a per.son has to ride with his back kinked. Then the stimips 

 "cre too long and could not be taken up. So it was Purga., 

 at aJI But we were fixfed up at last and started off. The 

 the Check was not properly cinched up and for that reason turned on him 

 Uforf. he jiot out of town, and let him down on the ground; This led the 

 Unn-^- to antic up, but he was calmed down soon and the saddle replaced 



T ^^'T/ Tr!"''^^- '^^''° ^^"'^ *« I^°g ^^^ over the mesa through 

 the bn;..h for 10 miles in the fierce Tropical stin along the trail. Then 

 r/.- rame to another river coming out of the mountains, and along it our 

 .rati i^oimd up and down across the deep gulches that came in from ths 



1 fi » T ^^ T ""^ ^^""'^ ^^ '^^^^^ s^«P«* ^y own saddle turned 

 mv It 1?T °" ^\^^^ on my hip, injuring me considerably. Then 

 TlJ^l'h :^^''^ never had had a saddle turn on him before, got fright- 



full of holes. I never saw an 



rominj? 



last m my life. Then when he could 

 belly he turned to run awav i!,n tTi*» tr^ 



II But the Check 

 e then jumped off 

 down'^'lUrtT" '-"^T,'."^ Donom, rolling over and over on the way 



H^ on Jml t'-P''^'^^"'''" ^P *"^ ^''^'^ ^in^^l^ lo<«^- By this 

 Von, ?h. T r ^'"^ '"^ ^* ^^Sle formed by a tributary that comes do^n 



M^r^floL s^aTsoT"'"^';/^^^ ^'' ^^^ ^ ^'^ "^^^ to the northwest. 

 •San Io7e ll^Z''""^^''^^ ^'S'^' ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ™^ch fruit for the 

 ^i^rct. sLl'llaTt:^ ^"t there is a 



out a wav anH rr.,^1 • : , f\ ^^^ ^*^^er is a rancher who hves 

 Z\ LVL^^l'^"^' V^ **> '^^Y' his customers at their rooms. 



so-called 



There 



curiositv in MaviV,^ 'in. ^*^ "*^ maias, oia mams are a 



SgVa^aTvls- c^l^ZT^,^l7\^r -"^'^f' Mexican con- 

 kerosene lamp with a d r^ Siev On .\ f' ^""^ ^ ''"''v' *^?- ' 

 table where thev ^,^r^.A Z ^"^^7; ^n a back veranda was the eaUng 



hou^; whe^ they weTe ccScet'o^^*'^ were brought in from an adjoining 



o«s to see us a^ :rcha^gea ^u^ V^J'IT. ?' ''^ ^ '^ "^"- "^"' 

 and they asked all ^t.l.t .• " .*"^ ^°<*^ care of our s^imens, 



.e*\hTch«LXv ?'J"!!.^°"! »^™' •>'»'■ B-> *ey % very 



pol 



could 



w 



ijit 



anish language a litUe better ^ " /^""5 "^^n wno 



r spokesman"^ Sne otl^^'1^,f':jJT'lt '"^ %'^' ^^'T ""l 

 an-shy. I was a little too^iT- i?"!.*^^^"^? him>ut he^ .m 



in that way. Affor a few d^s o"f "o^-r.Cin^ 



Kan to take r-, tjp ixito the moun 



