108 SADDLE AND CAMP 



springs, as well as all those along the Moen 

 Copie, is brought between strata of rock from 

 the San Juan River, some two hundred miles 

 to the northeast. The springs supplying Tuba 

 are situated on the very summit of the mesa — 

 the highest point in the vicinity. 



We had intended resuming our journey after 

 a night's rest at Tuba, but upon learning from 

 Dr. Harrison that the first of the August rain 

 dances, an important religious ceremony of the 

 Hopi Indians, was to be held at a near-by 

 pueblo the following day, I determined to re- 

 main and witness it. 



