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skirt, a nomadic "outfit" of Indians 

 came up to the hotel. There were 

 about twenty horses, five men and 

 several women, children and dogs. 

 They were not allowed to stop, but 

 passed at a snail's pace, while two 

 of the men bartered badger skins 

 for tobacco and sugar, and a squaw 

 displayed some baskets and bead- 

 work of Apache designs. 



"It is good to be here before the 

 railroad and the funicular to the 

 bottom and the modern hotel and 

 all the tiresome civilisation that is 

 sure to come, and before the Indians 

 give us Greek beadwork." 



"The savages out-savaged," Nim- 

 rod replied, mounting his animal, 

 and gibed no more, for the Buckskin 

 playfully rolled his eyes and bucked 

 and bucked and bucked. 



