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the bed of the lake, which with titanic force threw 

 about the sandstone ledges in a confused manner. I 

 saw some specimens which would be difficult to dupli- 

 cate elsewhere, of strips of petrified palms carrying 

 bright particles of native copper, and, more wonder- 

 ful yet, small running veins in the wood of as bright, 

 hard anthracite coal as could be found anywhere. 



Our outfit consisted of a two-seated carr>'all with 

 a pair of spirited horses from a town stable, driven 

 by the proprietor, a Mr. Strong, to carry my wife 

 and cousin and self, with the driver; in addition a 

 common covered Bain wagon with a pair of horses, 

 to carry Captain Slawson and his assistant James, 

 with a tent and supplies. Mr. Meyers was to ac- 

 company us on horseback as we understood, and so 

 started out from Santa F^, but presently demurred 

 when a few miles out, saying that he had expected we 

 would have a place for him in the carriage, which 

 we thought at the time was unusual for him to ex- 

 pect, since he was supposed to have more invited 

 us upon the trip, to view his property for sale, than 

 we had invited him. But as he found so much fault 

 from horseback riding, to which he claimed he was 

 unaccustomed, we gave him a place in the wagon, 

 having his horse led behind. Presently he found the 

 wagon, without springs, too severe, and we took him 

 in the carryall, as my wife volunteered to take his 

 place in the wagon. As I thought it over, it seemed 

 so unreasonable for an apparently strong man to 

 take the place of a woman in the carriage, I inti- 

 mated rather strongly that he should return to the 

 wagon. This he was compelled to do, but instead of 

 taking the wagon he mounted his horse and went on 



