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In the afternoon we ascended first a steep, very rocky hill; passed after.. 
wards by Ojo de Bernal or San’ Miguel spring, surrounded b 
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houses, and camped some miles eastof San Miguel, (10 miles.).. The rocks. 
stone, and lime. 
June 27.—Passed this morning through San Miguel, or the Rio Pecos. 
near our night camp are a coarse conglomerate of decomposed granite, sand- 
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The place seems somewhat larger and wealthier than las Vegas. A church, 
built of adobes, is the prominent building.in town. San Miguel is the 
most southern point on the Santa Fe road, and from here our mountain road 
takes a northwestern direction. About three miles beyond San Miguel we 
a oon, and started again in the afternoon for the mountains. Ac- 
y custom, [rode ahead to examine the country. The day was 
their sanctuary; but their tribe has dwindled. down at last to a trifling 
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- For centuries they have been, careful to preserve 
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