iv CONTENTS. 
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CHAPTER III. 
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spon and Buffalo bcbg is of the Canadian, and ‘ 
mantic Freaks of Nature—Formation of Ravine s—Mel- 
Supply of heim sent back—Arrival at Santa Fé— 
Gov. Armijo, ete—A ‘ Flare-up’ with His Excellency, 4 
Eee te oe 
CHAPTER IV. 
Preparations for a Start to es eee of Mar- 
ried Men for the Santa Fé Trade—Annoying Custom- b 3 
house Regulations—Mails in New Mexico—Insecurity of 
Org . 
sountry—Seagrass—Médanos or Sand-hill tl acci- < 
yea River—Carrizal—Ojo Caliente—Laguna de En- 4 
illas—Southern Haci a ral—Charncter of 
- Route and Soil, ; 
CHAPTER YV. 
Trip from Chihuahua to a in 1835—Southern . 
Trade and Ferias—Haci a Zarea, and its innu- 
ties—Fruits, Pulque, ete—Persecution of Scorpions— | 
Negroship in the ascendant t—Robbers and their modus 
ity of A Haste 
to return to the North—Mexican Mule-shoeing—Difficul- 
ties and Perplexities—A Fr iend in time of need—Reach 
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Locale, Fortifications, ete.. J the City of Zacatecas— 
Siege by Santa Anna and his easy-won Victory—At Du- 
rango again—Civil Wankce among the ‘ Sovereigns’— 
