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  THE 
  SOUTHEASTERN 
  DISTRICT. 
  333 
  

  

  is 
  small 
  and 
  unimportant, 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  available 
  soil 
  is 
  planted 
  in 
  

   corn 
  by 
  the 
  Mexicans. 
  Following 
  down 
  the 
  stream 
  to 
  the 
  plain, 
  we 
  

   turned 
  northward. 
  From 
  Trinidad 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  

   hills, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  above 
  the 
  Apishpa, 
  they 
  ijresent 
  an 
  abrupt 
  front 
  

   toward 
  the 
  east, 
  and 
  their 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  plain 
  is 
  very 
  sharply 
  de- 
  

   fined. 
  

  

  Following 
  along 
  the 
  plain 
  toward 
  the 
  north, 
  we 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  Oucha- 
  

   ras, 
  where 
  we 
  found 
  a 
  considerable 
  area 
  under 
  cultivation. 
  Coal- 
  

   mines 
  are 
  being 
  worked 
  near 
  the 
  stream. 
  After 
  this 
  we 
  crossed 
  the 
  

   Huerfano, 
  followed 
  up 
  Williams 
  Creek 
  into 
  the 
  Wet 
  Mountain 
  Valley, 
  

   past 
  Kosita, 
  and 
  thence 
  to 
  Canyon 
  City. 
  Here 
  we 
  made 
  our 
  hundredth 
  

   camp, 
  having 
  been 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  twenty-seven 
  days 
  on 
  our 
  journey. 
  

   The 
  next 
  day, 
  Ootober 
  12, 
  we 
  took 
  the 
  narrow-gauge 
  train 
  and 
  arrived 
  

   in 
  Denver, 
  our 
  point 
  of 
  beginning. 
  

  

  