Ex. Doc. No. 41. 



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The crimson tinted Sierra Carlos skirted the river on the nortL 

 ^ide the whole day, and its changing profiles formed subjects of 

 study and amusement. Sometimes we could trace a Gothic steeple; 

 then a horse; now an old woman's face; and, again, a veritable 

 steamboat; but this required the assistance of a light smoky cloud, 

 drifting to the -eastj over what .represented the chim,ney stack. 

 Wherever the river abraded its banks,- was seen, in horizontal 

 strata, a yellowish argillaceous limestone. 



Octobef- 30. — Mount Turnbull, terminating in a sharp cone, had 

 been in view down the valley of the river for three days. To-day 

 about three o^clock, p. m., we turned its base forming the northern 

 terminus of the same chain, in which is Mt. Graham. 



Half a mile from our camp of last night was another very large 

 rum which appeared, as well as I could judge, (my view being ob- 

 structed by the thick growth of mezquite,) to have been the abode 

 of five or ten thousand souls. The outline of the buildings and the 

 pottery . presented no essential difference from those already de- 

 scribed.^ But about eleven miles from the camp, on a knoll, over- 

 looked -in a measure by a tongue of land, { found the trace of a 

 solitary house, somewhat resembling that of a field worke/i cremaU 

 iiere. The enclosure was complete, and the faces varied from 

 ten to thirty feet. The accompanying cut will give a more 

 accurate idea than words. 



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v^louds had been seen hovering over the head of Mount Turnbull; 



^nd 



^s we passed, the beds of the arroyos leading from it were 



J^a to be damp, showing the marks of recent running water. 



'W'lff^v.^^^^^^^ about dusk, one of my men discovered a drove of 



fle h iT^^^' ^^^ ^^^^ morning we started on their trail, but horse 



sn had now become so precious that we c«uld'not afford to fol- 



J^ any distance from our direction, and although anxious to get a 



in^^^^^ ^P^cimen of this animal, we gave up the chase and dropped 



be rear of the column. The average weight of these animals is 



— ^^^ ^^^ pounds, and their color invariably light pepper and saFt. 



Their fl 



^sh is said to be palatable, if the musk which lies near the 



|j , ^"" »^ saia xo ue paiataoie, ii me mi 



^ P^J^t of the spine is carefully removed. 



