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me of what I had imagined of the amphitheatre of Rome, only nature 
works upon a far grander scale than man. We climbed with great 
difficulty down the steep sides, following the main channel of the little 
stream, and after much winding through this labyrinthian ——! 
we came to an open plateau covered with fine grass, and in the centre 
a beautiful grove of cedars, and through the whole a nae of milky 
water wound its way to White river, about five miles distant. All 
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conical pyramid standing alone. We felt very much as though we 
were in a sepulchre, and, indeed, we were in a cemetery of a pre- 
____ Adamite age, for all around us at the base of these walls and pyramids 
-. were heads and tails, and fragments of the same, of he of which are 
not known to exist at the present da e spent that day and the 
following exploring the cemetery, which the jcatiAins power of water 
had laid open for our inspection, and many fine specimens rewarded 
our labors 
nthe morning of the 21st, we started for White sas on which 
we cam mped. We were about to leave behind us good grass and water, 
for in the direction we were going we could expect nothing but a 
desert and salt water. The bottoms were, as usual, quite good, but 
the hills that bordered it were terribly denuded, showing us that we 
were still in ‘Bad Lands.’’ The following morning we crossed the 
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casionally a big horn was added, which made a very Mrs "sala 
The meat of the female has much the flavor of m On the fol- 
_— pac we camped on a tributary of White. eee. eabataries 
next day we were Hecletine of getting to Beat etek, te cmd “camp- 
: ing aa of Visitors to the Bad Lands. — road was exceedingly 
- tugged, winding among the terrible canons nd gullies. — We = 
poe ae et through without again catpesiti ng our carts, and were 
_ obliged | g pack Ror st aga erable eae Atlast we strack 
she main road between Tort ae and Fort Laramie, @ and then our 
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