ENTER AN AETD DISTETCT. 



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plished by leaving tlic present road at Salina^ or Fort Ilarkerj 

 crossing direct to tlie Arkansas Riyer, following it to New 

 Fort Lyon, and tlion continuing up the Purgatoire into Now 



Mexico. 



It is, howeyerj often considered better to make 



sbort cnts^ than to keep too persistently to tlie fertile 

 valleys. 



Some dozen miles from Fort Hayes, as I have said, we began 

 to enter this impoverished country, and as we advanced day 



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* -iv*- :•<;.? -; 



Mushroom Rock 



by day, the marks of less frequent rains left their impress 



the mineral, as well as on the vegetable kingdom. 



rounded 



The 



the 



bluffs stood out more 



distinctly visible. These are appear- 



ances which always increase with the diyness of the 

 In a great many instances, the soft, dry land had, in 



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