MOUNTAIN HIDES. 153 



ft 



-nd the granite peaks^ wliicli rose abruptly into the blue sky, 

 .t our back. 



Photography and railway business occupied most of my 

 ime at Santa Fe^ but I became very much interested in the 

 jj|j.ndian question, and there collected the greater part of the 

 ^material from -which the following account of the natiyo 

 graces has been compiled. The fiyo next chapters also embody 



[q (the result of my subsequent travels amongst different tribes, 

 and I think the advantage of representing the subject as a 



ray 

 tot, 



:^aiii' 



whole, greatly overbalances tlie sliglit incouTeniciiee of being 

 obliged to anticipate a few of tlie incidents wMch occurred 

 titer on in tlic narrative. 



ad 



L 



evi- 



H^ 



m 



j^ 





* 



^ 



t 



ii^ 



