98 MOJAVE VALLEY TO BIG CANON-——-APPEARANCE OF GAME. 
villainous countenance I ever saw on a human being. Mr. Mollhausen suggested that we 
should take him and preserve him in alcohol as a zoological specimen; and at last he became 
alarmed at the steadfast gaze he was attracting, and withdrew to the edge of a rock overhanging 
the cook’s fire, where he remained till dark, with his eyes fixed in an unbroken stare upon the 
victuals. The Hualpais are but little removed from the Diggers. They present a remarkable 
contrast to our tall and athletic Mojaves. The latter, as I discovered to-day for the first time, 
have. suspected that the object of the expedition was to make war upon the others; and I had 
some trouble in convincing Ireteba that this was not the case. That we have come out to fight 
somebody he has fully made up his mind. 
Deer and antelope are now frequently seen, but they are shy and hard to approach. A single 
antelope one of the Mexicans succeeded in killing; they are just in season, and the flesh was 
tender and delicately flavored. 
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Fig. 30.—Colorado Plateaus from near Peacock’s Spring. 
Camp 61, Big caiion of the Colorado, April 3.—The two Hualpais preserved the credit of 
the Indian employés by being punctual to their engagement, and led off in company with the 
Mojaves as we ascended the ravine from Peacock’s spring. It was a cool lovely morning, and 
a favorable day for travel. After proceeding a mile or two we issued from the hills and entered 
a region totally different from any that had been seen during the expedition. A broad table- 
land, unbroken by the volcanic hills that had overspread the country since leaving Fort Yuma, 
extended before us, rising in a gradual swell towards the north. The road became hard and 
smooth, and the plain was covered with excellent grass. Herds of antelope and deer were 
seen bounding over the slopes. Groves of cedar occurred, and with every mile became more 
frequent and of larger size. At the end of ten miles the ridge of the swell was attained, and a 
splendid panorama burst suddenly into view. In the foreground were low table-hills, inter- 
