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CHAPTER XIX. 
ILLNESS AND DETENTION AT URES. 
Leave La Magdalena—Taken ill—Diary breaks of—Sufferings on the road 
—Reach Ures—Poor quarters—Dr. Webb and rest of party visit Guay- 
mas—Kindness of Dr. Campbell—Description of Ures, the capital of 
Sonora—Theatricals—The Yaqui Indians—The Opate Indians—Visit 
from Tanori, an Opate chief —Other Indian tribes of Sonora—Exports 
—Narrative of an expedition against the Apaches—My party leave me 
and go to the Gila—Taken to Dr. Campbell’s—Irruption of the Apaches 
—Inbecility of the Mexicans—Tanori and the Opate Indians go in pur- 
suit—Visit from the Coco-Maricopa Indians of the Gila—Good news 
from Tanori—He defeats the Apaches and recovers the stock—En- 
trance of the victors with the recovered booty into Ures—Death of 
General Garcia Condé—His character—An American held in bondage 
—Arrival of General Flores—Departure for the coast. 
October 6th. We left La Magdalena in the afternoon, 
taking a south-easterly course across a plain covered 
with grass and mezquit bushes. There was no wagon 
road, wheeled vehicles not yet being used. We fol- 
lowed a large and well beaten road, which, though 
traversed by thousands of animals and pedestrians, was 
in many places, where it wound over the hills, no more 
than a narrow path twelve or eighteen inches in width. 
Crowds of people returning to their homes lined the 
road; so that we had no lack of company. We are 
still in-a country infested by bands of Apaches, who 
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