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or less present, and it is inter- 

 esting to note how our different 

 prairie soil influences these 

 plants in their growth and va- 

 rious types. In some regions 

 only one certain type of wild 

 flowers grows, for instance the 

 brilliant "blue-bonnet" flower, 

 and the purple verbena; the 

 wild colchicum or white prairie 

 lily; the so-called "daisies," the 



Antonio to Fort Clark in April, 

 1875 (when I had the honor to 

 be a commissioned acting as- 

 sistant surgeon, U. S, A.) 



Tbis trip had also been made 

 in the month of April, and 

 rains had been falling in the 

 previous months and during 

 the winter, in torrential show- 

 ers, filling up the creeks and 

 rivers to the brim. And it was 



Mustang Grapevine Arch in Center Part of San Pedro Springs 



red and yellow buttercups; the 

 multicolored thimble flower and 

 many others, which, as a rule, 

 are isolated from other wild 

 flowers and in numbers cover- 

 ing many acres in various 

 places of the prairie and often 

 endless miles of ground, and 

 which I recollect having wit- 

 nessed during cavalry escort of 

 Uncle Sam's troops from San 



at that time, also, when the 

 kingsnipe or curlew and game 

 -of all kinds abounded profusely 

 — and jackrabbits! I never be- 

 fore nor later had seen as 

 many of these long-eared rab- 

 bits in my life; and the team- 

 sters following our escort put 

 their long whips into use, as 

 also some of the soldiers along 

 the route from Spofford June- 



