James D. Hague 



both sides of the narrow field of bat- 

 tle, crowding and leaping upon and 

 over each other in their mad efforts 

 to get away from the visible cause of 

 their panic. When the hunter ar- 

 rived, after the rush and danger had 

 passed, he found the bull and the 

 horse quite dead and very nearly so 

 poor King, who was with difficulty 

 relieved from his painful position and 

 taken to Kearney for medical care 

 and recovery. 



It was after more than three years 

 of geological campaigning and moun- 

 taineering in California and Arizona 

 that King appeared in Washington, 

 early in 1867, as the advocate and 

 promoter of his newly conceived pro- 

 ject, the organization and conduct of 

 the United States Geological Ex- 

 ploration of the Fortieth Parallel. He 

 came furnished with the best of social 

 introductions, letters of scientific com- 

 mendation and political endorsement; 

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