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INCIDENTS OP TRAVEL. 



iting the ruins the next day. The Indians generally 

 knew the road, but there was only one man in the 

 place who was able to serve as a guide on the ground, 

 and he had on hand the business of killing and distrib- 

 uting the hog, by reason whereof he could not set out 

 with us, but promised to follow. 



Toward evening the quiet of the village was disturb- 

 ed by a crash, and on going out we found that a house 

 had fallen down. A cloud of dust rose from it, and the 

 ruins probably lie as they fell. The cholera had strip- 

 ped it of tenants, and for several years it had been de- 

 serted. 



