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I had a laughable little adventure with a 
party of Yavajos one day a little later. I 
was riding toward a small Indian camp, 
when, on ascending the face of a terrace, I 
suddenly noticed two Indians sitting silently 
and stiffly on horseback, each at some dis- 
tance from the trail upon which I was riding, 
so that I was passing about midway between 
them. Soon I saw two others beyond sitting 
in the same position, only nearer together ; 
then two others still closer ; and, I soon real- 
ized that I was riding into a long Y of 
mounted Indians. Was it a trap? I began 
to grow apprehensive. Finally a horseman 
near the apex of the figure dashed up the 
lines, not coming straight forward, but turn- 
ing in and out, and raising a great dust and 
noise. Directly he was followed by others, 
and the m§lde became general. I was much 
puzzled at these evolutions, but soon dis- 
covered that it was a rabbit hunt, which they 
laughingly invited me to join. They chase 
the jack-rabbits thru the sage-brush, killing 
them with sticks. . 
