June <i6-July 5, 1916 
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Alexander Wetmore . 
Introd notion and Itinerary* 
In aooordauce vflth instruotione I preoeoded to Gallup* Nev Uexioo* 
arriving there on the evening of June S4* 1918 and there outfitted for 
woric on the hi^ raeea at the southern and of the Jhusea fountains. 9e left 
Oallup on the morning of June 26* anu drove via Fort jDefiance* Arisona to 
hed Lake* New IJexioo* a distance of 47 miles and there aiude oamp for the 
ni(jht. On the following morning a survey was made of lied Lake and we then 
continued on to the site of Black Iaik. 6 near the foot of the Bonsala Buttes* 
This lake was entirely dry. From here we crossed to Crystal* New liexico* 
a trading store and post-office at the upper end of the hed Lake ^ Valley 
and there oami:ied for the night* On June 26 we drove to the summit of 
Cottonwood Pass and from there up the steep slopes to the south into the 
hi£^ mesa that forms the siuoait of the Chusca Uoim tains* Wo continued 
south down this mesa crossing the trail from Crystal to dheep Bprings and \ 
camped at noon near the first of the Lakes in this region* at a spring 
known as Tsa-'hah-esse. From this camp 1 woxked south through the lake 
region un the summit of the Uesa* On July 1 we moved camp six miles south, . 
to a small sheltered valley on the western side of the large lake culled 
Be-e-khet-huffl-nes. Camp was made in the aspozis above a small lake at the 
southwestern comer of the large lake* separated from it by a low ridge. 
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From hero the large laxe was examined and a study made of the remaining 
lakes on the lower end of the mesa do^n to the Deza Plateau* On July 3 we 'fJ 
