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CONTENTS. 
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Mirage — Eoute to the River Mimbres — Luxuriant vegetation on its 
banks — “ Giant of the Mimbres” — Ojo Caliente — A broken arm — Arri- 
val at the Copper Mines — Description and history of the Mines — Value 
of the timber in the vicinity — Abundance of game — Scarcity of vegeta- 
bles — Visit to Sonora projected 197 
THIRD DIYISIOR. 
JOURNEYS AND INCIDENTS IN SONORA 
CHAPTER X 
THE COPPER MINES TO AGUA PRIETA. 
spring at Pachetehu — Ojo de Vaca — Janos road — Col. Choke’s road — 
Scarcity of -water — Dry bed of a lake — Mirage — Deserl region — Zoo- 
logy of the plains — Guadalupe Pass — Difficulties — Bears— Discover foot- 
prints of deserters from Copper Mines — Sjmamore trees— Canon — Lux- 
uriant vegetation — Descend from the great plateau — Chaige of climate 
— Ruined hacienda of San Bernardino — Wild cattle— Black Water 
Creek — Teamster attacked by a bull — Grave of an Amedcan deserter. 241 
CHAPTER XI 
AGUA PRIETA TO ARISPE. 
Leave the California road — Agua Prieta — Send party to bok for Fronte- 
ras — Mexican soldiers sent to guide us in — Journey resumed — Strike 
a rich valley — Break a wagon — Reach Fronteras — Description of the 
place — Abandoned by its people and recolonized — Gereral Carrasco — 
Couriers between the frontier posts — Attack by General Carrasco on 
Apaches at Janos — Campaign against the Apaches — General Carrasco’s 
opinion of American officers— The Doctor beset by che sick — Leave 
Fronteras — Coquiarachi — Valley of Barbari — Wild tmkeys — Mountain 
Pass — Gold Mine — Bacuachi — Sonora River — Magnificent canon — Chi- 
napi — Curious sandstone formation — Arrival at Arispe 261 
