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such as the marks of mules, on the very summit of the 
rock, but none recent. A party had evidently been 
there some time before us, which, for concealment, 
had taken their animals to the top of the rock in pre- 
ference to leaving them below. 
March l^th. The night had been cold, but to-day 
it was quite warm. Rambled over the great rocky 
mass to see what could be found of interest. Discov- 
ered several pools or tanks of clear and beautiful water, 
where it had collected from rains, or the melting of 
snows. The formation here is granite in place, rising 
from 100 to 150 feet above the surrounding plain, and 
covered with huge boulders piled up in every imagi- 
nary form. Along the sides and base these great 
boulders also lie ; whence the inference seems natural 
that this rocky mass existed before the mountains in 
the vicinity were heaved up, as there are no boulders 
on the adjacent hills. As might be supposed in such 
a heap of gigantic boulders, there are many cavern-like 
recesses which seem to have been the abode of Indians. 
In many places, too, the rock projects or overhangs ; 
and in others frightful chasms, as though rent asunder 
by some violent concussion, appear : all of which seem 
to have been known to the Indians, and in some in- 
stances long used by them as places of habitation. At 
one portion of the southern mass, nearly half a mile 
from the road, there is an overhanging rock extending 
for some distance, the whole surface of which is covered 
with rude paintings and sculptures, representing men, 
animals, birds, snakes, and fantastic figures. The 
colors used are black, red, white, and a brownish 
yellow. The sculptures are mere peckings with a 
