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.Rocky I.Iountain Trip 
They informed us that a son of Old Hondo do Bueno had been shot 
by a Piute and that the whole Piute tribe were g - d - s of be. 
The expression of one of the fellows, when pleading with Harry for 
a favor was remarkable beyond anything I have ever seen. I fear 
that I can never describe or paint it. The longing, expectant 
coaxing twinkle of the eye as he peered intently in to Harry*s 
eyes at a distance of a few inches, the double row of perfect 
teeth exposed at least four inches horizontally, even more.ex¬ 
pressive than the eyes, made it with the dark skin end the red 
paint a visage never to be forgotten. Redden and I walked back 
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to the bluffs to look for ruins. All the bluffs and hills about 
seem to have been building sites. One hill had a very large mass 
of almost formless ruin. Pottery and flint chips were scattered 
about. Bight icame on before we could see much. The Dolores is 
quite low. Ho. 1 outcrops all along and a little of the varie¬ 
gated marl appears where the Rio runs close. The grass is very 
fine and the wide bottoms would doubtless make elegant farms. 
Sept. 11th : Ho for the Abajo. It was decided thdt the 
whole outfit should not be taken over to the Abajo mountains, so 
a side trip was organized. Y/ilson, myself and the two Harrys 
were to make a hurried trip into the dangerous country; while 
Atkinson, uedden, Stewart and the cook were to move camp over 
to Lone Gone. Seven days were stated to be the probable number 
required to complete the work west of Dolores and if good luck 
should be with us six might see our return. Taking a good supply 
of grub and ammunition, the former to eat, the latter to load 
down our mules, for the probabilities were that the Indians would 
not show themselves at all. Seventy-five miles in two days, it 
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