tracks. 5 miles from the Rio came upon a little monument, 
which is possibly at the corners of four territories. We soon 
found that the trail would lead us around the East end of the 
Sierra!, so we turned to the right to strike a gulch that lies 
between two masses of trachyte. (See sketch and map) . 
A circular spur extends off to the S. W. and is mostly rounded 
and smooth, affording excellent pasture lands. To the South 
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little can be. seen but the Tunecha Mts., and to the Southwest 
and West only a red plateau country. The De ChelJy can 
detected occasionally as it runs off to the North West, hiding 
frequently in red gorges, passing all the way through a most 
barren country with a surface mostly of bare rock. The cliffs 
of the lower k&roon and the floors of the light red. To the 
West from the main mass of the Carriso, extends a plateau like 
promontory - similar to the one over which we passed in our 
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ascent, beyond it the country falls off for some 5 or 6 miles 
and the red beds (maroon) which come to the surface here are 
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slightly arched, forming an anticlinal spur wnich dies out 
before reaching the De Chelly. On this spur is a large out¬ 
standing butte (See map) some 5 or 600 feet high and capped 
with Ho. 1 (?) To the right of this and in the broad flat 
flat space West of Gothic Creek are 3 or 4 red tabled buttes 
formed of the laminated maroon beds and are very pretty. 
North of these is the great broken tabled area that borders 
