IN THE LAND OF 
CAVE AND CLIFF DWELLERS. 
CHAPTER I. 
NORTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA — PREPARING 
FOR THE EXPEDITION-FROM DEMING, 
N. M., TO CASAS GRANDES, CHIHUAHUA. 
'T'HE first chapter describing an expe- 
-*• dition is liable to be prosaic to the 
point of dullness. It is full of promises 
that are expected to be realized, while as 
yet nothing has been done. Not one- 
tenth of these may formulate, and yet the 
expedition may be a success in unex¬ 
pected results ; for in no undertaking is 
there so much uncertainty as in travel 
