CHAPTER IV. 
CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA-FROM THE CITY OF 
CHIHUAHUA WESTWARD TO THE GREAT 
MEXICAN MINING BELT. 
TTTHILE in Guaymas and discussing 
* ^ a practicable route into the heart of 
the Sierra Madres, I was told by the 
general commanding the division in which 
Guaymas was situated, and strongly ad¬ 
vised by others having a knowledge of the 
Country, not to attempt an entrance into 
the mountains from the western side, but 
rather from the high plateaus, of which 
the city of Chihuahua was the central 
point. There were many excellent reasons 
