15 ° CAVE AND CUFF DWELLERS. 
after a few turns and twists it widened, 
and after rounding the peak of a high 
mountain, entered another canon, where, 
strung out its whole length, was the town 
of Cusihuiriachic. I do not intend to 
throw the name of this Mexican town 
at my readers without giving a plan, 
section, and elevation of it as a key 
to the riddle. We were now in the 
land of the Tarahumari Indians of West 
Central Chihuahua, this long-winded name 
applying to them just as equivalent In¬ 
dian names are found in Maine and a few 
other places in the Union. This large 
Indian tribe, probably numbering from 
15,000 to 18,000 (the most authentic es¬ 
timate I can get places them at 16,000, 
although I have heard them estimated at 
30,000 in strength), was once scattered 
over a considerable territory, and their 
