1 54 CAVE AND CLIFF DWELLERS. 
is the origin of the big name of the little 
Mexican town of Cusihuiriachic, situated 
about halfway between the city of Chi¬ 
huahua and the great mining belt of the 
Sierra Madres, west and southwest of the 
city, and to which it is a secondary dis¬ 
tributing point. The diligence ride is 
made to it in one day, a little over seventy- 
five miles. The place claims five thousand 
people, and there is but one street up the 
narrow gulch, which, however, is long 
enough to justify its name. It is wholly a 
mining town, and has some important 
quartz mills strung out along the little 
stream through its principal and only 
street. When we reached our destination 
for the night we found a square adobe 
inclosure, with an enormous gateway, 
through which the stage rattled and then 
stopped in a small court for us to dis- 
