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cura , who was a great friend of his family ; 
but everything and everybody from the 
United States he looked upon with sus¬ 
picion and distrust. Therefore, consider¬ 
ing the circumstances, his readiness to 
allow us under his roof could only be 
considered as a marked hospitality, or as 
evidence of a disposition to oblige our 
mutual Mexican friend. Perhaps he was 
animated by a keen sense of duty, and 
found this a fitting opportunity to mortify 
the spirit. But, whatever his motive, we 
were given the use of the room. So the 
stage left us and our worldly possessions 
there, for at Carichic all roads ended, and, 
as soon as I could make my arrangements 
with a native packer for his pack train of 
mules, we were to take one of the narrow 
Indian trails leading back into the heart 
of the Sierra Madres. 
