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stage to Carichic, but as the next stage 
did not arrive at that place for four or 
five days we would have just that much 
start of it in the mountains, and we there¬ 
fore at that place engaged a Tarahumari 
Indian boy to bring it whenever it did 
arrive. The gun reached Carichic at noon 
of one day, and early the next forenoon 
the young Indian appeared on our trail 
with it, having made the distance in one 
night and a little over half a day. Of 
course he must have used many short cuts 
across the country of which we were 
ignorant; nevertheless it was quite a feat, 
for the distance traveled by us was about 
110 miles. 
From Carillo Cajon, where our last 
camp had been, to the westward and 
southwestward the scenery steadily be¬ 
comes grander and more mountainous ; 
