CHAPTER VIII. 
IN SOUTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA-DOWN 
THE URIQUE BARRANCA-FROM PINE TO 
PALM-URIQUE AND ITS MINES. 
AS this was to be a most important day 
^ our small party on the crest of one of 
the high sierras was astir earlier than usual. 
Our camp had been made in a little glen 
between two peaks, alongside one of the 
numerous clear, cold streams that wind in 
and about through all these mountains, 
and furnish the loveliest and most 
picturesque spots imaginable for camping. 
Francisco, my chief packer, a bright, 
good-natured Mexican, was off long be¬ 
fore sunrise, scouring the ridges and the 
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