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CAVE AND CLIFF DWELLERS. 
ander Shepherd. He had under him a 
half dozen able assistants, all Mexicans, 
and was accompanied by three or four 
“ valiantes,” as they are called, men of 
renowned prowess, who have at least 
“ killed their man,” and who could be 
relied on to protect the train in case of 
attack by robbers. As this large caval¬ 
cade moved off up the narrow barranca 
or canon it presented a motley and pic¬ 
turesque appearance from its gayly 
dressed and heavily armed attendants, 
well mounted on their sturdy mules, to 
the Indian drivers, with only a blanket 
apiece for covering and a stout stick to 
help them over the ground. Even the 
most civilized of these Indians think 
nothing of such a walk, two or three 
hundred miles, resting every night as 
they do when in attendance on a large 
