Rocky Mountain Trip 
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driven by tlie bard boys to bh& river crossing on the Jr to 
the corrals for the night. The lambs or kids were cona/.dorably 
frightened at the roaring trough shallow water and the ir antics 
afforded us much fun. 
Aim* ftlstt Marched 25 relies farther up and camped on 
the banks of tbo stream { which is here a fine mountain e-eek) 
and by the border beautiful meadows surrounded by pint cohered 
hills* The rooks are nearly all of the lignitlo formation* Goal 
sens could be fceeu cropping out nearly everywhere * This beau¬ 
tiful little valley las been washed out of the cretaceous shales , 
Which we:? © here opposed by a lateral fraction or out push from 
the range. The lignit5c forms the upper parte of the surround¬ 
ing rails* 
Aug: 22n di A cool, windy morning,- Followed the Purga¬ 
tory up to the base of the hog backs of the lower cretaceous 
and found the road turning to the south up the depression eroded 
from the middle cretaceous shales, There is here a good deal 
of pine timber and the grass and vegetation are -*ery fresh mid 
green. Large herds of sheep are kept on this range by Mexican 
paisanos. Prom Purgatory Creel: we crossed a low divide into 
the head of the Forma jo * a tributary of the Canadian. From the 
head of this valley wo turned to the west ward and crossed into 
the Costilla valley> leaving Costilla peak on the south and the 
Celabra group on the north* In the meadows are a few Mexican 
ranches♦ The people aro the lowest X have seen- They are hardly 
better than Indians* Some of the young women smear their faces 
with a heavy coat of dull red paint. They are most uncouth and 
