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CHAPTEB V. 
Continuation — The Arkansas — Wolves — A Stampede — Comanches and 
Kiowas — Visit of Chiefs — Indian Mourning, and Military Decorations — 
Fort Atkinson — Further Intercourse with the Kiowas — Pillaging Expe- 
ditions to Mexico, and Mexican Prisoners — Use of the Spanish Language 
among the Prairie-Indians — Gradual Destruction of the Character of the 
Pace — Indian Tribes converted into Bands of Robbers — Eastern Limit 
of the Apaches — Indian Rock-tomb — Indian Ideas of a Future Life — 
Slave Trade among the Indians — Crossing the River — Indian Visits to 
the Camp — A Step from the Sublime to the Ridiculous .. Page 261 
CHAPTER VI. 
Continuation — -Country between the Arkansas and the Cimarron — Plants 
and Zones of Vegetation in Miniature — Water for Drinking and Washing 
— Wild-ducks — A Fugitive Murderer visits our Camp — Deserters from 
the Western Forts — Nature of the Soil — The Tarantula ■ — 'Effects of 
Refraction — Valley of the Cimarron — The River — Electric Phenomena 
— Thunderstorm — Herds of Antelopes — The Bed of the Cimarron sud- 
denly filled with Water — Passage of the River — Aspect of the Country 
— Juniper-bushes — Distant Mountains — Curiosity of the Antelopes — 
The Rabbit's Ears — Fissure in the Lava — The Round Mound — Spurs of 
the Raton Mountains — Cienagas and Water-fowl — The Canadian — The 
Canon of the Ocate — Waggon Mounds — Salt Lake — Forests — La Mora 
— Settlements, and Agriculture — A Projected Town — A Day of Rest for 
Cattle and Men — Watershed between the Mississippi and the Rio 
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CHAPTER VII. 
Continuation — Journey along the Edge of the Plateau on the Eastern Side 
of the Rio Grande ■ — The Upper Pecos Valleys — Character of the Country 
— Breeding of Sheep — Caravan Law — Mexicans in Service of Anglo- 
American Masters — Anton Chico — Canon Blanco — Cold Nights — Sin- 
gular Hospitality and Corresponding Reward — Plateau of Manzanas — 
Landscape Scenery — Ruins and Mountain-Pass of Cuarra — Larks, Mag- 
pies, and Daisies in New Mexico — Descent into the Valley — Steep Allu- 
vial Terraces — Vegetation — Volcanic Hills in the Valley — View from 
the Summit — Tree Vegetation near the River — Water-fowl — La 
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