The Golden Canyon Contents: The Golden Canyon; The Stone Chest

the odor still hung about it. However, by this time they had become accustomed to the smell, and scarcely noticed it. The boat wa

e. Here they had no difficulty in purchasing horses. Five rough, serviceable ponies for the carriage of the baggage were picked up at twenty dollars a piece, and five well-made and wiry horses for their own riding. Mexican saddles, with very high pommels and cantles, heavy and cumbersome to look at, but very comfortable for long

?" remarked the store-keeper, with wh

me back directly we have struck anything. We have got enough grub here for three

f a dozen Mexican villages, and they would make short work with you if they came across you anywhere near their country. How

are Britishers, and one of them stood by me pluckily in a mess I got into in San Diego; so as they had left their ship and were out of

ir arrival at Sant

located something rich, and are going back to work it quietly and keep it to ourselves, and like enough some of them will take it in their heads to follow us. Anyhow, we will travel south for a day or two, and then turn off sharp to the west. It aint as I should grudge anyone else a share in the mine, but the more there are the more chance of the Injuns fi

lements, had left Fort Mason behind them, and had entered the c

nd leaves, while the men slept. At night they had camped, when they could find such a spot, on the banks of a stream. Then a big fire would be lighted, a dough of flour, water, and soda would be mixed, and placed in the baking pot. This was put among the red embers, which were drawn over the li

good drink at night, and before starting in the morning for the horses. The villages, however, had become fewer and fewer, and at the last through which they h