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

h deep gorges. At others they had to climb rocky hills, where the horses could scarce obtain a foothold. One of their pack ponies had been lost, having slipped and fallen

ey then found themselves at the head of a deep valley from which they could discover no egress, and it w

to forage for their horses. In many of the valleys there was an abundance of coarse grass, and among the rocks the aloe and cactus grew thickly, and

reached the ear of an Indian he would have supposed that it was the gun of some red hunters. There were indeed only two villages marked on the map anywhere near the line they were follow

like Indians, who preferred depending upon the plunder that they could always gather by a raid upon the defenseless Mexican villages. Thus during the whole journey they had not on

ss they know every place where it is to be found. A redskin always has his eyes open. A broken branch, a stone newly rolled down on a path, the ashes of a fire, the slightest thing that is new, he is sure to notice, and the gli

had been at work some time before they were attacked; if so we may like enough find a store of gold without the trouble of working for it. It is no use to the redskins. They don't do any trade with the whites, and they don't wear gold ornaments. They are

hat they reached a point due south of it. They were now in a wide valley running east and west; to the south a wall of rock rose in a seemingly unb

on that some Indian village might lie somewhere in the neighborhood, and that it would be safer to make their way on

we may have to go two or three miles north or as much south before we get a mark just bearing on that middle peak. Sto

his telesc

y of them, but they never c

of yours, and I would not guarantee they could not see a rabbit run at this distance. There, get among those rocks at the foot of the cliff; we will make o

y are hor

e their way among the rocks, a

t the top of that hill. I believe in another fift

the very point at the first try; if it is righ