My, But You Are Ugly!" The Skin On The Blistered
Side Has Peeled Off In Little Strips, Leaving The New Skin Very White
In Between The Parched Brown Of The Old, So I Expect I Do Resemble A
Zebra Or An Indian With His War Paint On.
The post, which is only a
camp as yet, is located at the upper end of a beautiful valley, and
back of us is a canon and mountains are on both sides.
Far down the
valley is a large Indian village, and we can distinctly see the
tepees, and often hear the "tom-toms" when the Indians dance. There
are other Indian camps near, and it is not safe to go far from the
tents without an escort. It seems to be a wonderful country for
game - deer, grouse, and prairie chicken. Twice we have seen deer come
down from the mountains and drink from the stream just below the post.
Bettie and I have scared up chicken every time we have taken little
runs around the camp, and Faye has shot large bags of them. They are
not as great a treat to us as to our friends, for we had so many on
the way over.
We have two wall tents, one for sitting room and one for bedroom, and
in front a "fly" has been stretched. Our folding camp furniture makes
the tents very comfortable. Back of these is the mess, or dining tent,
and back of that is the cook tent.
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