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Poker, and he escaped with a few bruises and sound skin. I will
copy the challange verbatim, its a rich document.
Mr Bell
You have sade I have stud two times on gard for let him have
his Rifle that every man can pich in. - It is no meestake that
you have talk about me. I call this verry common talk. I call
you now to pech in. "(in the way that I have purpose) to fite
with pistol) or with the American fasion the suner you settle it
the better. I think it no youse to talk about it any more! Let
me know what you will to
Frank
5th Had an unpleasant night. Left camp at nine o'clock.
Found plenty of water, known as the head waters of San Pedro.
Counded ten different kinds of grass Hopper; from the shin-
ing jetty black, to the Pea green; one kind has no beauties untill
he flies, then is displayed a rich pink color under the wings, the
outside has a dirty color. Travelled th[r]ee hours and are now
nooning it. Started late and encamped about six o'clock.
6th Left about nine o'clock Crossed the San Pedro several
times.
At 12 O'Clock we passed the ancient ruins mentioned in Col
Cook's Journal; they are composed of five or six walls of old
houses, made of adobes a stone correll or two.32 By what people
this town was built, I have not been able to learn.
The valley through which the San Pedro passes is a desirable
location for ranches. The hills on either side are covered with
timber huge loose stones and a good quality of grass; some por-
tions of these hills are verry pretty and contain little tree hidden
nooks and reminded me that I could spend an hour pleasantly;
as our family were used to do, Sabbath noons at the sp[r]ings on
the south of Knoxville.
The rock here is conglomerate, soil of good quality, timber of
cotton wood, and oak. Upon the whole this is the most habitable
place seen since I left San Antonio.
I should have mentioned that yesterday we passed a newly
made grave; the inscription informed us that James Houston lay
beneath, and had been killed by the Indians; a letter from Major
"Cooke refers to this as the San Pedro ranch. Along with the settle-
ment at San Bernardino, it was broken up by the incessant attacks of
the Apaches. Cooke, as cited in note 31.306
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