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neither man, wild "injun," nor beast -- wild or tame. The matter had to be left in doubt. We moved onward and upward on our winding way on the 14th & without meeting any one or with any incident which I now remember worthy of accounting. We encamped that night at the Niagara Falls of the bloody Pecos, commonly called Pecos Falls, distance marched about 40 miles. The falls were not much to brag of, but were I unclear the only interesting feature of that section of the Country. The moonlight view of the falls was somewhat darkened by the immense clouds of Mosquitos which floated or flew about rather permiscuously *

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