IN THE LAND OF CAVE AND CLIFF DWELLERS BY LIEUT. FREDERICK SCHWATKA AUTHOR OF "THE CHILDREN OF THE COLD," "NIMROD IN THE NORTH; OR, HUNTING AND FISHING ADVENTURES IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS," ETC. NEW EDITION EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING COMPANY BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY THE CASSELL PUBLISHING CO. COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY THE EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING CO. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. NORTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA--PREPARING FOR THE EXPEDITION--FROM DEMING, N. M., TO CASAS GRANDES, CHIHUAHUA, 1 II. NORTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA (_Continued_)--MEXICAN MORMON COLONIES--FROM LA ASCENCION TO CORRALITOS--SOME RUINS ALONG THE TAPASITA--A TOLTEC BABYLON, 34 III. SONORA--ALONG THE SONORA RAILWAY--HERMOSILLO--GUAYMAS, AND ITS BEAUTIFUL HARBOR--FISHING AND HUNTING ABOUT GUAYMAS, 80 IV. CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA--FROM THE CITY OF CHIHUAHUA WESTWARD TO THE GREAT MEXICAN MINING BELT, 131 V. CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA--IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING CAVE AND CLIFF DWELLERS--THE TARAHUMARI INDIANS, CIVILIZED AND SAVAGE, 172 VI. THROUGH THE SIERRA MADRES--ON MULE-BACK WESTWARD FROM CARICHIC, 206 VII. SOUTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA--AMONG THE CAVE AND CLIFF DWELLERS IN THE HEART OF THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE, 227 VIII. IN SOUTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA--DOWN THE URIQUE BARRANCA--FROM PINE TO PALM--URIQUE AND ITS MINES, 265 IX. SOUTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA--DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF THE RICHEST SILVER REGIONS OF THE WORLD--MINERAL WEALTH OF THE SIERRA MADRES--THE BATOPILAS DISTRICT, 311 X. SOUTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA--THE RETURN BY ANOTHER TRAIL--THE CAÑON OF THE CHURCHES--AMONG THE CLIFF DWELLERS, 345 [Illustration: FALLS OF THE BECORACHIC, SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS, 1239 FEET HIGH] IN THE LAND OF CAVE AND CLIFF DWELLERS. CHAPTER I. NORTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA--PREPARING FOR THE EXPEDITION--FROM DEMING, N. M., TO CASAS GRANDES, CHIHUAHUA.