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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo17amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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In the vicinity of Mount Taylor, between Cabezon and San Mateo, a most striking sky line is formed by volcanic peaks of varied shapes. Here we see the "Alesna," or "awl," so called, no doubt, on account of the sharp point it presents Camp Life in New Mexico THE ENCHANTMENT OF WANDERINGS AND STUDY AMONG ANCIENT INDIAN RUINS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST Bv E T H E L Y X G. NELSON IT is now more than four years since I began to follow in the wake of an areh£eological expedition to New Mexico. I confess it was with consid- erable trepidation that I first embraced the idea. The picture brought to mind by the mere mention of this corner of our country was one in which heat, sand and drought were the main fea- tures. What a change has been wrought in my opinion by these five years' ex- perience may be Judged by the fact that I now look forward with the greatest eagerness to the early spring days when we may again start forth on our wan- derings through this land of enchant- ment. Truly a land of enchantment! There is a spell in the deep blue of the sky, an exhilaration as of wine in the air, and a charm in the very immensity of the unpeopled spaces, in this little-known section of the United States. Here, too, the romance of olden times is still maintained, for the cowboy rides the range, and the trapper and the treasure hunter are frequently met with. Weird and wonderful are some of the tales told by these natives as they visit with us around our evening camp fire, and we listen, interested and credulous as we might not 1)e elsewhere, for the spell is upon us. My first summer of camp life in New )\rexico began in the vicinity of the pic- turesque village of Galisteo. I well re- member my introduction to it. After a walk of some three miles from the desolate little railroad station, whose newly appointed agent seemed scarcely aware of the existence of the near town, we came suddenly to the edge of a rise 103

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