CHAPTER VI.

_Among the Mountains._

First View of Rocky Mountains.--Above and Across them to Fort Garland.--Rumors of Indians.--A Stormy Divide.--"Dirty Woman's Ranch."--Castle Rock.--Buttes.--Monument Creek.--Garden of the Gods.--Pike's Peak.--Soda Springs.--Colorado City.--Cañon City.--_Fontaine qui Bouilli._--Irrigation.--Pueblo.--The Arkansas, Greenhorn, and Huerfano, and their Valleys.--Mexican Laborers.--Hincklin's Ranch.--Sangre del Christo Pass.--Views from Summit.--Descent into San Luis Park.--Sangre del Christo Creek.--A Mule-back Ride.--Trout Fishing.--Snow-squalls and a Cold "Camp."--Mexicans and Bronchos,--Culebra.--A Mexican Baille.--Don Jesus.--A Dancing People. 75-93