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Title: Through Our Unknown Southwest

Author: Agnes C. Laut

Release Date: March 15, 2010 [EBook #31646]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Montezuma's Castle, the ruined cliff dwelling on Beaver
Creek between the Coconino and Prescott National Forests, Arizona]

THROUGH OUR UNKNOWN SOUTHWEST

THE WONDERLAND OF THE UNITED STATES--LITTLE
KNOWN AND UNAPPRECIATED--THE
HOME OF THE CLIFF DWELLER AND THE
HOPI, THE FOREST RANGER AND THE NAVAJO,--THE
LURE OF THE PAINTED DESERT

BY

AGNES C. LAUT

Author of _The Conquest of the Great Northwest_, _Lords of the North_
and _Freebooters of the Wilderness_

NEW YORK
McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY
1913

COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY
MCBRIDE, NAST & CO.

_Second Printing
October, 1913_

_Published May, 1913_

CONTENTS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION i

I THE NATIONAL FORESTS 1

II NATIONAL FORESTS OF THE SOUTHWEST 22

III THROUGH THE PECOS FORESTS 44

IV THE CITY OF THE DEAD 60

V THE ENCHANTED MESA OF ACOMA 78

VI ACROSS THE PAINTED DESERT 100

VII ACROSS THE PAINTED DESERT (_continued_) 116

VIII GRAND CANYON AND THE PETRIFIED FORESTS 137

IX THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE OF SANTA FE 153

X THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE (_continued_) 169

XI TAOS, THE PROMISED LAND 183

XII TAOS, THE MOST ANCIENT CITY IN AMERICA 196

XIII SAN ANTONIO, THE CAIRO OF AMERICA 214

XIV CASA GRANDE AND THE GILA 226

XV SAN XAVIER DEL BAC MISSION 251

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

Cliff dwelling ruins, known as Montezuma Castle, _Frontispiece_

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