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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] To Antonito [[/underlined]] one killed. One was left to tell his people about it. Sun Elk remembers the scalp dance the Utes had to celebrate the event at the Taos Pueblo a short time after & he sang the war song of the Cheyennes to us - the one they sang up to their death. The Utes took the song with the scalps as the spoils of war & the Taos Indians learned it from the Utes. As Sun Elk sang it to us after dark in the tent, beating his breast like a drum, it had all the wild battle ring combined with the mournful death chant. [[underlined]] Aug. 26. [[/underlined]] Continued westward about 6 miles across gently sloping arid plains to the first ranches along the San Antonio Creek. Thence 6 or 7 miles across level plains among the ranches to Antonito. Then after getting supplies & a hotel dinner returned about 3 miles & camped on the open, level plain with good grass & a glorious view but no wood & only ditch water nearby.
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