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[[underlined]] Up Culebra Mts. Aug. 20 [/under-lined]]  Gant & I took our horses & rode up the trail to above timberline then walked to crest of range and followed around to top of highest peak in the Culebras, by some called Costilla Peak but not the Costilla Peak of the maps. it is the southern point of the Culebra range where half encircled by the Costilla River.

Our aneroids read at camp mine 10700, Gants 10500 feet on starting & they read on the peak [[strikethrough]] 13 [/strikethrough]] mine 13600 Gants 13650. This is the highest peak south of Spanish Peaks until Wheeler Peak rises 100 feet above it. By looking across to Costilla Peak (generally known here as Little Costilla, or Cuervo Peak) we seem to be about 100 feet above it.

The Culebra Mts. are a well defined range by themselves, separated from the Cimarrons by the Costilla & Comanche valleys. The Cabristas are a small bunch lying between the Costilla & Red Rivers and belonging with the Taos Mts. if with anything. From the peaks we had a grand view of the Taos Mts, Cimarrons,