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Indians, their neighbors the fiercer Hual[a]pais who live in the adjacent mountains and the Pah-Utes occupying the South Eastern portion of Nevada.
Like all military posts in the wilderness it is the pioneer, the "sentinelle perdue" of advancing civilization, doing its work silently under the grand doctrine of "duty-before all", laboring uncomplainingly, often thanklessly, the fruits of its labors and self-abnegation to be reaped by others in the early future.

Section of Cottonwood.
Cottonwood Island, the sole bottom-land between the Grand Cañon and Camp Mohave, is, as denoted by its appellation, celebrated for its splendid cottonwood trees which here attain their full size. Its area varies between from four to six miles in length and from one to three-fourths of a mile in width. Quite a number of Pah-Utes families make it their permanent home, supporting themselves by principally raising corn, melons, pumpkins etc together with a little hunting and fishing between times.
In a few years, however, its beautiful trees will have disappeared, a large demand being made on them yearly for fuel for the use of the river steamers.

Section of Stone's Ferry.
Noted principally for being the crossing point of emigrants and travel between Southeastern Nevada and Northern Arizona. A natural curiosity is found near this place called the "salt well," a hole in the "mesa" nearly circular with steep wall partly filled with strong solution of salt - the depth is 96 feet - diameter of water surface, 118 feet - the surface of the water in the well being nearly four feet above the surface of the river.

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