They showed remarkably varied physiognomies, yet all looked healthy and sturdy, and were demure and well-behaved.
We made camp one and a half miles from the village, and in the evening we were visited by my friend from the sierra and another Mormon.

Both expressed their readiness to serve us in every way they could; we bought some potatoes and half a hog.
As is the custom with the Mormons, they have several colonies outlying from a central one.

Among these is Cave Valley, about five miles east to north from Pacheco, immediately upon the river already mentioned.

On the following day I went there with the scientific corps to examine the cave dwellings of which the Mormons had been speaking.

The settlement (having an elevation 6,850 feet) consisted of eight houses.