My dismay over the loss of the animal was not alleviated by the news that the mule was the one that carried my blankets and tent, and that I had a good prospect of passing at least one uncomfortable night on the snow.

The American who had been intrusted with keeping count of the animals on the road immediately went back to look for the lost one; but not until next day did a Mexican, who had been sent along with him, bring back the pack, which the mule had managed to get rid of.

The animal itself and its aparejo were never recovered by us.
On my arrival at Chuhuichupa I found everything satisfactory.

There are extensive grass-lands here, and a few years after our visit the Mormons established a colony.

The name Chuhuichupa is interesting, as it is the first one we came upon that was of undoubted Tarahumare origin "chuhui." being the Spanish corruption of "Chu-i," which means "dead." The name signifies "the place of the dead," possibly alluding to burial caves.
Here Mr.Taylor had discovered very interesting cave-dwellings, fifteen miles southeast to east in a straight lilac from the camp, but fully twenty-five miles by the track he had followed.