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In the Land of Cave and Cliff Dwellers

by Frederick Schwatka

An adventurer and explorer of no mean repute, Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka leads an expedition by mule train into the forbidding Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico to one of the richest silver mining regions in the world. He offers lively (and occasionally disparaging) descriptions of the the unfamiliar flora and fauna of this often desolate region, of the cliff and cave dwellings inhabited and abandoned, and of the social customs of the various peoples he meets. He marvels at the unmatched running prowess of the Rarámuri (Tarahumari) Indians of the Barranca del Cobre--the famous Copper Canyon of Chihuahua State. He writes always with humor that keeps the narrative light and the reader smiling.

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Frederick Gustavus Schwatka was a United States Army lieutenant with degrees in medicine and law, and was a noted explorer of northern Canada and Alaska. Schwatka was born in Galena, Illinois, the son...

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