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Part of Sioux County, June 17-July 2, 1911

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were disfigured by large scars, an exem-
ple of which is shown at the foot of the
preceding page.

On June 28th, with Noel Priddy as
puide, Dr. Woleott and I set forth to
visit Devil's Den, in West Monroe Canyon,
and Masonic Butte, a prominent point a
mile west of the mouth of Monroe Canyon
on the ridge overlooking Hat Creek Val-
ley. On the way we found in several
yvlaces the tracks of black-tailed deer

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by itself as regards the geological phe-
nomena of this region; for a quarter of
a mile or more the walls are sheer,
separated from 10 to 25 feet, and reach-
ing in places a height of 75 feet. In
places the walls are so neer together
and their surface s@ irregular that the
sky above can not be seen. It is a
typical "box canyon" - which is the kind
of place the word "cenyon" suggests to
most people. We found in it the nest-
ing sites of Krider's hawk and the
western horned owl.