. Report of the Boundary commission upon the survey and re-marking of the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, 1891-1896 ... aro by the Mexicans. Leaving the Sierra de los Pajaritos the line crosses in succession the Baboquivari Valley, theBaboquivari Mountains, and the Moreno Flat. Although absolutely bare of trees and bushes, it is hard to picture a more beautiful valleythan the Baboquivari, in the vicinity of Buenos Ayres, during the rainy season. To thenorthwest towers the striking Baboquivari Peak, venerated by the Papagos as the abode of theirGod; in the
. Report of the Boundary commission upon the survey and re-marking of the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, 1891-1896 ... aro by the Mexicans. Leaving the Sierra de los Pajaritos the line crosses in succession the Baboquivari Valley, theBaboquivari Mountains, and the Moreno Flat. Although absolutely bare of trees and bushes, it is hard to picture a more beautiful valleythan the Baboquivari, in the vicinity of Buenos Ayres, during the rainy season. To thenorthwest towers the striking Baboquivari Peak, venerated by the Papagos as the abode of theirGod; in the foreground is a wide lake, while in every direction stretch gentle swells and hollowscovered with magnificent grass and with a profusion of wild flowers. Thousands of cattle andhorses find pasturage in this valley, and stock raising would be very profitable did this conditionof things last; but the ranges here, as in all places along the border, are overstocked; the lakedries up in the spring, and water has to be pumped from bored wells several hundred feet valley marks the eastern limit of the region along the boundary reached by the summer.
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