Dan Flores

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Gunfighters · Ep. 39: The River That Flowed From Nowhere, Part II | The American West · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

But when watery, these ponds are frequented by animals and by such an array of ducks, geese, waders, and a species of gray crane that viewed from afar, we first thought the air above them suspended vortexes of bee swarms when we finally heard the cries of the geese and the cranes.

I and others of the men found this enormous plain, swept by constant strong winds, monotonous in its scenery, entirely lacking an echo, to be oddly stirring.

This is undoubtedly one of the largest plains in the world, and it has the kind of stern, self-assured grandeur of a great ocean.

We made the crossing from the sources of the Jefferson Fork to the head gullies of the North or Dunbar Fork in six days of riding, always angling towards particular springs and camps known to the Indians.

At the second of these, there occurred an interesting encounter at a most fascinating spot, an alcove carved by sweet water gushing from a spring and a rock amphitheater that was covered top to bottom in various painted and carved Indian symbols.

These were many and varied, some painted in red ochre, some, including what appeared to our eyes as a Spanish bull, in black charcoal.

In the midst of these frescoes and extending the length of the alcove was a large and remarkable serpent, painted in red ochre and capped by a single horn on its forehead.

Whilst in investigation of these interesting symbols, a party appeared in sight and within an hour disembarked near our encampment.

They proved to be traders, some Spanish, the greater part Indians from the New Mexico towns and the Indian Pueblo of St.

Domingo.

They were much astonished to see us.

With two rickety and noisome carts filled with breads, vegetables, blankets, and wares, they were bound for a rescate or trade fair, they said, at a place along the eastern precipice of Elyon they called Kittiquay.

Here was presented an interesting opportunity, and so I engaged them through Talapun's translation as to the meanings of the symbols on the wall behind us, particularly with respect to whether the great serpent depicted some creature not known to science.

Their response was that the serpent did indeed represent a creature, which they called Ganado, the great horned serpent that protected the waters, and that because of its appearance on this wall, weary travelers could always find water here.

To further inquiry, they said that Ganado appeared only in dreams or ceremonies, but that the rattlesnakes were his familiars and common emissaries.

This group accompanied us for two days before turning southeast to their rendezvous with certain Aiton bands.

One of them was a Spaniard from a town called Taos on the waters of the Rio Bravo, a man of about 40 years who was not only literate but literary.

We made ourselves known to one another using Latin terms and phrases, and he gave me to understand that he had been born in Galicia, where he studied some law and had immigrated to New Mexico in search of adventure and wealth that the former had found him, but that he had eluded the latter entirely.

His name was Trujillo, and he expressed a most interesting view of the surrounding country and its potential.

It was his opinion that the Spanish approach to these vast plains and mountains would be the more workable than ours, for they would leave the country a grazing commons, and the only harm would be to the wild herds.

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