THE BUTTE OF THE CEOSS.
a view of the surrounding country. We are now down among the buttes, and in a region the surface of which is naked, solid rock--a beautiful red sandstone, forming a smooth, undulating pavement. The Indians call this the Toom'pin Tuweap', or "Rock Land," and sometimes the Toom'pin wunear1 Tuweap', or "Land of Standing Rock."
Off to the south we see a butte in the form of a fallen cross. It is several miles away, but it presents no inconspicuous figure on the
LAND OF THE STANDING ROCKS.
landscape and must be many hundreds of feet high, probably more than 2,000. We note its position on our map and name it "The Butte of the Cross."