The towering plateaus, cut with yawning
canyons, are plainly the result of some special volcanic action.
This unknown region extends over a hundred miles northwest and
southeast, and on all sides drops suddenly into the sandy deserts.
At Clarkeville the desert begins at once. If you will start a
little east of north and locate the Indian village of Toliatchi,
twenty miles away, you will be on the Arroyo Chusco. Although the
bed of this stream may be dry it can be traced northward sixty-five
miles, where it unites with the Amarilla, eighty-five miles from
Clarkeville. At the juncture of these water courses, if you face
west, the roughest part of the Tunit Chas will confront you. At
your right will be Wilson's Peak. That portion of the Tunit Chas to
the southwest forms the Lu-ka-ch-ka mountains. To the northeast lie
the Charriscos. Somewhere in these mountains lie the temple and the
treasures we seek."
CHAPTER VI
BOB RUSSELL OF THE KANSAS CITY COMET
When the Overland reached Kansas City at nine o'clock the next
morning the air ship boys were just finishing an appetizing
breakfast of fruit, omelet, pancakes and coffee.
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