| 单词 | arroyo |
| 例句 | He stumbled and ran behind the sun, not following but dragged with it across arroyos, over mesas and hills. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They leaned the tin against the crumbly gray sides of the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The cattle had been driven from the trap in the arroyo to the corral, where they could water in the pond. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “You that grow well here in the arroyo by the dampness of the river, we lift you to make good medicine,” Ultima intoned softly and I found myself repeating after her. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Up ahead, he could see where the highway dipped across an arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z These machines were discovered by the police the next day abandoned in a dry arroyo on the western edge of town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He nodded at the arroyo cut by the river. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They had found a calf in the arroyo that morning; small black ants were already making trails across the head, from the nose to the eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The Gallup police would find his body in the bushes along the big arroyo, and he would be just one of the two or three they’d find dead that week. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He stood up slowly and looked restlessly toward the arroyo banks, thinking about food. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He ate as he made his way back to the arroyo, chewing the soft bone cartilage of pork ribs he found. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She pointed across the big arroyo to the place where the sandy wagon road was washed out. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He breathed deeply, trying to inhale the immensity of it, trying to take it all inside himself, the way the arroyo sand swallowed time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The yellow sandstone outcrop ran parallel to the big arroyo behind the bar. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The sun was getting hot, and he thought about flies buzzing around their faces as they slept in the weeds along the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Some of them were in the wide arroyo that the creek cut through Gallup, but the others were in the salt-cedar and willow thickets that grew along the stream banks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The police handcuffed the skinny men with swollen faces; they pushed and kicked them up the crumbling clay sides of the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She waited until they had gone, and she went to the old trash pile in the arroyo where they left me. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Their breathing formed a single cloud of steam that drifted up, floating away over the banks of the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yesterday afternoon,” she said, “early. They came running down the big arroyo which comes down from the high canyon.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z In dried up ponds and in the dry arroyo sands, even as the rain was still falling, they came popping up through the ground, with wet sand still on their backs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z While she gathered plants, he watched the cattle grazing in the tall yellow rice grass that grew above the arroyo just to the edge of the juniper trees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He followed her down the steep trail into the big arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z To the east was the Rio Puerco Valley, where the river had cut a deep narrow arroyo that now carried the water too low to benefit the valley land. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Her shelter was already torn down, taken away in pieces by others in the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The earth was eroded to gray clay, and deep arroyos cut through the length of the valley between the mesas. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The bank of the arroyo was undercut so deeply that a strong gust of wind would topple the big tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was overgrazed; rain eroded big arroyos in the gray clay, and the salt bush took hold. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Arroyos might be dry for years, but when heavy rains did come, the run-off carried boulders and logs down the arroyo, where they snagged weeds and sticks and other debris. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She walked close to the arroyo bank to avoid the manure and mud. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He found the place near the side of the arroyo where she had buried the rags in the yellow sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z After the storm, Dad took us to the arroyos, and we watched the flash floods come roaring through. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Grayish green salt bushes had taken over the areas between the crisscross of big arroyos. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was growing on the edge of the deepest arroyo, its web of roots exposed, held upright only by a single connecting root. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Later on he walked the way she had gone, following the arroyo east and then north, where it wound into the pale yellow hills. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z This would accomplish many of the aesthetic goals that Hawthorne champions, including creating more park space, fostering an arroyo restoration, bettering health outcomes and promoting community connections. Readers react: Do we need a Glendale Freeway that improves traffic or the environment? 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Try the River Trail, which runs along the dusty arroyo of the Santa Fe River west of town, past feed stores and small farms, ramshackle adobe homes and horse corrals. Journeys: Park the Pickup: Santa Fe by Bicycle 2012-10-28T05:00:23Z Delgado insisted the investigation was thorough: “There was no arroyo left unturned,” he said, “and no trace of him found.” Jim Sullivan, a Rock ’n’ Roll Mystery That Remains Stubbornly Unsolved 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Like our own, the world of Red Dead Redemption — its cantinas, dusty arroyos, railway stations and cragged peaks — is one in which good does not always prevail and yet altruism rarely goes unrewarded. Video Game Review: ?Red Dead Redemption? Brings Old West to Life 2010-05-16T19:25:00Z I was camped with friends in a West Texas arroyo on a gravel bed just wide enough for two tents. Deep in the heart of Big Bend National Park 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Terrain that appears flat from a distance turns out to be a steeply furrowed maze of arroyos and canyons, cliffs and cul-de-sacs. Border fence’s devastating toll 2012-09-18T22:00:00Z There were mountains of backpacks, arroyos swollen with tangled clothes. “There is no mistaking that she is dead”: Am I robbing her of her dignity to photograph her corpse? 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Even on the drive, you get a close-up look at multicolored sandstone cliffs and rugged arroyos carved by tributaries of the Red River. Fall Mountain Escapes 2010-09-16T18:31:00Z And yet, Berlin is not only a soulful chronicler of the lost corners of America, whose semi-autobiographical stories brim with red caliche clay, arroyos, drainage ditches and smelter towns. A New Story Collection and a Memoir by Lucia Berlin, Patron Saint of Soulful Cool 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z “Green tips of tulips are rising out of the earth— / you don’t flense a whale or fire at beer cans / in an arroyo but catch the budding / tips of pear branches and wonder,” Sze writes. Four New Poetry Collections Confront Despair With Wonder 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Magnified a thousand times, the eyelids looked like desert dunes, the lashes like wind-tossed palms, the creases in the skin like a hundred parched arroyos. The eye surgery I never should have seen 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z It’s clear that he prefers the desert of mesquite, cactus and arroyos to dry and unquestioned cultural pieties. Books of The Times: Poetry by Luljeta Lleshanaku, Lightsey Darst and Others 2010-07-22T22:18:00Z "The ongoing and historic amount of rainfall is expected to cause life-threatening to locally catastrophic flash, urban and arroyo flooding including landslides, mudslides and debris flows today," the service said. Storm Hilary slams Southwest U.S. with heavy rain 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z “Flash, urban, and arroyo flooding is possible with the potential for significant impacts.” Hurricane Hilary forms off Mexico’s Pacific coast and could bring rain to US Southwest 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Plein air painters flocked to capture the light of the arroyos. Fires, landslides, rising seas: What drives Californians to stay in disaster-prone areas? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z “This year, the flowers that are blooming include canterbury and school bells, arroyo lupine, and California poppy,” the parks department said. The superbloom has begun. See breathtaking photos and a map of where to go 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Others use game cameras to track groups threading their way up ravines and arroyos. Death and Justice on the Border: A Migrant Is Killed, a Rancher Is Charged 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Traditionally dry rocky arroyos and ditches were overrunning their banks; irrigation diversions and culverts were buried in mud the consistency of peanut butter. 'We've lost the aqueduct': How severe flooding threatens a Los Angeles water lifeline 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Near El Paso, Texas, he will establish the Castner Range National Monument on a former artillery range along rugged canyons and arroyos that rise out of the desert near the Franklin Mountains. Biden Creates Two National Monuments in the Southwest 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Letteriello got permission from state wildlife officials to bring in two dozen native arroyo chub minnows for the pond from San Juan Creek, along the Ortega Highway. This hidden garden is bursting with native plants. Here’s how to get inside 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z On a reporting trip to the U.S. border with Mexico some years ago, I was taken by an immigration expert to an arroyo on the outskirts of Tucson. Opinion | What a family trunk and a sea of cast-off backpacks say about America 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Striding along an arroyo lined with creosote brush, smoke trees and countless out-of-sight animal burrows and washes, Clarke said, “We favor renewable energy but not here.” Can bighorns, a bullet train and a huge solar farm coexist in the Mojave Desert? 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z “Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely.” Flash flood warning issued for Inland Empire storm that could cause debris flows 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Defense seems to have been the overarching concern at Lacanjá Tzeltal, a densely packed stronghold hemmed in by arroyos and steep riverbanks. Unearthing a Maya Civilization That ‘Punched Above its Weight’ 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z She brought her sickly daughter from the East and, in 1882, bought land on the eastern lip of the arroyo in Pasadena, the site of the present-day U.S. Southern California’s curious history as the sanitarium capital of America 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z "The water was so strong it pushed him into the arroyo," said Zamora, using the term for an usually dry riverbed that runs during heavy rain. Fourth person reported drowned in New Mexico wildfire area floods 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z These are often dry washes or arroyos for much of the year. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Participants will learn about the process of selecting plants for the garden’s newly installed Lewis Gamily Forest Pavilion garden, which features four planting areas — a sun garden, shade garden, rain garden and dry arroyo garden. Learn how to kill lawns for good while saving these nuns from crushing water bills 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z A great number of its great streets are unlike many roadways elsewhere in L.A., where they are curved or oddly angled to conform to the dip-and-turn contours of hills, or the ghosts of arroyos. Sepulveda, Sherman, Tarzana: The most interesting stories behind the Valley's street names 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Our river didn’t send a roaring torrent into the Pacific, but spread itself into a thousand little paths and wetlands and arroyos. Why we turned the L.A. River into a freeway (for water) 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z To steer clear of the surveillance towers, people have pushed deeper into the mountains and now hunker down in arroyos and other crevices in the desert for longer periods of time. Opinion | Robotic dogs patrolling the U.S. border will not stop migrants. But they may lead to more deaths. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Water typically runs off as sheet wash to stream channels called arroyos or a dry wash that may be dry part or most of the year. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z “This arroyo would make one of the greatest parks in the world.” Presidential visits trace L.A. history from small town to big-money donors 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z As The Times pointed out in 1908, Santa Monica was separating out trash that we would now call recyclables, like cans and bottles, incinerating the former, and hauling the latter off “into yawning arroyos.” Why doesn’t L.A. have piles of garbage on the sidewalks? Many years of fighting 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z In Pasadena, water is streaming through arroyos that only weeks ago sat caked and dry. California is suddenly snow-capped and very wet. But how long will the water rush last? 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Boris, 29, ran across the muddy arroyo of the Rio Grande on Dec. 3 from Ciudad Juárez to El Paso. Migrants in ‘Remain in Mexico’ bemoan confusing process 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Dry ephemeral channels can fill quickly, creating a mass of water and debris that charges down the channel, possibly even overflowing the banks of the arroyo. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Washes and arroyos – drainage channels that are dry except during heavy rainstorms – can turn into raging currents within minutes, strong enough to carry away cars and people. Monsoons that make deserts bloom are becoming more extreme and erratic thanks to climate change 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z It winds through an arid landscape of garbage-strewn arroyos, yucca and sagebrush, without paved roads or sewerage. A Sanctuary Takes Shape, Framed Around Migrants 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Even a pot of California poppies and arroyo lupine can provide insect food and seed for birds, Trinidad said. Your bird feeder is canceled. Attract birds with these 13 native plants instead 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Even a pot of California poppies and arroyo lupin can provide insect food and seed for birds, Trinidad said. Your bird feeder is canceled. Attract birds with these 13 native plants instead 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z They describe the gullies, arroyos and seasonal streams inscribed into the desert landscape as “a vein of life” that channels rain or snowmelt to their communities. New Mexico tribes sue US over federal clean water rule 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The property contains a combination of chaparral, wetlands and stream-side habitat that support endangered species, including the arroyo toad and least Bell’s vireo, a rare songbird, the newspaper reported. San Diego County to purchase, expand conservation land 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z Hundreds of canyons and arroyos line the San Gabriel Range from the San Fernando Valley to the Inland Empire. What are these atmospheric rivers that bring heavy rain and snow to California? 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Appearing with farmers and walking alongside an arroyo, Torres Small said it was time to hold the federal government and banks accountable for mismanaging relief dollars. Torres Small releases new ad touting COVID-19 relief aid 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z The agency builds the snowman with tumbleweeds collected from arroyos in the metro area and with recycled material. Beloved snowman made of tumbleweeds returns to Albuquerque 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z The heavy steel wheels roll along a dizzying pattern of concrete railroad ties that snake through sandstone formations, boulder-laden arroyos and grasslands. Long-running coal plant on Navajo reservation nears its end 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Native rainbow trout and arroyo chubs were once abundant across Southern California. South Gate charts new course to rear native fish that thrived before L.A.’s explosive growth 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z One arroyo often looks identical to another, and it is easy to become lost. To all parents who can picture themselves in Valeria and her dad | Debbie Weingarten 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z He says that there is, indeed, evidence of drug mules passing through town, especially down by the arroyo, where they leave tracks. The Wild West Meets the Southern Border 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z ArtCenter College of Design is perhaps best known for its tucked-away location in an arroyo on the eastern fringes of Pasadena. ArtCenter College of Design to take over Main Museum's downtown L.A. exhibition space 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Maybe they were sycamores, or arroyo willow or hemlock. “Catch” 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z A cleanup crew working under contract with the city located the body of a man in an arroyo that runs underneath Lohman Avenue near Del Monte Street. Dead body found in Las Cruces arroyo; Man not identified yet 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z The highlight of this Gene Bates layout are the par-3 fifth and par-4 sixth, both demanding approach shots over a ragged arroyo of jagged rock. Glorious Golf In The High Desert Of Utah - Golf Digest 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z It required 36 hours to drive, the time being spent mostly digging out of flooded arroyos. Today in Arizona History 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z A Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman tells the Santa Fe New Mexican that despite flooded arroyos and roadways covered in debris, no serious accidents or injuries were reported as of 9 p.m. Heavy rainstorm hits Santa Fe, damages infrastructure 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z He last wrote for the magazine about arroyos, streambeds that flow with water only occasionally. The Water Wars of Arizona 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Once as many as two million of them loped the forests and arroyos of the continent, Nate Blakeslee writes in “American Wolf.” Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Scientist? 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Firefighters used a ladder to rescue three people from an arroyo near Interstate 40. Albuquerque storm sweeps away 6 in arroyos; 1death reported 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z The patch of green lies at the bottom of a steep-sided arroyo, which is otherwise bone dry. Most archaeologists think the first Americans arrived by boat. Now, they’re beginning to prove it 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Her husband, a recent Caltech grad, suggested that she inquire at the university’s lab at the top of the arroyo — the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which was then sponsored by the U.S. Hired in 1958 as a 'computer,' Sue Finley talks about her long career at JPL 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Past a second park building, which also houses restrooms, turn right as you near the end of the park and walk across a wooden bridge over a dry arroyo. Explore the new historic park outside DTLA 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z It also disrupts complex social networks linked by trails, arroyos and hibernation burrows already under siege by urban encroachment, solar and wind-energy facilities and utility corridors. The Marines' plan to save California desert tortoises includes 'raven no-fly zones' and laser guns 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z I’m left 10ft back, hurrying to follow him up and down the bouldered arroyos. Life and death on the Mexican border 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z He records the site's GPS coordinates and then, just as people have done here for millennia, sets off up the arroyo in search of the next source of freshwater. Most archaeologists think the first Americans arrived by boat. Now, they’re beginning to prove it 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z A barren landscape with lots of sand, some brush, a few arroyos and a whole lot of nothing else. Nob Hill marks 100th anniversary 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z San Juan County deputies say a vehicle was reported to be sinking in a flooded arroyo Friday afternoon south of Blanco. Colorado man dies in flash flood in northern New Mexico 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z Officials said the pipeline valve somehow opened and sent thousands of gallons of unrefined crude into an arroyo that flows through the city of Ventura and reaches the ocean near the Ventura Pier. Cleanup efforts under way to remove thousands of gallons of oil following Ventura spill 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Ventura Fire Department spokeswoman Kelly Flanders says the oil flowed about a half-mile down an arroyo but will not reach a local beach. The Latest: Cleanup underway after California oil spill 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Some in the small world of people trying to save arroyo toads from extinction praise Sweet as the consummate conservation biologist. Rare toads (presumably) love him; off-roaders do not 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Running through the centre of the neighbourhood is the arroyo Las Tunas, a small creek. Story of cities #46: the gated Buenos Aires community which left its poor neighbours under water 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z When she was small, her father showed her Native American pottery shards in the arroyo near their former home. In College Essays About Money, Echoes of Parents’ Attitudes 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Villanueva found a narrow, dry arroyo and hid beneath a rocky outcrop. The Deported 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The fire department and Albuquerque police say they received a call earlier as the rain was moving in that a man was threatening to drive his truck into an arroyo, reportedly to commit suicide. 1 person believed dead after being swept away in Albuquerque 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Cantankerous outlaws and merciless nature are out to kill the arroyo toads of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Rare toads (presumably) love him; off-roaders do not 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Related: Story of cities #33: how Santiago tackled its housing crisis with 'Operation Chalk' A block onwards, we arrive at the arroyo Las Tunas, and the spot where the wall was broken down. Story of cities #46: the gated Buenos Aires community which left its poor neighbours under water 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Finally murky gray water began flowing from the taps, leading locals to fear the worst: contamination in the gurgling mountain spring that provides drinking water for nearly 2,000 people and feeds the arroyo. US-backed Mexico dam project triggered protest, rare defeat 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z These include, Hopper and Gaziano say, “arroyos in the desert as well as ditches and culverts hundreds of miles from” actual navigable waters. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is lighting fuses in Oklahoma 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z That was thanks in part to the state's fire departments, which Shoemaker said train specifically for fast-water rescues in areas such as the arroyos, or creeks, that surround Albuquerque. Monsoon rains cause floods, but fewer wildfires, in New Mexico 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z That’s because the arroyo toads’ lifespan is thought to be about five years. Rare toads (presumably) love him; off-roaders do not 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Agent Colón Díaz took his shotgun off his shoulder and aimed it forward as he made his way down the hill, following an arroyo that he knew led to the water tank. At Remote Outposts, Border Agents Sift for Clues 2013-01-24T18:28:24Z He and his friends lightened their backpacks of unnecessary gear and went off on their own, simply walking a short distance down the access road, crossing the Gila River and scurrying into the nearest arroyo. Caballo Blanco?s Last Run: The Micah True Story 2012-05-21T14:57:31Z One animal was about 30 feet up from the ground in an oak tree, and the other was along a small arroyo containing pools of water. The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico 2012-04-06T02:00:23.953Z The grass was almost entirely burned up, and dry, gravelly arroyos, in and out of which we went with a plunge and a scramble, marked the courses of the winter streams. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z “Sam’s field notes on arroyo toads and their habitat documented patterns of decline that supported its listing as an endangered species,” Greg Pauly, herpetologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, said. Rare toads (presumably) love him; off-roaders do not 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z We brought a candle to light and leave at the shrine in the arroyo that we drove past every day. Scientist at Work Blog: The Sun, the Moon and the Quail 2012-01-12T17:50:22Z At 1,963 m. the conduit is carried over an arroyo on a segmental arch of 8 m. clear span, as shown on Fig. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z On the 21st the army was up and deployed along the high banks of the arroyo, the field batteries in position. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z About midnight we hove in sight of a little rock house standing on the banks of a small arroyo. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z Sweet wanted Pyramid Dam to release water into arroyo toad territory along Piru Creek during the summer months at rates low enough to prevent arroyo toad eggs from being washed away. Rare toads (presumably) love him; off-roaders do not 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z The winter had indeed been hard, one to be remembered for years to come, and many cattle had died because of it; many skeletons, stripped clean by coyotes and wolves, dotted the arroyos and coulees. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Bridges.—At three points the sewer was carried over arroyos on reinforced concrete girders. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z The arroyo was about three feet deep, of salt water. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z The rush-girt arroyos, or stagnant channels, were dotted with these most elegant birds, some actively feeding, plunging their heads under to catch the darting water-beetles as they dive, others resting quiescent in every graceful pose. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Fish and Wildlife Service declared the arroyo toad endangered in 1994, the species had lost more than 76% of its historic turf due to development, mining, agriculture, dam construction, predation by non-native species and drought. Rare toads (presumably) love him; off-roaders do not 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z "So there's a woman down here now," he muttered, riding down into an arroyo and up the other bank. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z The floor of this valley is gently rolling, but is cut by many arroyos which carry little or no water during the greater part of the year. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z At that moment a horseman dashed up among them from an arroyo. History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z We hiked down the arroyo rather than the trail adjacent — from this vantage, the transition between habitat types was pronounced. Scientist at Work Blog: Rancho San Jose, Quelele and a Flat 2011-11-16T20:58:16Z “That’s when I discovered that the arroyo toad was in bad shape, and decided to try and make a difference.” Rare toads (presumably) love him; off-roaders do not 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z "Follow me, Johnny," he cried, dashing towards the arroyo. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Bridges.—The line as laid out passed over many gulches and dry arroyos, and these were crossed with reinforced concrete bridges of varying spans and heights, two being shown on Plate IV. ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911. 2012-01-02T03:00:24.717Z Some of us crawled up the arroyo near enough to talk to ‘Billy.’ History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z We arrived at dusk, scattering doves as we drove in along the arroyo up to the ranch house. Scientist at Work Blog: Rancho San Jose, Quelele and a Flat 2011-11-16T20:58:16Z The struggle to secure maximum protection for the arroyo toad was far from over. Rare toads (presumably) love him; off-roaders do not 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z I think it flows through a twisting arroyo. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z For their own comfort the station employees were digging a cave in the side of an arroyo or dry wash, where they might house themselves and cook, in bad weather. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z Garrett at once wrote Brazil to meet him about dark on the night of July 13th at the mouth of the Taiban arroyo, below Fort Sumner. History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z We navigated around sandbars, portaged around rocky ledges and sailed by high arroyo walls eroded by flood wash. The Los Angeles River: Kayaking a Forgotten Waterway 2011-09-16T09:00:00Z Going over a rise, we dropped down into an arroyo, where the foxhound again gave tongue, and started back on the trail almost in the same direction in which we had come. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z When a dozen miles southwest of the ranch house he espied them at work on the edge of an arroyo. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z The nearby arroyo sent outward a song of drops, piling over stones. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z They arrived at the mouth of Taiban arroyo an hour after dark on July 13th, but Brazil was not there to meet them. History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z At the end of this dash, when she halted the pony in an arroyo to breathe, she was cheerful and happy and ready to laugh at anything. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z This morning we kept on in the same direction, toward the east, and, having traveled about four leagues, we came upon an arroyo well populated with willow and some oak. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z Meanwhile the calf had run back over its trail and they had roped it as it was about to plunge over the bank of the arroyo. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Neither; he had simply walked over the little elevation in the plain beside the arroyo and corral, and had already left the Rancho two miles behind him. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z We crawled up the arroyo to within about thirty feet of the door, where we lay down in the snow. History of 'Billy the Kid' 2011-11-19T03:00:22.640Z Half a dozen times she might have pulled out and taken a side turn, or ridden into another arroyo and so escaped seeing that hidden cabin again. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z This day, seeing that the oak forest was full of arroyos without water, we went in search of their origin. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z When he had turned out of an arroyo which made part of the line for a short distance he saw a body huddled on the sand several hundred feet ahead of him. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z He was lying alone in the dry bed of the arroyo; on the bank a horse was standing, and above him bent the dark face and darker eyes of Donna Dolores. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Almost across its doorway a bright arroyo ran swiftly, to disappear in the dark shade of clump tamarinds. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Ruth controlled her pony, and he was headed down the arroyo. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z At this point the water is discovered in the arroyo itself. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z It was not very difficult to run across some other descending gully or miniature arroyo, where in rainy weather doubtless copious streams of water flowed, but which now was quite dry. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z He continued on across the arroyo and past the corral until the blinding and penetrating cloud of dust, raised by the plunging hoofs of the moving mass before him, caused him to stop. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z All night the rain fell in sheets that set the thirsty arroyos running bank-high and raised the river ten feet. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z There was a curve in the arroyo and when she came into the hidden part of the basin the mystery was instantly explained. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z During the night, which we spent on the arroyo San José, it rained on us. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z Here, to my surprise, I found myself on the banks of a broad arroyo, whose water—clear and shallow—ran slowly over a bed of sand and gypsum. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Rumbling through a gloomy, rock-walled cut traversing the barren range of the Sierra Tortilla, the railroad emerges—after much bumping through scorched foothills and rattling over straddle-legged trestles above dry arroyos—at Mesaville. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z Ten minutes after entering the evergreens, Cindy came to an arroyo, or canyon. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z It certainly dissipated certain suspicions she had gained from her visits to the cabin in the distant arroyo, where “the hermit” lived. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z The first arroyo discovered in the morning is called Santo Domingo. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z Then: We traveled a league more and crossed another arroyo, where we saw an abandoned village, and in a hut many birds stuffed with grass, which some Indians had to hunt with. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California "Well, as I was saying, Jose trailed them and found them tethered in a arroyo about a mile from camp." The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z The arroyo was perhaps forty feet from rim to rim, and on the far side was a roomy cave into which Cindy could see clearly. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z Although he wheeled to run, facing down the arroyo again, he began to buck instead. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z All the road today has been through broken mountains, through which ran an insignificant arroyo. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z Somewhere in Oakland the party crossed two arroyos with "a heavy growth of trees." The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California Sometimes, in the winter, a little forms along the arroyo, but now–I’m very sorry, indeed. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch With a shriek of mortal terror, Tom LaMott raced out of the cave and started scrambling up the far side of the arroyo. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z There was a dip into another arroyo and beyond that a mesquite jungle as far as they could see. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z Like the hall, it was vague and empty, ankle-deep too in yet warm dust, that felt grateful to his feet after the sharp stones of the arroyo out of which he had climbed. The Firebrand On the banks of the next arroyo was an inhabited village containing 23 men and 7 women, others being away foraging. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California Midway, and well to the north, where a curving course indicated an arroyo he marked “El Desierto.” Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch The startled men leaped up and peered into the moon-sprayed arroyo. We Were There at the Oklahoma Land Run 2010-12-24T03:00:29.847Z They came down into the “draw” or arroyo in which the old mining camp lay late one afternoon. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z In the dry season individuals were discovered beneath rocks along streams and in damp arroyos; in the rainy season they were found wherever there was water. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México Font then says that on the next arroyo was a "fair-sized village." The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California When the rumble of the receding relief train was no longer audible, the figure of a man, dimly outlined in the dusky glow of the fire, materialised out of the shadows of the nearest arroyo. The King of Arcadia So we flung the antelopes across the back of our saddles, tying them securely with the long leather strings and started back for the arroyo. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure He rolled through the arroyo on alternate pairs of wheels, splashed through the Limping Water, leaving it roiled and muddy, and shot up the opposite bank with a rush. The Orphan Through the day, Mrs. MacGregor and Elijah were absent, inspecting the desolate stretches of red hillsides, or the struggling green of seeping springs in deep arroyos. The Vision of Elijah Berl After going a short distance we came to the village, which was in a little valley on the bank of a small arroyo, the Indians welcoming us with an indescribable hullabaloo. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California While the engineer was adding a hasty command to mount, Fitzpatrick's waggon came bouncing up the dry arroyo, with the snorting team in a lather of sweat. The King of Arcadia A bunch of starving pups in the arroyo yonder, and I would have wantonly killed her. The Song of the Wolf Had he been able, he would have seen six cowboys, who were keeping close together as they worked their way southward, exploring every arroyo and examining every thicket and bowlder. The Orphan Only the canal was level, cutting through rolls, bridging arroyos, and boring through rocky hills too deep for cuts. The Vision of Elijah Berl Only a few streams are mentioned: Arroyo Mocho is described merely as an "arroyo in a canyon." The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California A little farther up the dry arroyo the candle-end, sputtering to its extinction, showed them a confusion of hoof tramplings in the yielding sand, but nothing more. The King of Arcadia From the pueblo the trail lay through an arroyo over another mountain and they camped part way down its southeast face with Santa Fe sprawled out below them. Bring Me His Ears The specimens from northeast of San Miguel were trapped in runways under cholla cactus, in which nests also were found, on a slope above a rocky arroyo. Noteworthy Mammals from Sinaloa, Mexico A little further, and the gorge opened into a deep arroyo which the canal bridged, then turned and followed the opposite bank. The Vision of Elijah Berl In addition there are approximately 12 unnamed creeks or arroyos descending the front slope of the hills onto the plain. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California The three riders drew rein in the shelter of the arroyo gulch to breathe their horses, and Ballard gave the boy due credit. The King of Arcadia Then the trail began dropping down, down in loops and twists; and just at sunset we turned up a dry arroyo bed to a cluster of adobe ranch houses and store and mission. Through Our Unknown Southwest The dried, gasping country absorbed water until it was sated and then began to shed it off into the arroyos, the gullies, the depressions, and the river beds. The Coming of the Law The head of the arroyo was clad with a thicket of cedars, so dense as to be almost impenetrable. The Vision of Elijah Berl We proceeded along it with much effort for about a league and a half, at which point it is joined by another arroyo from the north, the main stream continuing on to the east. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California The return route led the straggling cavalcade through the arroyo mouth, and among the low hills back of Riley's camp to a junction with the canal line grade half way to Fitzpatrick's headquarters. The King of Arcadia Why are the multi-colored peasant workers of Brittany or Belgium more interesting than the gayly dressed peons of New Mexico, or the Navajo boys scouring up and down the sandy arroyos? Through Our Unknown Southwest He saw some cattle grazing on the edge of a small grass plateau which began at the slope of the arroyo through which the stream of water ran. The Coming of the Law Sets were made along well-used trails leading from a densely vegetated arroyo into a corn field through openings in a fence of roughly piled logs. Mammals from Tamaulipas, Mexico Following the arroyo farther down, we saw where the water disappears, perhaps a quarter of a league from the hills. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California “Jim,” he snapped, “cut in over there–that arroyo–and crowd ’em around to the south. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance A sandy arroyo trenches and cuts the plain here. Through Our Unknown Southwest Several dry arroyos crossed the trail, but with a knowledge that seemed almost marvelous Norton cleverly avoided these pitfalls. The Coming of the Law Where the path forked she turned to the right and climbed the bank of the arroyo and so came out upon the causeway itself. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 In this locality the arroyo is covered with a dense stand of woods: cottonwoods and willows. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California Also, gazing out of the little square window, he spent long periods in viewing the hard brown of the nearer mesaland–the dips and dunes and thread-like arroyos, with an occasional horseman crawling between. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance They cautiously slipped on, for a little arroyo or dried wash, bordered by brittle weeds. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters He hoped to overtake the fugitive bandit, and after an hour, at a turn in the arroyo, did meet him, face to face. The Missourian An arroyo enters the bay from the west. A Burial Cave in Baja California The Palmer Collection, 1887 At night we reached an arroyo which has much water, much timber and firewood, and also has nearby redwood, and very much good sand and some very long valleys. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California The Vigil children were playing in the arroyo bed. A Prairie Infanta They had come ten miles from their arroyo, and were at the South Republican River in western Kansas. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters But Chico had quite lost the swagger of the adventurous youth since he tumbled down the arroyo bank almost on top of the flayed savage. The Flute of the Gods He found it to be the nippers with which the fence had been cut, lying in the bottom of the deep arroyo. The Duke Of Chimney Butte On the 17th the party spent the whole day moving down the shore to an arroyo, near some redwoods, which, according to the notation of the following day, was 6 leagues from Mission San José. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California This had narrowed so that between the steep hills there was only room for the arroyo and the little roadway beside it. A Prairie Infanta The sun rose, flooding the world above the arroyo. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters Then they scattered to pick up the trail, found it, and resumed their progress down the arroyo. When the West Was Young Here are your nippers, Miss Kerr; you lost them when you jumped that arroyo. The Duke Of Chimney Butte Seven arroyos were crossed, but again no Indians were seen. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California The sun was shining now, and the arroyo was nothing more than a placid, though muddy stream. A Prairie Infanta When they ventured to peep over the edge of the arroyo, they saw an Indian camp of women and old men in plain view—could catch the voices, now and then. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters He rolled into a shallow arroyo and dived down its course like a hunted rabbit. When the West Was Young In such a country every gulch becomes a watercourse almost before the dust is laid, the arroyos turn to rivers and the rivers to broad floods, drifting with trees 16 and wreckage. Hidden Water From these accounts it is clear that the heavy concentration of population was along the Bay shore, locally centering on the large arroyos and avoiding the strip where Oakland and Berkeley now stand. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California The desert’s surface between the lava ridge and the higher hills of the range to eastward was cut by dry 180 washes and arroyos and miniature ridges studded with giant cactus. The Coyote A Western Story The route was rough, but he fled straight across red sandstone ledges, some dropping six and seven feet, in the arroyos and draws, until he rounded to behind a bare bluff. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters The band down in the arroyo’s bed were receding. When the West Was Young It was unthinkable that I should ever see an arroyo but I permitted myself to dream of it while he talked. A Son of the Middle Border We reached an arroyo with little water and much timber, in which we passed the night with sentinels in the camp and at two advanced posts. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California Rathburn’s face wore a worried scowl, as he slid his gun into its holster, whirled his horse, and speedily climbed the east side of the arroyo. The Coyote A Western Story Every arroyo is dry, the very cactus seems shriveled and the deep blue of the sky gives no promise of any relief. Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer The fugitive found five others of the band in a sun-baked arroyo that night, told them the news of the catastrophe, and got a fresh horse to ride back with them and rescue their companion. When the West Was Young Silently as a cat, he covered the short distance between the house and the arroyo of the creek and disappeared, merged in its shadow. Rimrock Trail At night they reached a well watered arroyo, which could have been San Pablo Creek or Wildcat Creek. The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California As he rode down into a deep arroyo, a horseman came galloping into its lower end and raced almost upon him before seeing him. The Coyote A Western Story Deep, rugged arroyos, the work of the rain and mountain torrents, cut and scarred the foothills which descended in precipitous slopes to the valley and plains below. When Dreams Come True After he had ridden for some distance up the stony bed of the arroyo he dismounted and came on slowly leading the patient animal. When the West Was Young One yell and a stream of curses came from across the arroyo. Rimrock Trail The young men who had gone out first had been through this arroyo the night before, when the moonlight did not show the faint trail. With Hoops of Steel He motioned to the man to go, and the latter rode at a gallop up the arroyo and out of sight. The Coyote A Western Story They presently came pouring toward her, diverged westward, and massed at the base of a butte rising from a dry arroyo. Brand Blotters Now, as they clattered along the arroyo’s bed, Shea suddenly drew rein. When the West Was Young About ten o'clock we halted on the banks of the arroyo, and while watering our animals, one of the scouts returned and made some communication to our leader. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Along arroyos, and on hillsides that were comparatively barren and sandy it was easily followed. With Hoops of Steel They galloped up the hard bed of a dry arroyo and swung westward across another rock-bound ridge, picking their way carefully among the boulders. The Coyote A Western Story Yet slowly he combed the arroyos and the ridges, drawing always closer to that net of gulches in which he knew Dead Man’s Cache must be located. Brand Blotters The streets of the Marina were nauseating; an infectious odor escaped from the houses; in the arroyo buzzed swarms of insects, rising from the pools at the sound of the footsteps of a passerby. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan A little later, seeing an arroyo which seemed to give promise of leading to the shallow she sought, she descended it and found that it led to a flat and thence to the river. The Trail to Yesterday The track went down into the valley again and part way up the other side, then back and across the arroyo, and took the hill once more at a long slant. With Hoops of Steel They dug in, weary as they were, making small progress, but with hopeful eyes bent upon the distant arroyo. Across the Mesa A big man in khaki, loping his horse up the slope of an arroyo half a mile distant, started at the sound of the first shot and raced over the crest. 'Firebrand' Trevison They jogged down out of the hills through dark gulches and cactus-clad arroyos. Crooked Trails and Straight Mrs. Beach gave Claire and Milt lunch, with thin toast and thin china, on a porch from which an arroyo dropped down for a hundred feet. Free Air They followed it and found it was the roaring of a high wave coming down an arroyo from a cloudburst farther up in the mountain. With Hoops of Steel On the other side of the arroyo—yes. Across the Mesa He laughed, wheeled his horse toward Manti, rode a few feet down the slope of the arroyo, halted and sat motionless in the saddle, looking back. 'Firebrand' Trevison From gulch to arroyo, from rock-cover to pine-clad hillside he was driven in his attempts to break the narrowing circle of grim hunters that hemmed him. Crooked Trails and Straight Toward the top a man was to be seen crouched in a pebbly, sunny arroyo, peering across the bleak prairie, a lone watcher. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life When they reached the next arroyo, they found it a torrent of roaring water. With Hoops of Steel They would safeguard themselves by riding on the other side of the arroyo but they evidently did not intend to be scared out of their road to any further extent. Across the Mesa The big man had reached the crest of the arroyo at the critical second in which the balance of victory wavers uncertainly. 'Firebrand' Trevison What he had been afraid of was that one of Fendrick’s herders might be lurking in some arroyo beyond the fence. Crooked Trails and Straight He went thrashing up the arroyo, ploughing through the young aspens with a great crackle of breaking branches. The Fighting Edge They waited a few moments for a flash of lightning to show them the banks of the arroyo. With Hoops of Steel The latter turned his horse and rode to the edge of the arroyo. Across the Mesa But he emerged from the river as an animal; a wounded animal, crawling through the brush and arroyo outside the southern Colorado canyon. This Crowded Earth We were making but slow progress, as the trail we had to follow was intersected at frequent intervals with ‘arroyos’ running into the river from the south. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness From a summit they saw before them a thin spiral of smoke rising out of an arroyo. The Fighting Edge She knew Paul had run on ahead, but thought he was playing in the arroyo. With Hoops of Steel Nothing worse will happen to her with Mendoza—unless he runs her into an arroyo. Across the Mesa But instead of an impediment, the trackers find this an advantage; giving them evidence that the Indians have gone across the arroyo. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The water of the arroyo was dashed in my face. The Scalp Hunters There are two arroyos between the ruins and the Mesa Jumanes, within a mile of the town, having well-defined watercourses,p. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I “He must be back there in one of those arroyos.” With Hoops of Steel They faced the new moon which gave an eerie look to everything—the distant mountains, the foothills with their weird patches of vegetation, tall cacti and dark looking arroyos. Across the Mesa Half an hour of quick cantering brings them back upon the Pilcomayo’s bank; not where they had parted from it, but higher up, near the mouth of the arroyo. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco A crystal rivulet, the arroyo of the Spaniards, stole away southward to the Arkansas. The Scalp Hunters Even at the present time, the drainage from these arroyos furnishes water for a laguna some five miles below that lasts during about one half the year. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I At last, in a wide, sandy arroyo, he paused before a track in the farther edge of the sand which turned up the canyon. With Hoops of Steel “Down the arroyo with the horses,” replied Scott. Across the Mesa Sure to find them on the sloping banks, as we did by the arroyo. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Before night had set in, I had noticed a very beautiful spot on the bank of the arroyo, about two hundred yards from where my comrades lay. The Scalp Hunters The rills which drain the eastern slope carry much of this broken stuff into a small arroyo that winds to the left of the mesilla. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I Across the arroyo she ran, and up to the hill-top, where she stood and called and looked eagerly about. With Hoops of Steel She saw the place where he had scrambled out of the arroyo, and, oh, good luck, a clump of mesquite growing out of the crumbling wall further down. Across the Mesa This, the arroyo, which now in full flood fills the ravine up to the cliff’s base, there leaving no path for either man or horse. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The ground, shelving gradually down to the arroyo, was covered with soft buffalo grass, thick and dry—as good a bed as was ever pressed by sleepy mortal. The Scalp Hunters The distance from M to the arroyo is 40 m.—130 ft. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I In the next arroyo they found a footprint deeply marked in a bed of sand. With Hoops of Steel In the distance an arroyo looked promising, but it was far and the line of riders very near. Across the Mesa And this he also makes known to them, himself aware that the waters in the arroyo, will subside as rapidly as they had risen. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco We stayed by the arroyo all that day and the following night. The Scalp Hunters There are other ruins yet further south on the western bank of the arroyo, which, however, I shall not mention here. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I The trail crossed the arroyo and essayed the hill. With Hoops of Steel There were ruts in it and chuck-holes, turns and an occasional arroyo. Across the Mesa They may have turned up the arroyo, or struck off across the pampa, on some route known to them, and perhaps leading more direct to whatever may be their destination. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The dread cañons, the deep barrancas, the broken banks of streams, and the clay-cut channels of the arroyos, all testified that we were in a land of sudden floods. The Scalp Hunters Upon reaching the creek, the road divides,—one branch crossing over directly to the west, and the other proceeding along the arroyo about 200 m.—630 ft.—to the south ere it turns across. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I He could follow swiftly, almost on the run, the plain trail of the dog-like tracks down the sandy arroyo. With Hoops of Steel They left the road and struck across country toward the arroyo. Across the Mesa It’s by the bank of a little arroyo that runs into the Pilcomayo, some three or four miles above the big river. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco One of our vaqueros saw him near the banks of a beautiful arroyo, which I know to be his favourite ground. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse W, rock carvings on west bank of the arroyo. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I Mead felt that she was praying, and impulsively he took off his hat and bent his head, but his eyes still swept the arroyo in front of them. With Hoops of Steel Let’s whip up and get to that arroyo that runs back of the camp. Across the Mesa "New River," though usually set down, is a dry arroyo. The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions The steed, by all accounts of him, might have been seen upon one arroyo to-day, and by the banks of some other stream, a hundred miles off, on the morrow. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse In addition to what the preceding pages may contain, Sr. Vigil has assured me that they also irrigated their huerta from the arroyo. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I He feels what a charm there is in a wandering life, in camping in lonely places, under old chestnut-trees, near towering cliffs, al pasar del arroyo, by the rivulets among the rocks. The Gypsies Foothills and arroyos were a charming part of one’s walk after the boulevards and parks of Chicago. Across the Mesa Into water-gutted arroyos they descended, slid down breakneck shale ridges, climbed like heather cats the banks of dry washes, pounded over white porous malpais on which no vegetation grew. Oh, You Tex! A short distance farther, and we should reach a stream—a small arroyo, an affluent of the Rio Grande. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The arroyo is not found on most of the maps. Historical Introduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico; Report on the Ruins of the Pueblo of Pecos Papers Of The Archæological Institute Of America, American Series, Vol. I When midway across the bottom of the arroyo Lennon heard a sharp ping close above his ear—his sombrero whirled from his head. Bloom of Cactus I found the horses tied to a branch of a tree that grew out of the side of the arroyo but there wasn’t no sign of the girl anywhere.” Across the Mesa There was a little arroyo farther to the left. Oh, You Tex! There was a stream—a small arroyo or rivulet. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Descending from the higher ground of the mesa now, by means of an arroyo leading steeply down upon the plain, he saw what was kicking up the dust. Kid Wolf of Texas From the gully he started to creep with cautious slowness up the left bank of the arroyo, under cover of the rocks and jutting points. Bloom of Cactus They descended into the arroyo which was a deep one with sheltering sides that rose above them fully ten feet. Across the Mesa Quickly he swung his horse to the left and vanished into an arroyo. Oh, You Tex! The sight of the arroyo had decided my wavering resolution, and upon its banks, almost mechanically, I had drawn bridle and dismounted. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The distance between him and the buckboard rapidly decreased as Kid Wolf's white horse drummed down between the chocolate-colored walls of the arroyo. Kid Wolf of Texas But the girl was already swinging away up the bed of the arroyo, her spurs jingling on the stones. Bloom of Cactus Scott proceeded to climb cautiously out of the arroyo and in a moment was out of Polly’s sight. Across the Mesa They led up an arroyo to the bluff above. Oh, You Tex! Though I felt strong enough to have gone farther, I made no objection to the proposal; and our horses were at once unsaddled and picketed near the banks of the arroyo. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Crouching low in his saddle, he wheeled Blizzard—already turned half around in mid-air—and cut up the arroyo at a hot gallop. Kid Wolf of Texas He was beside her again before she had reached the bed of the arroyo. Bloom of Cactus The spot at which he had left the sheltering arroyo was two or three hundred feet from the cabin in which he was living with Hard and Adams. Across the Mesa Somewhere back in a forgotten arroyo a coyote yapped lonesomely. Deep Furrows Instead of striking across this prairie, we skirted around its edge; and at no great distance arrived on the banks of the arroyo. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The messenger sprinted at top speed through the brush, then dived down into an arroyo. Kid Wolf of Texas "You might be safer if you hurried back to the railroad," replied Carmena, and she swung the steepening side of the arroyo. Bloom of Cactus A dip in the trail took them into an arroyo and out the other side, where they lost sight entirely of Athens. Across the Mesa Our well was sunk in the broad sandy bottom of the arroyo, in the midst of a narrow and delectably grassy valley between two foot-hills. The Aztec Treasure-House Without other remark passing between us, we descended to the arroyo, and recommenced our fishing. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse He gave the order for retreat, and the startled Apaches made a rush for their ponies, hidden in an arroyo. Kid Wolf of Texas Midway Slade angled down into the bed of an arroyo that curved around on the right of the corral and up to the mouth of Hell Cañon. Bloom of Cactus Again they sat in silence while the machine wrenched itself in and out of ruts and through arroyos. Across the Mesa Mr. Burns alluded to an aparejo or an arroyo as casually as Jack would say "singletree" or "furrow," and his stories brought the distant plains country very near. The Eagle's Heart After a breakfast of buffalo-flesh, seasoned with splendid appetites, and washed down by a cup of cold water from the arroyo, we “saddled up,” and headed for a high butte, just visible over the plain. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse They buried the bodies of the men they had brought in the stage, not in the Lost Springs graveyard, but in an arroyo near it. Kid Wolf of Texas No more bullets came pinging down the arroyo. Bloom of Cactus “When I told you to stay down in that arroyo, I meant stay.” Across the Mesa Its cañons, arroyos, and mesquite, its bronchos, cowboys, Indians, and scouts filled the boy's mind with thoughts of daring, not much unlike the fancies of a boy in the days of knight errantry. The Eagle's Heart The trackers had made out their footprints in the mud of the arroyo. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Kid Wolf pinned his hopes on reaching a deep arroyo ahead of them. Kid Wolf of Texas From down across the arroyo came a sharp clatter of hoofs. Bloom of Cactus “Johnson, you go 95 down to the arroyo and get the girl.” Across the Mesa At mid-day we reached an arroyo—a clear, cool stream that gurgled along under a thick grove of the palma redonda. The Rifle Rangers At certain seasons heavy rainstorms occur, and a veritable deluge descends upon the cracked ground and fills the dry river-beds and arroyos with a turgid flood. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development That gave Blizzard his chance to make the shelter of the arroyo. Kid Wolf of Texas She was still side by side with him when he dashed up around the bend in the arroyo. Bloom of Cactus “Left her with the horses in the arroyo.” Across the Mesa We entered the dark woods that fringed the arroyo, and the stream was crossed in silence. The Rifle Rangers The great barren plains and sterile rocky ribs which intersect them, the stony foothills and the dry arroyos do not seem to offer much prospect of sport. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development The horse seemed to understand perfectly, for it wheeled and ran with all its speed down the arroyo. Kid Wolf of Texas To the surprise of Lennon, she started up the arroyo. Bloom of Cactus The three riders had plunged into the depths of the arroyo and were out on the other 299 side. Across the Mesa In a minute our whole party—dragoons, officers, and all—had galloped our horses into the bed of a dry arroyo, where we were completely screened from observation. The Rifle Rangers A good bag indeed and excellent eating, as their ribs, roasted over a fire at the bottom of the arroyo, attest. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Harry and The Kid rode up to see a camp fire twinkling in the bottom of an arroyo just out of sight of Mariposa. Kid Wolf of Texas But at a call from Carmena, the skittish beast followed his mistress up the arroyo like a dog. Bloom of Cactus On either side the foothills rose, dark and forbidding; to the left of the road a deep arroyo ran; on the other, the slope of the hill rose gradually to the sky line. Across the Mesa So saying, our commanding officer rose up, and, walking back to the arroyo, leapt into his saddle. The Rifle Rangers In crossing the dry bed of an arroyo a wheel gave way and the coach overturned, fortunately for me on the side of the padre! Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Suddenly before The Kid a deep arroyo yawned. Kid Wolf of Texas Carmena stopped on a flat ledge and flung the big canteen she was carrying as far as she could up the arroyo. Bloom of Cactus Down in the arroyo was the little fenced patch where corn and chile and beans were raised, and behind the house was a round goat corral of wattled brush. The Blood of the Conquerors On reaching the bank of the “arroyo” the whole troop came to a sudden halt. The Rifle Rangers A cloudburst fills an arroyo with a flood without warning, and a man is drowned amidst desert sand where only hours before he could have died for lack of that same water. Rebel Spurs They were nearly at the arroyo edge now. Kid Wolf of Texas Carmena turned the pony and carefully led him at an easy angle up a flight of solid step ledges on the side of the arroyo. Bloom of Cactus Other times he went to the foot of the mountains and hunted the blue quail and cotton tail rabbits in the arroyos of the foot-hills. The Blood of the Conquerors Sprinkle meal across a little valley, across a big arroyo. The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 379-468 They were descending a gradual slope that led down into a broad, sandy arroyo where still stood the rotting stumps of oak and cottonwood trees that once lined the ancient water course. The Pony Rider Boys in Texas Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains Straining their eyes, they saw a white something moving up an arroyo. Kid Wolf of Texas Half circling a hill, she descended another arroyo that ran northwest, back down into the level desert. Bloom of Cactus Crossing a little arroyo, he saw a covey of the blue desert quail with their white crests erect, darting among the rocks and cactus on the hillside. The Blood of the Conquerors Here small ruts in the surface of the ground are rapidly converted into large arroyos. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 With quick intelligence the stallion noted that this arroyo wound about until its mouth gave upon the side of the mesa not a hundred yards from where he stood. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle They prepared to fight it out until the last, for already the Indians were forcing their ponies down into the arroyo. Kid Wolf of Texas Slade sent one of his men springing up the side of the arroyo. Bloom of Cactus The deep arroyo through which Squaw Creek wound was now only a cleft between snow-drifts—very blue when one looked down into it. My Ántonia It will be seen that in the north half the general arrangement is roughly parallel with the outer walls, with the exception of a small group near the east end of the arroyo. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 He had not waited long before the cowboy, riding stealthily, reappeared at the arroyo's mouth. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle Half stunned, he was carried, along with Dave Robbins, out of the arroyo. Kid Wolf of Texas As they rode over the hill together, Williams, turning in the saddle, laughed and pointed down toward the arroyo. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail As, arroyo, a brook or creek; and arroyo seco, a dry creek or bed of extinct river. A Truthful Woman in Southern California She had been sole mistress of a tiny camp tucked away in a half-sheltered little arroyo, over which spiked yucca palms stood guard and helped to break the wind and check the drifting sands. The She Boss A Western Story Then came a line of broken hills, yellowish and sandy, cleft apart by sharp indentations, and dry, winding arroyos, down which the buffalo trooped, thirsty, to the river. The Emigrant Trail The beggars were trying to approach unseen, though, I guess, for they were sneaking round a neck of woods so as to take advantage of that arroyo that runs almost up to the mine. The Border Boys Across the Frontier Others, scattered about the hillsides and in the arroyos, grazed nippingly at the sparse bunch-grass, moving quickly from clump to clump. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail As once again the advance guard pushed cautiously forward toward the banks of the arroyo in the bottom, Ray turned to Field. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier I found it about ten miles up the crick, on a ridge above a dry arroyo. The Two-Gun Man Her goal was a spring hidden in a small arroyo that made a twisted crease in the land's level face. The Emigrant Trail In fact, the plainsman's watchful eye had detected, a short distance ahead, a black void in the surface of the hillside, which he guessed to be a deep arroyo. The Border Boys Across the Frontier Overland Red lay concealed in an arroyo at the foot of the range. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Far out to the east and west the flankers moved steadily northward, keenly watching the slopes beyond them and scanning the crooked line of the arroyo ahead. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier The barn was on the summit of the knoll, at the foot of which, by the arroyo, he had built his little house of one room. A Napa Christchild; and Benicia's Letters Through clumps of leafless oaks the noisy arroyo could be seen hidden here and there by the thick foliage of some glistening madroño, with its red branches, or by dark, lustrous laurels. The Beautiful Eyes of Ysidria Run them across this State line—then catch them off guard in some of these canyons or arroyos. The Freebooters of the Wilderness "He's hid—right in plain sight up a little arroyo." Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Three or four places—down in the arroyo. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier Suddenly the roof was lifted and whirled down the swollen arroyo into the broad river. A Napa Christchild; and Benicia's Letters He was in the upper end of the box arroyo. The Trail Horde That happened to be the night Wayland had camped in the Desert arroyos. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Well, they had several searching parties looking for him, but the Pearl, she got on her horse and went after him alone, and, by George! she found him, lying about gone in a dry arroyo. The Black Pearl Through the shallows turned and twisted dozens of dry arroyos, all gradually trending toward the Platte,—the drainage system of the frontier. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier "Then how did you get back up the arroyo when it was watched?" The Sheriff's Son He believed that if Lawler had told him he had come to take him for blotting out the Circle L brand in the arroyo the preceding night he would have killed Lawler. The Trail Horde A white horse stood between the banks of the arroyo. The Freebooters of the Wilderness It was broad daylight when the cowpuncher opened his eyes in an arroyo deep among the hills far, far from Las Vegas. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country The trail led up and down through draws and arroyos. The Enchanted Canyon His enemies, scattered fanshape across the entrance to the arroyo, were gradually edging nearer. The Sheriff's Son She watched those two until they were hidden in one of the million or so of little "draws" or arroyos that wrinkle the face of the range west. Skyrider The velvet dark of the night in the arroyo had given place to a sickly saffron dawn. The Freebooters of the Wilderness At the foot of the slope, she turned up the arroyo. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert Suddenly the pinto came to an abrupt pause, sliding on his haunches to avoid a tiny arroyo, too wide for him to leap. The Pride of Palomar Scrubby pines straggled up the slopes from arroyos that cleft the hills. The Sheriff's Son They went on, until Johnny spied again the group of stolen horses being herded loosely in a shallow arroyo where there was a little sparse grass. Skyrider Now and then from some one of the dry arroyos came the echoes of a surface shot; dynamite cartridges thrust into the earth to clear away the drift to bed-rock. Empire Builders Just as day was breaking the Indians made their way across an arroyo and up a long slope to a group of cottonwoods. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert The saddle was less than a hundred yards wide, and through the middle of it a deep arroyo had been eroded by the Rio San Gregorio tumbling down from the hills during the rainy season. The Pride of Palomar A little arroyo of quaking aspens lay between him and the one who called. The Sheriff's Son Ridges, arroyos, brushy flats—Johnny's eyes went over them all. Skyrider It reminded him of the morning he had seen the two riders above him on the edge of the arroyo. Square Deal Sanderson The arroyo was cut by deep ruts and gullies down which the girl slid and tumbled in mad haste only to find rock masses over which she crawled with utmost difficulty. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert But Pete was not thinking of Arizona alone—of the desert, the hills and the mesas, the ca�ons and arroyos, the illimitable vistas and the color and vigor of that land. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River Near the upper end of the park she swung up an arroyo that led to Big Flat Top. The Sheriff's Son She was sure, when she saw him ride off, that he was the same man who had met Tex away back there in the arroyo. Skyrider Riding a ridge above a shallow arroyo he came upon a little level near a grove of cottonwood trees. Square Deal Sanderson The sun touched to molten gold the heavy shadows of the mountain arroyos. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert A half-hour later, as they pulled up at the edge of the arroyo, Forbes was startled by Pete's "Hello, neighbor!" to an apparently empty world. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River It crosses nine sharp ridges and dips under as many deep arroyos. The Water Supply of the El Paso and Southwestern Railway from Carrizozo to Santa Rosa, N. Mex. American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, No. 1170 "For cat's sake, is this the only way of getting to your camp?" he gasped, when Johnny and the bronk mercifully slowed to climb a steep arroyo bank. Skyrider They halted their horses back of the spruce trees near the arroyo edge. Square Deal Sanderson In a very short time they had reached the end of the little street and were climbing an arroyo up into the mountain. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert The joke appeared suddenly around the bend in the arroyo—a big, weather-bitten joke astride of a powerful horse. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River After leaving the grass-lands of Chuhuichupa, we passed through extensive pine regions, full of arroyos and cordons, and it struck me how silent the forest was here. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Ned and Obed would have been lost had not the valley been intersected a little further on by an arroyo seven or eight feet deep and at least fifteen feet wide. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty The men, however, did not look into the arroyo. Square Deal Sanderson He was sure that the horse understood, and leaving him he went back to the arroyo, which he entered without hesitation. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad It was a bad country to travel, being so alike in its general aspect of butte and arroyo, sand and cacti, that there was little to lay hold upon as a landmark. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River There are indications of a spring in the cave, and there is another one in the arroyo itself. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Men were calling in Spanish to their fellows across the arroyo. The Bells of San Juan It was also apparent to Sanderson that the two men who had halted at the edge of the arroyo were not of the type that contributed to the peace and order of the country. Square Deal Sanderson He had seen the man and he had seen him leap into the arroyo. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad Let them once become frightened and if not immediately headed off by the dogs, they would stampede over the brink of an arroyo and trample each other to death. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River As the arroyo rises and narrows, the walls, each placed a little higher up the slope than the preceding one, are necessarily smaller. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan When he gave the word every man was to jump to his feet and make the first half of his charge the bloodless one down into the arroyo toward Brocky Lane. The Bells of San Juan He had pitched his camp at the edge of a thicket of alder and aspen near a narrow stream of water in a big arroyo. Square Deal Sanderson Then, all apprehension gone, he sprang out of the arroyo and stood upon the bank. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad As they crossed the arroyo, the led horse pulled back, all but unseating Young Pete. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River In one arroyo, which was about a thousand feet in length and of comparatively gentle slope, twenty-nine trincheras were counted from the bed of the main drainage to the summit of the mountain. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan When Norton said "Ready," they were ready; when he jumped to his feet and ran down toward the arroyo, they ran with him. The Bells of San Juan Fifty feet from the camp rose the sloping north wall of the arroyo, with some dwarf spruce trees fringing its edge. Square Deal Sanderson Another figure was projected from the arroyo and stood upon the bank facing him, not more than twenty feet away. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad The arroyo's water slipped ceaselessly, objectlessly away from beneath her strained vision, smooth, suave, even, effortless, like the process of some unhurried and mighty mechanism. Success A Novel The designs were rudely pecked on the moderately smooth felsite cliffs on a nearly perpendicular wall in the foot-hills, about forty feet above the bed of the arroyo, or gulch. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Along the arroyo just off to the east of Mt. The Bells of San Juan Sanderson had taken a look at the section of country visible from the arroyo edge before pitching his camp. Square Deal Sanderson Then I started back and I struck the arroyo, which seemed to me a good way for leaving. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad On the other side the flooded arroyo cut off escape. Success A Novel Mr. Hartman in one long arroyo thereabouts observed four at some distance from one another. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Another fifteen minutes of shod hoofs pounding through the broken hills and he saw the first spurts of flame cutting through the shadows where the trees clung to the arroyo. The Bells of San Juan A horseman had appeared from somewhere in the vast space beyond the arroyo edge. Square Deal Sanderson Ned went straight ahead a hundred yards or more, when he was stopped by an arroyo five or six feet wide and with very deep banks. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad By common consent we now turned our footsteps across the arroyo, toward the cabin where dwelt the family from Kansas. Heart's Desire They were from four to ten feet high, and as broad as the little arroyo itself, some eight to sixteen feet. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan About a mile from the mountain . . . you know where the biggest boulders are all strung out along the arroyo? The Bells of San Juan Sanderson saw the outlines of animal and rider as they appeared for an instant, partly screened from him by the trees and undergrowth on the arroyo edge. Square Deal Sanderson He remembered how they had escaped up the bed of the creek when they were besieged by Urrea, and if one could leave by an arroyo, one could also approach by it. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad Nor should it be denied that there was talk of the new inhabitants across the arroyo. Heart's Desire I heard of one arroyo, where six inhabited caves, only thirty or fifty yards apart, can be seen at one time; but this is a rare case. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Along a fifty or sixty yard front the Kid's and del Rio's men had crept in closer to Brocky's arroyo, worming their way upon their stomachs, and now fired together. The Bells of San Juan Then horse and rider vanished, going northward, away from the arroyo, silently, swiftly. Square Deal Sanderson We hid in an arroyo and waited until dark. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad Far across the arroyo, as Curly had said, there gleamed red the double windows of the cabin which had been preempted by the man from Leavenworth. Heart's Desire I was glad to be once more up on the highlands, the more so that we succeeded in finding there arroyos with water and grass. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The arroyo wound and twisted this way and that through the broken uplands. The Bells of San Juan The rider might be innocent of any evil intentions; he might by this time be riding straight away from the arroyo. Square Deal Sanderson All the while he worked steadily toward the arroyo, and soon he left behind him the lights and the shouting. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad Puffs of sand arose along the front of the arroyo, searching out each little bush top which might possibly offer cover. Heart's Desire On both sides of the steep arroyo near San Francisco were a great number of ancient walls of loose stones, one above the other, a kind of fortification. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan They rode out of the cottonwood fringed arroyo just before moonrise, circling the town, Florrie scarcely marking whether they rode north or south. The Bells of San Juan Dug's gonna lead his gang up the arroyo to the mesquite here, sneak down on us, and take our camp with a rush. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West He left the arroyo, and saw a dark shadow on the plain, the figure of a man, rifle in hand, Ned instantly sprang back into the arroyo and the stranger did the same. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad He crossed the arroyo, and went to the cabin which had once been the office of the assayer. Heart's Desire I went a little beyond the pueblo to the junction of arroyo Fraile with the river of Jesus Maria. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan A wild shout of cheering broke from the arroyo; rifle-barrels grew hot in hot hands. The Bells of San Juan |
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