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December 30, 1926 - This morning
the wind was blowing strongly
from the north at four o'clock
when we were preparing
to leave for the coyote country
to the west of the Hacienda
house. It was perhaps an
hour's ride to Seno Mogote mountain,
known here as the home of
coyotes. There are a few
trails near this mountain
but few people pass that
way. There are three small
mountains of which Victor
mountain is the largest and
farthest to the west. On our
way to the place we passed
along the north side of the
one that lies to the east.
Then off to the south we
could see another. These
mountains are perhaps a
mile apart. Natives claim
that the coyotes spend the day on
these mountains and travel
across the lower country at
night. There are many places
where there are large patches
of wild thorny pineapples it
is probable that they crawl
under these for shade and