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Show 1900] SOUTHWESTERN INDIANS 181 period, even though their ceremonies may come from the same source as those of their near neighbors. The Apache, already mentioned as belonging to the Athapascan stock, formerly lived in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, and ranged- over the surrounding country. They are divided into various groups, including the Mescalero, Jicarilla, Lipan ( sometimes regarded as separate tribes), Coyotero, White Mountain Apache, etc. Most of the Apache at present have stock, and raise small quantities of corn and melons; but they still subsist largely on wild seeds and fruits, as well as on grain when they can obtain it. They are skilled in the making of baskets and water- bottles, the latter coated with piiion gum to make them watertight. They have always been a warlike and predatory people and still retain much of their original disposition. Of the Yuman stock there are several tribes in western Arizona and southern and Lower California, including the Mohave, Maricopa, Seri, Havasupai, etc. The picturesque home of the Havasupai lies at the bottom of Cataract Canon on a tributary of the Colorado. The widening of the canon leaves a narrow strip of land between the stream and the lofty walls which tower hundreds of feet high. Here, by a careful system of irrigation are raised corn, melons, pumpkins, beans, peaches, etc., which flourish in great profusion in the almost tropical heat. Old houses are found on the cliffs along the |
