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Show 82 Ex. Doc. No. 41. by layers of mucl, two feel th1 ek. Sta~ ly made an c 1 a bora t ~ketch of every part; for it w~18, 1~0 dcnt~l, butlt by t~1 · . a~nc ra<:e th.at had one 0 thickly peopled tlus terntory, and 1 '[l bclu~ul the r~llns. We mad' a long and ('arcful. earrh for som.e spec1m .ns o{ bousehold furniture, or implem 'nt <~f art, but nollu!1g was 1ound ex~ ~pt the corngrindrr, ahvays mel w1_th among the nuns and on .the plallls. ')'he marine shrll, cut into Y<HlOUS ornament, was also iound here, which . howed that the ·r people it her carn.e from the sea coast or traHi.ckcd th re. No traces of h •wn timber were d iscovcrcd; on the contrary, the sleep rs of the ground iloor were rollnd and unhcwn. 'l'ht'Y were burnt out oC th ·ir . 'at in th • wall to tl1e depth of six inth · ·. 'l'h ' ·whole int •rior of the l1ouse had been burnt out, an(lthc walls murh defarcd. What was left bor marks of having been g 1 a:t.e(l, and on th.' wa l_l in t h c n.orth room of the seco ncl story w rc traced the follow1ng lucroglyphics. Where we encamp ·d, e1ghl or nine miles frow. thr Pimos village, we m t a Maricopa Jndian, looking for hi· cattle. 'l'hc fr~uk, conftdcnt mann r in which he approach d u ·was in ·trange ·ontra t with that of the su~picioufi Aparh . ~·oon si or eight of the Pimos came in at full f;pc •d. Their object was, to a~rntain who we were, an<l what we \vanted. They told us tit· fresh trail we. aw up the river was that of their people, cnt to watch the movem nts of their enemies, the Apaches. Tieing young, they became mu ·h alarmed on , I ·ing us, a111l returned to the lown, giving the alarm thal a large body of Apaches were approaching. Their joy was nnalfccled at seeing ,,... · were American~, nnd not Apaches. The chief of the guard at once de. patched n ·ws to his chief, of there. ult of his reconnoissanc ,, The town was 11ine miles di ·ta.nt, yet, in three hours, our camp was filled wilh !limos ]oade(l with ·orn, bean ,honey, and z;andias ( wat r melons.) A brisk trad wa at once opened. This wa~ my obseTving night; but the crow(l of In(lii~ns . was great, and th~ pt~s ing and repassing, at fdl spccu so contmuous, that I got an mddT'rcnt set of ol>s 'rvatio.ns. 'l'h camp of my party was pitched on the sid' n 'arc~t the town, and we saw the f1r t of lhcsr people and their mode of approach. ll wasyerfcctly frank and unsu . p1ciou . Many would lear • their parks 111 our camp and b~ absent for hours, theft sL·ewinp; to he unknown among them. Wtth th' mounlccl guard, which fir t isitccl us, w.t a man on foot, a~d he appeared to keep pace with the 11 e ct c s t h o r. c . II e w a a it t t1 c o u l o r b r c a t h w h (' n h · r c a c h l' ( 1 u s , but soon recovering, told us he was the inluprctcr to J uau Antonio Llunas, rhie[ of the Pimo . W c wer taking some rdreshmen ts at the tiwe and in vi t ·d ll i m to t.aste of them. The eH'ect was. ~le ·trie; it nHL~I' his b1 ighl, intellig ·n~ eye fla h, .a1~d loosened. lus tongue. I aske(l him, among othcr.thtng , lhc ong1n of th I rutns of whi<:h w' had c ·n so many; he ·;ud, all he kn.ew, was. a tradition amongst them, that in bygone days, a .woman o{ ·urpas lllg beauty residc(l in a green . pot in the mou~tams n ar .the place where we w rc encamped. All the men a <l m L red , and paul co u r l to h r. She r c c i v e d t h c l rib u le · of their de-votion, grain, skins, &c., but gave no love or other favor in return. I |