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Show a 'I'l no l>e qu Wl Jill D€ tl ' tn th fo l>i ca ha ro sp m a bu he he til '"! al l\1 n g h 0 s f l 1 t Ex. Doc. No. 41. R5 children, who sannt rrtl amon g. l our paC'ks, unwatclJccl, antl not a sing!' instanC'r of thrft was report d. I rode l('isnrcly in the rear, lbrongh th P tl!alclH?<l hut~ of th P i m o s ; r n. r h a b o cl e C' o n s is l s o f a d o m r -s h a p ' cl w i r k l' r-w c r k a h o 11 t ·ix fe 'l hi gh, and from tw<·nty to fil'ty f<·!'t in diarndrr n:atrhecl w.t lIl straw or cornstalk:-:. In front is usually a large arb'o r, on top of whi ·hi piled the cotton in the pod, for dryin~ . In t h , h o us<' s w r r c stow c d w at < •t me Ions, pumpkins, b C' an s, C' o rn , and wheat, tl}(' thrt'C' lilst itrti ·lcs ~<'ll<'rnlly ir1 la.r ~C' ba. kets; somctimrs the corn was in bask<•ts covncd wrth l':lrth, and placed on th' tops of th<' domes. A few chickt·ns and dogs wt'rt' sPen, but no othn dome. tie animnls, rxrrpt horsl·s, mule s, and oxt•n. Their implement. of hu~bandry were the ax' (or sl<'cl,) woodt>n hoi's, shovels, and harrows. The ~oil is so easily puln•rizt•d as to make the plough ttlln('('CSS<Hy. S ' V 'ral arcpta.intanvcs, formed in our <':11l1p yesterday, wcr<· rccop; nizcd, and th<·y received me eordia.lly, made sigus to di ~ m ou nt, an d w h c n I d i d so , o ffe n~ d w at P r m c I o 11 s an d p in o l <' . Jl i no I e is t h c heart of Indian corn, b;d(C'd, ~round up, and rnixed with ~ugar. Wh n dissolv<'d in watn, it a!l'ords a d<'lirious b<•vcrage, il rptl·nches thirst, and i · Ycry nutritious. Their molass<•s, put up in large jars, hrrmcti<·<llly scaled, of wlti ·h th y had quantities, is expr ·s:cd fr o m t h c f r u i t of t h c pit aha y a . A woman was s nt<·d on the ground under tlr • shade of on of the cotton s h <' d s. Il c r I • ft 1 e g was t u c· k e cl un d e r h c r scat an cl h t'f foot turn<' d so I c 1.1 p w a r d s; b c t w c n her b i g to c an d t h e n ex t , was a spindle auout lB in ~ h ·s lon g, with a sitq~le fly of four or. ix inrh<·~. E v P r an d a n o n . h c g a \' e it a. t w is t i n a d ' x t n o u s m a n n c r , a n d at i t s encl w;:1s drClwn a coarse <·otton thread. This was th •ir f:pinniug jenny. L d on by this primitive display, I askt'd for tlu·ir loom b y p o i n t i n g t o l h e t h r ·a. d a n d t h c n t o t b L' b I a 11 k cl {; i r d t' d abo ut t h c woman's loins. A fellow slrd('hc,l in the dusl sunning hilll!'df, ros, "P leisurely and unti ·<l a bundle· which [had snppnsed to be a b o w an d a rr o w . '1' It i !:4 I iLL 1 ~ p a(' k age, w i l h f o ll r s t a 1_-: e s in t h e g r 0 tlll d , w a s t h c I o o m . 11 e ·t r el c h c < l li is cl o tlt an d c om m c n c c d l h c proc.css of weavin{;. . .. W ' t r a v c II e d 1 5 i m i I c s an d ('ll cam p <' < l o n t h e d L v 1 d 111 g f, r o \Ill( l bctwc ' 11 the Pimos and Nlnrico; as. For the whnl · di sl,tn('e, we passe<l ihrourrh eullivatcd grounds, ov ·r a ]u"'{uriantly rich soil. Th, plain appean•<l to cxlcntl in every dire ·tion lG or 20 miles, cxccpl in on place about five milrs before reaching camp, ~vh ·rc a low C'haiu of hill. comes in frotn the southeast, and tcrmtnat<·, some mile . frotn the riv e r. The bed of the Gila, opposite the village, is . aid to b d r )' ; t h c who 1 e w at c r b c in g. d raw n o fl' by l he ;r. cquias of ih • Pimos for irrigation; but their dtt ·~res .arc larger than is necessary for this purpose, arHl th' water whtrh .ts !lot .u ·c<! I:cturns to the bed of the river with little apparent climwutwn 111 1ls volume. Looking from our C'amp north, 30 w st, yot~ sec a ~real plain with mountains rising in the clislance on Cil ·h sui?. Tl.us pr~~pcet had ind uccd some tra ve llcrs to venture from here lll a dtrcel hnc to c he or th be lRl on ~d, n s, ns; h· It rm hr tk lS d, lc<l ')t\S ntl lile lll s, . r. me crh b l ·h lhe uul )Ut for rne ~he rth t~y m ge, r d ~he the |