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Show These may have een about the 13th and 14th centuries. eepletion'''ofthe soil, 'which had been sbandoned because of Wupatki was probably greatly enriched about from Sunset crater, which covered some 800 and" northeas north of that mountain with a miles tothe of squcre territory as a moisture retainer. acted mulch also Here at which favorably 3plendid It she liupatki district was a real aboriginal ";nelting pot , since representatives came together to obtain bEnefits from this excellent land.' )f so many tribes lside from the wearing out of the richness of t.he scd.h, there was pr-obabl.y also )roloned drouth that may have had much to do with almost forcing t he in.l-}abi At t.he other cities mentioned, drouth may also .ant.s to seek 1:etter Locat Lons l070 A.D. by ash, ete. erupted - , abandonment---they were well located for lefense in recesses in canyon walls; but of course continued occupation of the It seems PJrrounding country might have made continued occupation undeai.r-ab Le had lave s rmet.hi.ng to do vd.th their , lot unreasonable t.hat some of these would drift into the Hopi not be too difficult for Locat.Lons , IIMormonll to postulate a se-nrlngl.y plausible these earlier pueblos wi.t.h the closing events of the Book of Kormon history; ut such woul.d be rather conjectura.l. It - :tf he might a Nava,joes acove, this large tribe numbering now some 60,000, is considered stock; and came southward from Canada near the eastern side end then into thE country they have since' occupied f the Rockies, .t1eca.use so ittle is heard of them in early times, it is t!1ought they must then have been t a relatively small tribe; and perhaps were forced to move often by more It SEEms that originally, in the owerful Indians. Arina-NewMexico country, in were the terri tory between t.he J emez f.ountains and the Co lorado River; hey nd held land for as much as 80 miles to the southward of the present High1-ray As mentioned e of Athabascan o • 6. large A number of pueblos were within this area; and upon the Pueblo peoples, Navajoes often preyed. It is said that the Navajoes are primarily more rad.der-s" tan fighters; and they often dispossessed the pueblo peoples of their ivestock; and perhaps because of having so much wild and unoccupied territory, YiERtea$RXtXEiJmXgxS they found it to their advantage to increase their he TInbers rapidly by abducting pueblo women more to assist them in the matter . thought that, s i.nce animals belonging to thE" Navajo seem to be gener Lly of Spanish stock, Vt' ':ve brought few ani.mal.s with them Lnt o the coun ry;. but in their raids t()bki:.t!1eTI. from the villagers, although is is probable ljoth Coronado and Ona: e 1ey received some directly from the Spanish as we Ll., rrm,?:ht andme l.s into the country in numbers---the former for the use of his brought families rge force of conquistadores; and the latter, since he LOD!? with him \dth the evident intention of rna. king settlements in t.ne country, .it -ou is eht. ani.ma l.s for +he A,s use of the colonists. Spanish had but partial succes s in controlLing the they had less success With the scattered Nava joe s who Indians; lrely settled in villages. Ivlilitary force with the tJavajoes, if it could considered successful at all, was only temporary. In 1804-05, when Lewis ld C'Lar-k wer-e exploring the upper Missouri and a way to the I'ac if'Lc the Spanish The st.r-onsho Ld of the izazed in a mi, Litary campaign against the Na.vajoes. sdmen WeS then in Canyon de CheLl.y in the east.ern part of what is n01'1 Arizona. we have ieb l.o seen the but , , len the soldiers arrived at the canyon, the "braves" were for the most part of teir raiding expeditions. The women, cildren, and old men had left, as the Indians tQuaht, securely secreted in a cave in the walls of lone en tat vias .ers .ve later called Canyon del Iuerot, this event. \'111en the so l old w0man, who had been a cap 'I'he so l.di.er-e deployed taunted them. because of passed up the canyon bed below the cave, of t.he . 'hites earlier in her life, an |
