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Show ,... ... - A NP.W M l•~XJCAN JNJHAN WOMAN. (' /1 Graltnm /,,,;, . Ex. Doc. No. 41. 47 'Ve saw Ill) riatls of sn1Hl crane, grcsC', antl Lrant. S('pt cmbC'r 30.-Fcc I in g no d rsirc to go o \'er the same ground t w i c c , l s t r u c k o ff o n t h c l a b I c 1 a n d s 1 o 1 h c w r s l , a n d fo u n d t h r m a succc~ ion of rolling .'~t11<l hill:-:, with ohionp cancscens, fransnia acanthocatpa, y rba dtl sapa of thr .1\Jrxicans, and occasionally, at vc;ry long intc:rvah:, wilh scrub cedar, about as high as the IJoottop. L. saw here the hiding place of the Navajocs, who, when few in numbers, wait for tl1e Jtight to dcscrnd upon the valley ancl r:ury off the fruit, sheep, wotfH·n, and <'hildrcn of ll1c .1\tJc.'icans. \Vhcn in numbers, they come in day-time nnd levy their dues. Their retreats and c a v <' r n s arc at a dis tan c c to the we s I , in high and i 11 a ccessiblc m.:unta ius, wh<·rr troops of the United St:ltcs will find great diffi ·ulty in OYcrtaking and subduing them, but where the Mexicans have never thought of penetrating. The Navnjoe may be termed the lord· of N w lVIexico . Few in number, disdainin.g the cultivation of the soil, and even the renrincr of rattle, th<·y draw all their supplies from th Ya1ley of the Del Nortr. As we marched down the riv r to meet Ugart'• and Armijo, the Navajocs attaekctl the ettlemcnts three miles in our rear, killed one man, crippled another, nnd carri d ofi' a large supply of shet'p anu cattle. To-day we have a report, whi ·h appear· well auth nticated, that the 1\'lcxirans taking couragr at the rxpcctntion of protection from the United States, harl the trmerity to resi't a levy, and the conSf'quence· was, the loss of six men killed and two wounded. They are prudent in their depreda tions, n ver tal.:ing so much from one mnn as to ruin him. Armijo ncYcr permitted the inhabitants to war upon these thiev . The po.wcr he ha<l of lcttmg the ... e people Joo ·e on the New Mexicans wns the g roat secret of his arbitrary sway over a p ople who hated nnll despised bim. AtJy offender against Annijo was pretty sure to have a visit from the Navajocs. I stoppdd at the little town of I sol •tla, to visit my friend, the alcalde, who ha · the reputati on, Indian though h, be, of bcincr the m o s t honest man an< l b c s t make r of b ran d y i n the territory . .IVf r. Stanly accompanied m , for the purpose of sketchil'lg one of the women as a specimen of the race. I to I d the ale a ld c our obj eel, and soon a very beautiful woman made bcr appearance, pcrf'cctly conscious of the purpose for which h<'r pn•t:;cnce was de~ircd. H<'r first position \\'as exquisitely graC"cJ'uJ, but the light did nc t suit, and when Stanly changed her position, the charm of her attitud c was gone. W c came down from the table lan<ls through a ravine, where the lava, in a scam of about six feet, overlaid soft sand-stone. At the point of junction, the sand wa ·but slightly colored . 'l'hc lava was cellular, antl the holes so large that the hawks ·were bui1ding nc. ts in them. At this ravine the Navajocs descenclcd when th<>y made their last attack; at the ~ame moment the volunteers were ascending the other slope of the hill, on th eir w(ty to garrison Cibollctta. |