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Show 68 Ex. Doc. No. 41. Red cedar posts were foun<l in many pla.r~s, . whi:h ~e n~ed to {1 tr.td from their antiquity, but for the pecultanty of tit~ cll.,na.tc, wh ·r vrgetabl matt ·r ge(' II\S nrvcr to de ·ay. In va1n dtd :ve search for ·om ren\nant which would cnabl · ~s to connect the Inhabitants of these long dt.~sertt•<l buildings w1t'h other. races. o mark of an edge tool could he found, and nor mmu.lt o1 any hou~ehold or family ut nsils, cxct•pt the. fre1gmcnts of poll ·ry '~'luch w ,re every' here strcv. ed on the phlln, and the ru~l' corn gruHler still use<l hy the Indians. So great was th? qui1nl1ty of th1~ poll ry, an1\ the(' lent of grounll c~ver~1l by 1t, that I have Jo~·metl t h i t1 a it m us t h a v e b e en tl s • tl I or p 1 p s to con v c y w at r . 1 h c r e were about the ruins quantities of the fragm nts of a gat' antl obsidian the . tone described by Pre: cott as that u cd by the Aztecs to cut 'out the hearts of their victims. '!'his valley was evidently once the abode of busy, hard-workino·, people. Who were they~ An<l where have they gone? Tradition among the Indian::; and panianls <locs no.t r. a<'h them. . I do n o l think 1 t 1m p rob a b l e t h a t t h c s r, nuns may he t h o s e of comparatively mod?rn Indians/~' for V cncgas say~: ''.TJ:c fat1~er Ja<'ob Sedelmaycr, m October, 1744, set out from lns mtsston, (1ubutuma,) and, after travelling 80 league. , reachc(\ the Uila, whcr he found six thou. and Papap;o!', and ncar the ·am number of Pimos and Coco Maricopas;" and the map whi('h he giYcs of this country, although very incorrect, represents many Indian settlements and missions on tl1is river. His obsnvations, however, were confined to that part of the Gila river ncar its mouth. G real quantities of gre n-barked acacia on the table lands, and also th dwmiza, wild sa~c and mczquitc; close to the river, cotton wood an.d willow. We found, too, amongstmanyotherplant·, the eriotlictyon Ca1ifornicum, several n w gras. es, an<l a sedge, very f w of which have been s 'ln on our journey. We saw the trail of cannon up the valley very c\i:-;tincl; tbat of an expedition fr<1m 'onora again t the Indians, whi ·h was made a few years sincr, without "·hicving any re. ults. WIH•rcY r the nv r made inci ·ions, ·was di covcrable a me:amorphic, elos ~rain d, laminale<l sand lone, an(l in many places were seen buttes of vitrif1ed quartz, (semi-opal.) October 29.-The dust waR l nee deep in the rear of our trail· the soil appeared good, but, for whole arr(~s, not the sign of veo-c~ tation was to be el'n. Ura s was at long i11tervals and when found, burned to cinder. A , uhtcrrancous tream fl~wctl 'at the foot of Mount a ra.ham, an<l fringed its base with evcrgre n. Every where ther I ~ere ma~ks of flowin~ water, ;yet vegetation was so scarce and ~n, p that 1t. would be llifflcull to 1maginc a drop of water h~d fa~len.s1~cc last wmtcr. The whole plain, from 3 to 6 miles wH~e,.l w1tlnn ~he level of the waters of the Gila, and might easily be 1rngated, as 1l no doubt was by the former tenants of these ruined houses. • Sinco tho o notes woro written, a. very intorestin.., Iotter wns received from tho vcn<'rR· blo Mr. C?-allatin conno?tod witb tho history of Lhcsonruins. Tho letter witb my roply 1 will be found m tho Appcndtx. ' Ex. Doc. No. 41. . IT'h etl crinuI ;oln tiln tcll , irrr. a Carlos. .s kirt ' (1 tll<' n·v er on t 1t e Itortl s 1< 1 e '"' 1 o c < a y , a n d t t s c h an g i 11 g 1) r 0 fi11 (' s fo 1 1 · t t I 1 . · rmrr su >JCC'ls of t~] u t y . an} < a rn u !' r m <' n t. So m e tunc w c 0 u 1d t r .<1 C. C,.l . a 0 t 1l l· f'S· l('<'.] )l•· t1 n .t 1ors ; now an old woman s he"· ·1 r11] " . · · · ' I 1 1 l • • I \. ) < ' nIT a lll (\. V (' 1'1 t •t b 1 c sl ·(·arm· >oat; Jut t 11s r (jiLl red the as.s.'t.s t·,l .Jl~' 't' of..,. 1·' gblt l s'm o1\ .yco1u' cl f 11 tmg to thr cast, O\' Cr what represcnlccl ti, ·J · ' Whcr 'vcr thP r.iv r alHadccl its bank, was sl~<'n< l.llnney ·.sta('~L strntn, a yellowish argillal'cous limcston~'. ' tn honzontal b 0 c ~ o h r 1: 3 0 · - 1 M o u n t 'I' tL r n h ll 11 , t <' rrn in at in g i 11 a sharp c 0 11 <' had een 111 vtew (own the valley of the rivn for thr,, <h ' S 'I'' 1 ~ ~:~~~~tn~1l~r~~ ~;1~~~~~~'})~h1~\,~ '~,~ ~~\~·~1/;1d 1.istsMbtase(~/?r1t~l ind ?1~<: nor~ll< .~~ 11 If ·1 ' · . Jr.t1am . a a mt 'fronl our <'amp of l<rsl nirrht wn·, n i ' rum whi('h appeared, a Wl'll as I could bj llr , s ( ot l.c~· '~cry lar~e ~Y fi ~~··~ r 0 ic ,; 11 ~~ ~1:/,';~ f,~~ ~ /;• . 0 ~~~: ~ x ~,:'i 1\~:') 1 \ ~ \,::: {. I~~~ ~v ~~~ ~ ",~u ~ t ;;,'g;;r, rn;~~~t·•l t"?J ,"'~t·ntial dilf ·ren('' Y,,£0~1;· (::~~~d·,~~~!,;~;~1 ~~~~~ ]ool{" l . ou eleven uulcs from the camp, on a knoll ov r- solt't·'l.'· 1ln a measur(' )y .•1 t onguc, o t' 1a n<1' l f.o und th(' tnl''e of a li<}J·e 'lV lOllS somrwhal res . 1 ]' 1 f • < w '],1 ' 1 . on) lng t wt o a field work en cremal- • 1 c c n c· o s 11 r • w a . 1 ten to thirt f~e~. Th' s .< ~~np <·.te, .nnd the fa.<' ::; yaried from accurate ide,[ thc-la wonls.e ,H;comp;tnylllg cut wdl gtYC a. moro Cloutls hatl b en 11 ho . an d as w ~ pas~ e d t h b I v e r ~n g over t h h f' a c1 of Mount T u r n b u 1 1 • found to be clamp' h~wi~~s ~ the arroyos leading from it wer: Last evening al>'ot t 1 lb t c ma~ks of re 'ent running wat. cr. Wt· 1 d hogs and <t hi.1 <us. c. ' one oi my m n ' ,.1 scovcred a drove of flesh had n'ow bccot~ motnwg _we started on their trail, but horse low any clistanc f· c ~o r~~~<.:lOu.s that we C(i)uld not afforcl to folgenuinc sp~cim n o'or•tnl _our <.Jr cl'lLOn, an<l although anxtous to get a l• n 4 h ll s an LJn a w g a v c t l h L rear oft} 1 ' up l c ase and drOJ>J>ed b a out 100 poundLe, cao um n TJ c · 1 tl ·. 1 a;erag. wcJgl.lt of these animals is Their n sh i '-'t' < lHb IClr olor l~lVCll'lably light r pp<'r an<l salt. b ack part ofs ths,u < t·o e. palah<b l <• ' 1 f tl lC mus k which lies ncar the c sptne 1. carefully removed. |