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Show I'I I F. IN'I'I·: I:Pin:TI·: Il (H' Till·: I'UvlOS . H Y 11 • II{ T II f\ (. () (' () ~I.\ H I (' () I ' l\ \ Ex. Doc. No. 41. 83 Her virtue, an<l her c1 •termination to rrmain unmarried were cqual- 1 y ft r m. . T h • r c ·a m e a d r o ugh l w 11 1 r h t h rca t t n e d t h (' w o r 1 d w i t h ['amine·. ln tlH·ir 1li~tres~, pcopl · applird to h ·r, and :he gave <'Orn from Iter stoc·k, anel thr s11pply sccme·el to be enelless. ller goodness was unbou11dcd. One day, i1S she \\ilS lying a~·dcrp with her body ('XpOS('d, a drop of rain ft·ll Oil her SlOlllilCh, whi('h produC'ed conception. A son was the iss ur, \\ho was thl! founder of a n,.w ra<'c which built all these· housls . I tolcl the intcq>r(•tcr rC'pcatedly, he tnH'-'t go a11d rrport to tlt<' gcnrr<tl, hut his a.nswer was, "let rn' w< it till l blo\\ a littlt·. '' The attraetion wns lhc arptardente. At lcn t; lh ltc w;n:; prrnl ilt·d on to go to hcatl-cptart<'rs, ll'aving at our <'amp lti s h ov.s an(\ arrows and other mal\('rs, saying he would return antl pass th(' night \\' i th us . .f\l'otnnbe?· 11.-Lrav!ng the column, a few of us strue·k to the north ide of th ' river, g11idell by my loqaC'ious fri ·nd, th<' interpreter, to vi::;il 111' ruins of another {);~ sa Montezuma. Jn the cours' of lh' ride, T <lske(l him if he belit•vccl the Ltble h<· had related tom hsl nip;ht;which a~signcd an origin to the s <· buildings . " o,'. ai<l hr, "but most of the J>imos do. We know, in truth, notbincr of tht·ir ori g in . Tl is nll rnYelopt•d in mystery." '('be casa W<lS in I'Olllph:tr ruin~, 011C pile of broken pottery and foundation stone of the bla ·k bn~al1, nwl ing a mound t~bout l<·n feet above th' ground. The outline of the groun1L plan was di s-tinct enough. Vlc found the dc~tription of pott ry the ~:tmc :1s rver; :utd, an·10n~ the ruins, the sam S'r1 shell; onr worked into ornatlll'!lts; also a large bead, an inch an<l a quart 'r in length, of bluish marble, cxquisit ,1y turned. \\lc ecur ·<l to-day our long sought birc1, the inhabitant of the mrz.quitc, indigo b lue plumage, with top knot and long t;-~11. Its wing-s, when spr 'ad, sltowing a white rllips '. 'Turning from the ruins towards the Pintos villa~c, w' urgecl our g uide to go fa ·t, a. \'i'e wish<•d to ~ce as much of his people as th<• day would permit. II' wa on foot, but lccl at a pa ·' which kept our mules in a trot. \\'c carne in at tltc uack of the :rttl 'ment of Pimos Indians, and found our troopH en ·amped in a corn fi(·l~l, from which the grain had been gathered. \Ve w 're at once imprc~sf'd with th' b c a ul y, order, an d d i ~position of the a r r a 11 g c me nl s for i r rig a I in gand draining the Janel. Corn, wheat, nncl cotton arc the nop~ of thi pcr.1c ·ful and intPlligent rae of people. All the crops have been gn.ther<'d in, and the stubbles show th<'Y have hcPn luxuriant. The cotton has bcc·n pi<'k •d, (ln<l sta<·k<•d for drying on the tops of sheds. 'l'h • fields are ~; ub-divided, by ridges of' earth, into rectangles of about 200 x 100 feet for the ·onv<'nirnce of il'l:ig<lting. Th' fence arc of stir1c~, watt! d with willow and mezqtlltc, aucl, in this particular, set <til example of CC'OilOmy in agri ·ulture wor;t,hY to be fol1owed by the lVIexicans, who never use fences at all. I he houses of the people are mere sheJ , thatched with willow anJ corn stalks. |
