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Show 84 Ex. Doc. No. 41. W i L h t he c • c c p t i on o f l he <' h it' f, A n l on i o L 1 u n as, w h o was chul in cast oil' .l\1 'xican toggery, the drc.: of the men con:istetl of a coaon ~crape of domestic manul'aclurc, an<l a br ·erh cloth. 'J'lH·ir hair was ycry long, an<l duhbe<l up. The wonH'n wore nothing but the scrape pinnl'd about llH· loins, art •r the fashion of 1>crsico1s Indian woman on lh ·east sitlc of the Capitol, though nol quite so low. . The camp \\aS soon fillc<1 with rnen, women, an<l children, ead1 with a basket of corn, frijole s, or lll<' al, for lra.flic. JVL\.ny htul jars of the moLt ... s s r ' JH<.'. :ed from th<.: fruit of th' pitahaya. Beads, red cloth, while domestic, and blankets, were the arti<'lcs dcmnJHI<·d in exchange. Major Swonls, who had charge of the lra<ling duly, pitc.hed a temporary awning, under whirh to C'ondud the business, which had S('ctr ·ely rotntn<'nccd before this p1acc formed a perf'erl m<·nag<·ri ·,into wbirh nowd(;'cl, with eager eyes, l>im.os, l\1aricopas, Mexiran~, Frcn('h, Dutch, Engli. h, and A mericans. As 1 pas ·ed on to take a pe( p at th<' . <.:<.'ne, naked arms2 hands, and l('gs prolnulc<l from the awning. Insidl' th •r' was no room for bod1es, but many ht·ads ha<l dustcred into a vny small spaGr, fdlt·1l '' ilh diifcrcnt tongues and nations. The tr~:Hie W<'nt mnrily on, and the couclusion of ·nch bargain w<~s announC'd hy a grunt and a joke, somctim<'s at the expense of the <tuarlcrmaslcr, but oftc 1cr at tha.L of the Pimos. N ovember 12.-We procured a suffi<.:icn('y of com, wheat, an1l b ans from the Pimo ·, bul only two or thr c bullo('ks, ancl neither hor. es nor mule. . They have bul f ·w ca.lll•, which arc u:<'d in tillage, an<l apparently all steers, pro~urcd from the M(•xi<'ans. Their horses and mules \\ere not plenty, aud those they po.sessPd wcr ' prized ex l ra" aga.n t1 y h i~h. OIH' dils hin~ young fe11 ow, w ilh ivory te<'th nnd ilowing hair, was seen coming into our eamp at full speed, on a wild unruly horsr,'hat flew from si<le lo side a' he a p p r o a clJt.: d , a I a r m d a. t t h e u o v cl ;.1 p p a r i t i o n of o u r p <' o p J r . 'f h c 1\'.laricopa., tor he was of that tribe, wa ' without saddle or stirrups, and balanct~ d himself to the right arul left with su('h {'vse and grace as to appear part of his horse . He su ·cccdc<l in brincring· his ftrry nag into the heart of tl1c camp. lie was immcdiat 'ly offer 'd a very alh antagcous trade by some young officer. llc s l r e l c he d h i m self on hi~ h or s c' s n de, c.; arcs. e d i t t e 11 d c r l y , ~ l t h c s~uoe Lim ~hutting his eyes, meaning ther eby that no offer could t tnpl him to part with his chaq~rr. The g neral gave a letter to Uovernor Lhmas, slatincr he was a good man, and directing all Unit <l tales troops that ~night pasi in hiR rear, to respect his cxccll·ncy, his peopl , anc1 their property. Several broken down rnu1 s were left with him to recruit, for the bencftt of Cook's battalion as it passed along. To us it was a rare sight to be thrown in the mid t of a large nation of what is t rme<l wild Indians, surpassing many of the chri:tian nations in agriculture, little behind thc11'1 in the u ·('ful art , an<l immeasurably before th min honesty and virtue. During the whole of yesterday, our camp was full of men, women, and. I' 0 M () Ill·: 1\)) I ' II II T (' n ,,, (l l ttllll '' ' " r |