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Show t Ex. Doc. No. 41. 87 Though f•wrr in number, they app ar to he superior ltl intcllig n c ancl per~onal app aran<'e. Don .Jos ' Mcs ·io is their governor, and, like the governor of the Pimo , holds hi~ office by the appointm nt of th e Mexican govnnor of California. The people have no choir(' in th • se i<·C'tion. Both these lnditlns ar resp ctahle looking oltl m<·n, and seem to be r a 11 y w 0 I' thy 0 r the trust r (' p 0 s c d in t h l' Ill. We had not be •n long in ·amp brfor · a den se column of tlust down the riv •r announc d the appro<H~ h of the Mari ·o p;1s, so m(' on foot, bnt mo.'t lyon horseback. They came into camp at ful l ~p ·ed, una r rn c d , and i n t h c m o s l eon It dent man n c· r, b r i n gin g w at e r m c Ion s, meal, pinole, and salt, for lradt>. The salt is l;d{('n fr om tht> plains; wherever ther <' ar boltoms whiC'h have no natural drainage, th' sa1l <'Dlorcsres an1l is skimmed from tlH' surf;u:<' of th<' earth. It w as b r o u ~ h t t o u s , b o t h i n t h c n y s t a 11 i z e c l fo rrn , an d i n t h f o r m when f1rst col lrded, mixt·d with earth . .J\1y ('amp wn · elrd •tl on ih' sid · iowarcls the villag , and the constant gal loping of hor:e reud ·red it difTit:ulL for me to take satisfa ·lory obsrrvations, which I was d •sirou · of doin g, as it is an important sta ti on. When l plctr <·cl my horizon on the ground, I found lhal tht• gall oping of a hors<' ltv<' hunclr· ·cl y<t rds off afT'ectccl th • m •r ury, and prevented a pcrf'edly rcfledcd imag<' of' lh' stars, ancl it wns in vain to hope for thes • r<'slle s Maricopa~ to k · 'P <)Uie t. N ·ws go t about of my dealings with the ·tars, ancl my camp was nowdc'1l thr whol • time. T h c 1 at i iu 11 t' o f this camp h y such o h ~ <' r Ya t ion s as t h ]Vf a rico p :1. s would a llow m' to make, was :33,:) 09' 2H", and the lon g itude 112° 07' ] 3". No1Jcmbc1· 13 an1l ]4.- \Vith tl1c morning came the JVTariropas womt'n, dressed lite<' the Pimos. 'l'h1•y ill'l' so rnrwl1<1t taller, anti one p •ntl iar ity stru<'k me for ci bly, that whil<' the In('ll had aquiline noses, those of the women Wl'l'l' TclrOit.\'Sf'S. Finding the trad • in mea l J1nd C'('asc·d, th<'y ·o lleC'tC'cl in squads about thC' diff<'n·nt firr s, and mad<· the air rin g- with their jok<•s and m •rry p ·als or laug hter. Mr. Bt>stor s spedaC'Il'S were a great sour<·' of merriment. ,'orne oC them formccl the id ea that with tht>ir aid, he could sr throu gh th eir ·otlon blank ·ts. Tht•y would shrink and hide UC'hind rach other al l1is npproaC'h . At len gth, 1 pla<'ecl the ~peclflcles on lhc n o s e of an o l d w om au , w h o b t• cam c a<' q u a i n led w i t h t h c i r u ' ' an 11 explained it to the othrrs. We were notifted that a long journry was to be macl without fmding wat r, (to ·ut off an elbow in the riV('r,) anrl the <lemand for gourds was murh greater than the supp ly. One hug gour1l cost me four str ings of glass bead::;, which was thought a lugh priC'c. The in t e 1'!11' r t r w h o g 11 i d e d u: to i h c' Cas a M on t P z u m a, on i h r n or t h ide of the Uila, said that on U1 Salt riv •r, about a tlay s journ .Y and a half, thl•rc was onr of those buildingR standing, complete m all r spcr.ts rxccpl th floor and roof. ]I said it was very large, with b '<tutiful g lazt'd walls; that the footsteps of lh men rmployed in building th housr could yet b s •en in th aclob , and that the impre sion was that of a nakct1 foot. When •vcr a rain comes, the |