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Show AMONG THE HAVASUPAIS. 345 juniper, a tree which is very abundant in these lands. I had much complacency to see that as soon as it was dawn each married man with his wife and grown sons went forth to till his milpas, taking the necessary implements, as hatchets, dibbles ( coas) f 2* and hoes, all of which they procure from Moqui. These people go decently clothed, and are very fond ( muy opasionados) of any red cloth of Castilla which comes from New Mexico. That there are here ( el set aqui) women so white- I saw one who looked like an Espafiola- I attribute to the situation of the place wherein they live; for this is so deep 25 that it is ten o'clock in the day when the sun begins to shine. Whithersoever I have gone I have seen no situation more strong and secure by nature. These families do not exceed 34 in number; 26 yet it is the largest rancheria that I have seen among the Yabipais. Close by runs the uCoa is the Nahuatl coatl, meaning, among other things, a species of shovel or spade, i. e. f this was the typical planting stick or dibble of the southwestern tribes, made of wood with a shoulder for forcing into the ground with the foot.- F. W. H. " In round numbers, the rancheria is about 2,000 feet below the general level of the plateau, and about half of this depth is sheer in some parts of the canon. The river then drops 2,000 feet more to reach the Colorado. The plateau may be taken at 6,600 feet; the rancheria, at 4,000; the Colorado there at 2,000. " In 1881, when I was on the spot, the total population by actual count was 214- 60 men, 53 women, 101 children. In 1858 Ives supposed the census to be about 200. |