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Show 4 3 8 ARRIVAL AMONG PIMAS OF THE GILA. I arrived at the Pimas Gilefios, accompanied by the governor of the Cocomaricopas. There was great rejoicement, for there had spread thus far the report that they ( the Moquis) had me killed. The governor of the Pimas told me that all the relatives were well content, and wishing to make a feast, all the pueblos together. I agreed to this, but on condition that it should be apart from me, foreseeing in this what would come to pass. In a little while I heard that they were singing " a heap " { de montan); this was stopped presently, but was followed by a great uproar of discordant voices, and shouting, in which they said, " We are good! We are happy! We know God! We are the fellows to fight Apaches! We are glad the old man ( as they call me) has come, and not been killed! " 80 This extravagant shouting { ex-orbitante griteria), a thing foreign to the seriousness of the Pimas, I knew came from drinking, which produced various effects. Some came and took me by the hand, saluting me. One said, " I am padre de Pedro." Another said to me, " Thou hast to baptize a child." Another, " This is thy home- betake not thyself to see the king, nor to Tucson." Others M „ Nosotros estamos buenos, estamos contentos, conozemos a Dios, somos gente para pelear con los Apaches, nos alegramos por que ha venido el viejo, ( asi me nombran) y no lo han muerto „- |