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Show CENSUS OF THE INDIANS. 443 I have acquired, touching at the same time upon other points which seem to me to be required. POINT 1. Number of Nations and of Souls that 1 have visited, and of those of which I have had notification. RIO GILA. RIO COLORADO. Nations. Papaga, . . Pima, . . . Cocomaricopa, Souls. 3000 [ A. 2500) 2500 B. 8000 Nations. Cucapa. Jalliquamay, Cajuenche, Yuma, . . Jalchedun, Jamajab, . Souls. . 3000 \ . 2000 > C. . 3000) • 3O0O » B . 2500S . 3000 B* Total, 16,500 8,000 24,500 I note that the nations comprehended under the very same letter have the very same language, and those underneath the very same letter with the asterisk differ in some terms, being different in all from those comprehended under a different letter. From the Jamajab nation upward the Rio Colorado comes through profound caxones, wherefore do the Indians live distant therefrom. Those that I saw and of which I had information are the following: |