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Show 372 FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. These mountain Indians are excellent hunters. Deer, turkey and bear are plentiful in the mountains. They often go into the city of Chihuahua to trade. They pack most of their trade on their backs, traveling in single file, paying no attention to anyone except to do their trading and go straight back home. Some years since, at the town of Santa Rosa, these Indians, while on a trading trip, were insulted and abused by the inhabitants. The Indians went home, gathered some four hundred armed men, marched back through a number of settlements, attacked the place and almost exterminated the people, then went home satisfied. They were never called to account for the act. An account of the affair has been given to me seve-ral times by different Mexicans, who invariably tell it in honor of the charcter of these Tarumaries. CHAPTER LV. Letter to the Deseret News A brief Review of Mexican History Characteristics of the People Land Grants and Purchases Peculiarities of Land ; Tities The Climate of Mexico. old letter, copied from the Deseret News, I think will help in describing Mexico : " EL PASO, State of Chihuahua, February loth, 1876. " Brother J. Nicholson: " I herewith send you an account of the country and people of this region. |