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and solicitous for the welfare of Americans. 

 I gave him three broken-down mules, and some 

 other trifles for which he seemed grateful, but the 

 extravagance of the Americans who have passed 

 through has made it difficult for anyone to make 

 reasonable bargains with either Pimos or Mari- 

 copas ;^ we had to give him a fiannel shirt for a 

 little over a peck of corn, wheat or beans. Many 

 who came to trade had already made up their 

 minds only to do so for some particular article, 

 and in those cases it was not of the least avail to 

 ofifer anything else. Sometimes they would refuse 

 a flannel shirt in exchange for a couple of melons, 

 but by tearing the shirt into strips and sewing these 

 together, two or three times the value of the gar- 

 ment may be obtained, as they are delighted with 

 anything resembling a sash, or bands for the head. 

 Jewelry had no value to them, fancy beads were 

 worthless, stone beads however they traded for 

 eagerly, but we had none. Red blankets and blue, 

 red flannel torn into long strips they preferred to 

 anything, though many of the women chose white 

 shirts; like all squaws they are very good natured. 

 They are dressed in a cotton, home-made sarape, 

 if [wearing] a garment fastened round the waist, 

 and leaving the whole upper part of the body 



^ The Pima Indians were called Pimos in the books of fifty 

 years ago. The Maricopas belonged to the Yuman family 

 but had united with the Pimas for protection. 



