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there, and was even then expected to arrive at any 

 minute. 



After the mass, the sermon and the private instruc- 

 tions of the priest, there were to be horse-races and 

 other amusements that the Indians delight in upon 

 holiday occasions. 



The Jesuits undoubtedly have been strong factors in 

 helping to civilize the Indians of the Northwest, and 

 a^e now doing much to lead them to higher and better 

 living. 



In former times the priests suffered great privation 

 from hunger, cold, and fatigue ; but they persevered 

 and worked cheerfully and without grumbling over 

 their hard lot. Finally they won the confidence of the 

 natives, their admonitions were listened to, and grad- 

 ually, though very slowly, they instilled into the peo- 

 ple some of the brighter things to be found in 

 civilized life, while steering them away from many of 

 its evils. 



At Clinton, thirty-four miles from Ashcroft, we had 

 dinner. Here the Chinamen have stores and also act 

 as contractors in cutting down timber for fire-wood. 

 From this place to Ashcroft the country has very much 

 the appearance of a great portion of Arizona. It is a 

 section where irrigation must be resorted to if vegeta- 

 tion is to flourish at all. 



We were shown an irrigation ditch of several miles 

 in length that had been surveyed and staked out by an 



