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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 

 are 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 



