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up near the top a white brow as of rock, which also continues along the range for a good 
distance, and the Indians say that this is the mark of the foam of the water which rose 
to that height.) That The Drinker went up, and left the dog below that he might 
notify him when the water came too far, and when the water reached the brow of the 
foam the dog notified The Drinker, because at that time the animals talked, and the 
latter carried him up. That after some days The Drinker Man sent the Rose-sucker 
(Chuparosas) to Coyote to bring him mud; they brought some to him and of the mud 
he made men of different kinds, and some turned out good and others bad. That 
these men scattered over the land, upstream and downstream; after some time he 
sent some men of his to see if the other men upstream talked; these went, and returned 
saying that although they talked, they had not understood what they said, and that 
The Drinker Man was very angry because these men talked without his having 
given them leave. That next he sent other men downstream to see those who had 
gone that way and they returned saying that they had received them well, that they 
spoke another tongue but that they had understood them. Then The Drinker Man 
told them that those men downstream were the good men and there were such as far 
as the Opa, with whom they are friendly, and there were the Apache, who are their 
enemies. He [the governor] said also that at one time The Drinker Man was angry 
with the people and killed many and transformed them into saguaros (giant cacti), 
and on this account there are so many saguaros in that country . . . Furthermore, 
he said that at another time The Drinker Man was very angry with the men and 
caused the sun to come down to burn them, and was making an end of them; that he 
now begged him much not to burn them, and therefore The Drinker Man said that 
he would no longer burn them and then he told the sun to go up, but not as much as 
before, and he told them that he left it lower in order to burn them by means of it, 
if ever they made him angry again, and for this reason it is so hot in that country in 
summer. j 
He [the governor] added that he knew other stories; that he could not tell them 
because the time was up, and he agreed to tell them to us another day; but as we 
had laughed a little at his tales, which he related with a good deal of seriousness, 
we could not get him afterward to tell us anything more, saying that he did not know 
any more.! 
LEGENDS FROM OTHER SOURCES 
In the account of Casa Grande given by Johnston? he wrote (1847) 
as follows: 
The general asked a Pimo who made the house [Casa Grande] I had seen. “‘It is 
the ‘Cara [sic] de Montezuma,’” said he; ‘‘it was built by the son of the most beautiful 
woman who once dwelt in yon mountain; she was fair, and all the handsome men 
came to court her, but in vain; when they came, they paid tribute, and out of this 
small store, she fed all people in times of famine, and it did not diminish; at last, as 
she lay asleep, a drop of rain fell upon her navel, and she became pregnant, and brought 
forth a boy, who was the builder of all these houses.”’ 
Capt. F. E. Grossman * in 1871 made the following allusions to the 
Pima legends regarding Casa Grande: 
The Pimas claim to be the direct descendants of the chief S6’-h6. The children of 
S6/-h6 reinhabited the Gila River Valley, and soon the people became numerous. 
1 It will be seen that there are some parts of this story almost identical with a story that follows, told 
the writer by Thin Leather in 1907-8. 
2 Johnston, Journal, in Emory, Notes ofa Military Reconnoissance, Washington, 1848 (Ex. Doe. 41, 30tn 
Cong., Ist sess., 1848). 
3 Smithsonian Report for 1871, p. 408. 
