38 THE PIMA INDIANS [kth, ann. 26 



Relations witli whites, l)uil(ling cliurches, etc 21 



Number of sorcerers killed 18 



Changes of village sit es 2 



Races, relay, kicking ball, and horse races 7 



Festivals in which liquor was brewed 25 



Trivial events, including those of personal interest 13 



Number of persons kUled during drinking bouts 24 



THE NAKKATIVE 

 1833 34 



*V ^"ife Crossing, Salt River. Duriii<j tlie moon preceding the 

 *. * meteoric shower the Yiinaas, armed with ohibs, l)ows, and arrows, 

 attacked the Maricopa village. The Yumas surprised the Maricopas 

 and captured their women, whom they surrounded and tried to take 

 away with them. They were aliout to cross the Gila with theu' cap- 

 tives when the Pimas arrived and attacked them. The women took 

 advantage of the confusion to escape into the chaparral. The "i'unias 

 fought bravel}', but they were overpowered by numbers and few 

 escaped to tell of their defeat. 



In the early whiter" the meteoric shower took place. This event 

 was followed by heavy rains that caused floods in the Salt and Gila 

 rivers. The spectacle of falling stars was to the Pimas an augury of 

 disaster, and the succeeding floods were regarded as a punishment 

 for sins which the}' had committed. What the sins might hv they 

 did not know, but concluded that they must have ofl'ended some 

 medicine-man who possessed great magic power. Many thought it 

 must l)e the medicine-man Kaku who brought this calamity upon 

 them because they had not shown him the respect that he thought 

 was due him. It is said that when the flood was at its height he 

 climbed a cottonwood tree and thence proclaimed in a loud voice that 

 he would perform certain miracles that would jjrove disastrous to 

 them if they did not listen to him and show him respect. 



Others declared that the floods were caused by the two sons of an 

 old goddess, Takwa-artam. When she saw the flood threatening to 

 overwhelm the Pimas and Maricopas she said to her sons: "Give me 

 back my milk and then you can drown my people. The land is yet 

 wdiat it was when it was new.' ' This puzzled the two brothers. They 

 knew that they could not return the milk that had nourished them 

 in infancy, so they did not allow the flood to rise anj' higher, but 

 cau-sed it to go down. 



1834:-35 



Salt River. This year was long remembered because of the jxuin- 

 tiful crops of wheat, corn, squashes, pumpkins, and watermelons that 

 were raised. The desert mesas were carpeted with flowers and the 



o November 13, 13.33. 



