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that four from each side should eu<;!ige m the combat, usuig sharj) 

 sticks about 6 feet long (lances) instead of the customary war club. 



Four times eacli sciuiid ran in a semicircle near the enemy's line; 

 four times they approached each other before the light began. At 

 the first onslaught tliree Maricopas and two Yumas were killed; the 

 Yumas killed the surviving Maricoj)a and retired to their line. 



Then Pautatidv, "bravest of the Muricojias," ran his horse through 

 the entire party of Yumas, striking many with his lance before being 

 caught in the line of women behind the warriors. Kaiitci Pai, 

 llawk-tail, also rode through the Yuma lines, and is living to-day 

 (1902). 



Tcuwut Ilakfitiiny, Earth-crack, challenged a Yuma to single com- 

 bat and was wounded, but recovered. 



Then the fight became general, most of the. Maricopas being killed, 

 ^lany Yumas were also killed. The Pima killed so many with his 

 arrows that thej' could not reach Mm with their lances, and he 

 escaped, as did some Maricopas, and they reached home in safety. 

 Aiipap Anton, Maricopa Antoinc (pi. xliii, h) also kept his bow and 

 arrows, and when closely jiresscd by the Yiunas exclaimed in the 

 Pima language: "You can not catch me!" wliich somewhat con- 

 fused his enemies and enabled him to escape. 



1842^3=3 



Salt Rivtr. In the autumn the Yumas again came to attack the 

 Maricopa village, but did not attempt to surprise it. They fcjrmed 

 in line of battle ojiposite the line of Maricopas, who were eciually 

 courageous. The war cliiefs stood between thf lines. Each man was 

 armed with a' club only. The Yuma chief said to liis opponent: "I 

 am read}' to have you strike me first if you can." The Maricopa 

 chief answered: " It is for me to let you try your club on me, because 

 you want to kill me, and you have traveled far to satisfy j'our heart." 

 In the personal combat which ensued the Yuma was killetl, the sharp 

 end of his opponent's chd) piercing liis side. Then the fight became 

 general, each attacking the man opposite him m the line. There 

 were some Mohave Apaches with the Yumas who fought with bows 

 and arrows. Wlien they saw the line of Yumas wavering, they de- 

 serted them. The Yumas retreated some distance and again maile 

 a stand, and the light ended in an indecisive mamier, witii perhaps 

 a greater loss to the Maricopas than to the Yumas. After the light 

 the Mohaves wanted to scalp the tlead enemy, but the Yuma chief 

 said no, they might scalp some Yunuis b}- mistake, and they must 

 wait until these had been leathered from the fiekl. 



