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tcoko vihaslk, "black vomit,"" as it was called, brought all the meili- 

 cine-men not in the best reput« under suspicion. Four were killed, 

 and the survi%ang medicine-men were kept busy guarding the camps 

 agauast the plague. 



fl Gila Crossing. During the winter, when ice was on the water and 

 ' snow was evenh' sprinkled on the lowlands, the Apaches came to 



tthe village of Rsanftk, where one of the marauders was killed. 

 The Apaches, accompanied by the Piisina tribe from the north, 

 attacked the Papagosat Kihotoak (Quijotoa) in April as the mesquites 

 were changing from bud to leaf. The Apaches advanced with drums 

 beating and with cries like the howl of the coyote. The Papagos were 

 few in number, so they concealed their women in a cave and sought 

 to protect them by fighting outside, but the enemy had firearms and 

 all the Papagos fell in the futile attempt to preserve their loved ones 

 from slavery. There yet lives a Pima who was shot tlu-ough the 

 leg anil left for dead on the field of tliis battle. Many Apaches were 

 wounded but none were killed. 



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O Gila Crossing. A party of Apaches was encamped on Mo'hatfdc 



*' mountain, and two of them came to steal corn from the fields 



at Gila Cro.ssing. The theft was discovered and tlnee Pimas lay in 



wait for the thieves. Wlien they again entered the field those lying 



in wait sprang upon them and killed one; the other escaped. 



Salt River. During the winter the Pimas went on a campaign 

 against the Apaches, several of whom were killed. The attacks were 

 made at night and the enemy were killed before the}' could defend 

 themselves. One Pima was killed and one wounded so severely that 

 he died after returning home. 



In the spring the Apaches waylaid a party of Pimas who were 

 returning from a mescal-gathering expedition in the mountains. 

 Nearly all the party were killed and two girls were made prisoners. 

 The Apaches were followed, most of them killed, and the girls rescued 

 by a party from the villages. 



1848^7 



fl Gila Crossing. Three Apaches were going toward the Papago vil- 

 lage near Maatcpiit, or Table mountain, wheii a Pima, coming to 

 the Gila river, crossed it and discovered their trail. A })arty went in 

 pursuit and succeeded hi killing all three. Ka'mal tkak's bR)ther was 

 in this party of Punas and was himself killed a few days later in an 



a"AqueIlas genles y sus iiilnistros gozan por lo general do buena salud: entre los naturalos pasan 

 iimcho^ tie cien afios, excepto los pimas altos que segiin se cree per razon de las aguas y soniljrio caiice 

 de sus arroyos, son espuestos 4 divcrsos achaquea. E! mas lomihle entre ellos es, el que llanian saguai- 

 dodo 6 v6mito amariUo." Alegre, Historia dc la Compa&Ia de Jesus en Nueva-Espiifla, II, 213. 



