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'■'^ <\ Blachwater. A man named Thomas [whether given name 

 '^^■'~^ or surname could not be ascertained], wlio hail been trad- 

 ing at (lila Crossing, took charge of White's store after the 

 latter left. The soldiers from the west fought the soldiers from the 

 east at Picacho and were defeated. Then a white man known to 

 the Pimas as Has Viakam cam(> from the east and traded with th(>m. 

 [John] Walker" came from the west with the California Colunm 

 and learned the Pima language at the same time that Thomas learned 

 the ^laricopa. 



1862—83 



Gila Crossinrj. The men of Rso'tClk went to the mountains about 

 Prescott in search of Apaches during the summer of 1862. As they 

 were following a mountain trail they caught sight of a man Ij'ing on 

 his coat asleep. From his dress they could not be sure if he were 

 an Apache or a Pima, so two men went to waken him. "'How did 

 you sleep?" said they. On hearing tliis the man sprang up and they 

 saw that he was an Apache. One struck him on the head with his 

 club, but he jmnped and would have escaped had not the other 

 shot him. Soon afterwards two Apaches came to the village of 

 Aktitciny and their trail was discovered by two Pimas who were 

 hunting for their horses. They followed the Apaches, who ran 

 toward the Estrellas. The elder Pima was some distance ahead of 

 the other when the leading Apache climbed the mountain and the 

 other turned back to light. The two men used their bows, each 

 endeavoring to protect himself behind a clump of bushes. Finally, 

 as they were chasing each other around the same clump of bushes, 

 the Apache getting the better of the conflict, having woumled the 

 Pima in the el'bow and side, the other Pima came up and killetl the 

 Apache, who was called by the Pimas Whaiemaa. 



Two Maricopas dragged the body of the Apache to a hill near Gila 

 Crossing and tied it to a post, where it remained for some time. A 

 friend of the ilead Apache led a party of six to the place where he 

 had fallen and followed the trail of the dragged body to where it 

 stood tied. The friend wept and went away without attempting to 

 remove the body. As the party returned up the river they entered 

 an isolatetl house in which there were two old Maricopa men. They 

 warmed themselves at the fire, but did not molest the old men. 



Salt River. Two Apaches came near the villages and were seen by 

 a man working in the fields; he calleil to his friends to help him and 

 at once set off after the enemy. Wlien the Apache who was farthest 

 away saw that his companion was in danger he turned back and 

 attacked the first pursuer. The other Apache escaped, but the braver 

 one was killed. The Pimas returned home, but the Maricopas dragged 



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o See p. 33 for list of Fima agents. 



