EUSSELL] ANNALS 59 



1S83 84 



T* Gila Crossing. The vSalt River Pimas went to a fiesta at (Jila 



' Crossing. 

 /f\ Blachraier. A diiiiiken Pima w liilc ri(lin<r <>ii a box car on 



l\^ the Southern Pacifie was run over and killed.' 



1884 85 



^ (iUa Crossing. An epidemic during this year among the Kwa- 

 "^ hadk's caused the execution of two medicine-men who were sus- 

 pected of bringing the visitation upon the tribe.'' 

 rg\__^ BhichwaUr. The first wagons issued by the Government 

 ^'■^'~^ to the Blackwater people were received this year. 



X885 88 



Gila Crossing. Hwela, named for the agent Wheeler, was bap- 

 tized this year as the first Christian convert among the Pimas.' 

 \\ Two youths were thrown from their horses during a rabbit hunt 

 and killed.'' 

 /jN /|K Blackvmter. Two prominent men of Blackwater died. 



1886 87 



A (iila Crossing. Tizwin was made at Gila Crossing in such quan- 

 ^ titles that it was passed around in bowl-shaped baskets. One 



man was killed. 



\^ The first adobe houses were built at Gila Crossing, and then- 

 ^ owners were thereby entitled to one wagon each.'' 

 /\ A man at' Salt River was shot by a white man; the particulars 

 were not known to K§,ema-a. ^ 



' a The practice of aUowing the Indians to ride Iree upon freight trains was estaljlishod when the road 

 was first built and is vet continued. The ol.ject of this generosity is said to be the procurement of the 

 Kood will of the n.itives. wh.. .n return would give warning of washouts, or obstructions intentionally 

 placed on the track and, perhaps, give concessions of rights of way across the resen-ations '"the even 

 of future extensions, .\gent .lackson in hi.s report for 1883 stated that six Punas had been killed that 

 year by falling from trains when drunk. ^ . . .u i 



" b It will be noticed that such common events as this among the Kwahadk's are recorded by the calen- 

 drists thus showing how closely related the tribe is to the Punas. 



e Mr C H Cook a Ci\nl War veteran, had come as a teacher and missionarj- among the Pimas at the 

 close of the year 1870. A sincere and devout Christian, he labored for nearly fifteen years before the peo- 

 ple to whom he has devoted his life b,.gan to understand the message that he brought to them. I e 

 informs the writer that three or four other men had accepted his teaching before Hwela, but it is prob- 

 able that this year marks the beginning of the conversion, which thereafter advanced very rapidly. 

 Mr Cook has descriU-,! his exp<.riences among the Pimas and Apaches in a small volume of U6 pages, 

 entitled. Among the Pimas, ISflli. The chapter on '•The I'ima Indians, their manners and cus- 

 toms " by Rev. Isaac T. Whittemore. is inaccurate and inadequate. . 



<! These hunts were frequently made and resulted in the destruction of large numbers of hares and 

 rabbits, two species of the fonner an<l one of the latter. They were simply dnve^s by a company of 

 mounted men who surrounded the an-a to be beaten over and then advanced toward the center, where 

 the animals were shot with arrows or killed with clubs. .Such hunts are yet continued. 



. These wagons were issued to such m.-n as were wiUing to cut their long hair, build adobe houses of 

 reasonable si7.e, and proNide suitable sheds to shelter the wagons from the scorching heat of summer, 

 which is exceedingly severe on vehicles. 



