\ Blaclwater. A Papago who knew the bluebird series of songs 

 sang for the Santan people during the festival held by them. 



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ment on Salt river and the roniaindcr going to (licir j)resent location 

 on the Gila below the crossing. 



Salt River. A white man killed an unknown PiiUa some time after 

 the earthquake for some unknown reason. 



1888-89 



^ Gila Crossing. The American settlers at Tempe invited the Salt 

 ^ River Pimas to a feast. 



^ An eclipse of the moon was observed by the Pimas, and as usual 

 was spoken of as the "time when the moon died."" 



TA prosperous season enabled the Salt River jieople to hold a 

 dance festival. 

 O Tizwin was made at Gila Crossing, but no one was killed in the 

 resulting debauch. 



•0,0. . The captain of the native police and the calendrist went 

 ^ ^ to Fort McDowell with three t)t]ier men to act as scouts for 

 the soldiers stationed there. 

 During the year an epidemic curried away three prominent men at 

 Blackwater. 



1889-90 



/\ Gila Crossing. Two tramps killed a man near the Maricopa 

 and Phoenix railroad. 



Q The Salt River people made tizwin, and during the carousal 

 wliich followed a man was shot and killed. The murderer was sent 

 to Yuma. 



(> The Hi'atam villagers who formerly lived at Aktatcinj-, south of 

 Maricopa station, went to Gila Crossing to join in the dance 

 festival held there. 



TSalt River. In a tizw in drunk at Salt River Santco was killed. 

 Soon afterwards another general debauch resulted in the death 

 of Hitiraki. These events caused the order i)r()hibiting the Pimas 

 from making tizwin. 



HI 



Blackwater. The wife of tlie head chief died. 



1890-91 



1 GUa Crossing. During a tizwin drunk at Gila Crossing a man 

 put poison into the liquor of an enemy, who died in great agony 

 after drinking it. 



a Notwithstanding the fact that several score of partial and total eclipses of the moon were visible 

 in Pimerla during the period covered by these annals, which in that clear atmosphere must have been 

 seen, they are mentioned but twice, and that in recent limes. .\s it is known from American testi- 

 mony that the Pimas were profoundly impressed by such phenomena, the failure of the annalists 

 to note them can be accounted for only by their aversion to even a mention of supernatural events 

 supposed to be threatening in character. 



