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Tajn, Lepus arizonas. The small cottontail is fairly common in 

 river bottoms and on the mesa throughout the Pima country. It is 

 shot wdth arrows made Avith a straight point without stone or metal 

 head. It is included in the list of victims that result from rabbit 

 drives in which the hares, Lepus texianus and L. alleni, are the prin- 

 cipal desiderata. 



Tcirsany, Ovis nelsoni. The mountam sheep has served as food 

 when obtainable, though it has been many years since they have 

 been abundant." 



Tcok tcof, Lepus texianus. There are two species of large hares 

 along the Gila, where they are termed "jack rabbits" by the whites, 

 very few of whom distinguish them apart. The Pimas, however, 

 recognize the difference and call this species the daik or gray, and 

 the other the white, tcof. 



Tcu'tcult, Gallus domesticus. During the late Spanish and the 

 Mexican regime a small breed of fowl was introduced, probably by 

 the Papagos, which in turn gave way to the large varieties brought 

 by the Americans m the last half century. Hens' eggs are eaten 

 either fried or boiled. One of the interpreters confided to Mrs Russell 

 that she economized time and labor by boiling the eggs in the coffee. 



To'a tcof, Jjepus alleni. These are common and utilized for food to 

 a considerable extent. There seems to be no j)reference for one 

 species of hare over the others, but "none are so good as beef." The 

 stomachs of this hare and of Lepus texianus are used in making 

 cheese. 



Va'owdk, Procyon lotor. The raccoon is said to be used for food, 

 though the writer did not see any of the animals or any of their 

 skins during a staj' of a year and a half in Arizona. 



Vd'prsa, Thomonys cervinus. Gopher hunts are occasionally 

 arranged in a manner similar to those in which the hares are driven. 

 The animals are poked out of their retreats with sticks and without 

 preparation thrown upon the coals to roast. 



a " Having traversed 4 leagues, we arrived at a town, Tusoninion, which is so named from a great 

 heap of horns, from the wild or sylvan sheep, which appears like a hill, and from the numbers that 

 there are of the animals, they make the common subsistence of the inhabitants." (Juan Matio Mange: 

 Diary extract translated for Schoolcraft, ill. 303.) This visit of Mange to the Pima towns was in 

 Noveml>er, 1697. The discovery of this statement by Mange and also a letter of inquiry from Mr 

 Hodge directed the writer's attention to the significance attaehing to the horns of the mountain sheep 

 after he had returned from his sojourn among the Pimas. Inquiry was then made of a number of 

 Pima correspondents and of Mr C. 11. Took, at Sacaton. The latter ascertained from .\ntonio .\zul, 

 the head chief, that the horns of the mountain sheep were never brought home by hunters, which does 

 not agree with Mange's statement. Each man had a place set apart where he deposited them in 

 order that they might exert no eWl influence upon the winds or rains. .Vt times the Papagos held 

 rain ceremonies, during which the medioine-men deposited the tails of mountain sheep together with 

 eagle feathers at springs. The same tribe at one time sacrificed some children in their efforts to increase 

 the supply of water, but "instead of bringing them water this dried up all the springs." A few 

 mountain sheep remain in the Superstition mountains and in the other high ranges near and on 

 the reservation. When eUmbingtho Sierra Estrolla, in March, 1902, the writer saw a flock of five 

 which did not manifest any such fear at the sight of man as do the mountain sheep of British Colum- 

 bia and the more northern Rockies. Indeed, the Pima chief at the foot of the niotmtams expiamed 

 the reason for their indifference very adequately when he declared the sheep were game fit only for the 

 Papagos, who had no fields to look after. 



