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as well as that of the existing buildings of 

 Moqui in the same mountainous regions, and 

 other Pueblos of New Mexico, resembles so 

 closely the ruins of Casas Grandes, that we 

 naturally come to the conclusion that the 

 founders of each must have descended from 

 the same common stock. The present differ- 

 ence between their language and that of the 

 Indians of Mexico, when we take into consi- 

 deration the ages that have passed away since 

 their separation, hardly presents any reasona- 

 ble objection to this hypothesis. 



The principal wild tribes which inhabit or 

 extend their incursions or peregrinations upon 

 the territory of New Mexico, are the Navajues, 

 the Apaches, the Yutas, the Caiguas or Kiawas, 

 and the Comanches. Of the latter I will speak 

 in another place. The two first are from one 

 and the same original stock, there being, even 

 at the present day, no very important differ- 

 ence in their language. The Apaches are 

 divided into numerous pett}^ tribes, of one of 

 which an insignificant band, called Jicarillas, 

 inhabiting the mountains north of Taos, is an 

 isolated and miserable remnant. 



The Navajues are supposed to number about 

 10,000 souls, and though not the most nume- 

 rous, they are certainly the most important, at 

 least in a historical point of view, of all the 

 northern tribes of Mexico. They reside in 

 the main range of Cordilleras, 150 to 200 

 miles west of Santa Fe, on the waters of Rio 

 Colorado of Cahfornia, not far from the re- 

 gion, according to historians, from whence the 



