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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  dians 
  take 
  the 
  river 
  as 
  the 
  boundary, 
  and 
  we 
  seldom 
  see 
  signs 
  of 
  either 
  

   tribe 
  except 
  on 
  their 
  own 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  All 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Juan, 
  

   and 
  especially 
  around 
  the 
  Carriso 
  Mountains, 
  the 
  Navajoes 
  live 
  in 
  quite 
  

   considerable 
  villages, 
  and 
  are 
  an 
  industrious, 
  cleanly 
  set 
  of 
  people. 
  

   They 
  raise 
  large 
  supplies 
  of 
  corn 
  and 
  melons, 
  work 
  quite 
  steadily 
  at 
  

   weaving 
  blankets, 
  and 
  herd 
  fine 
  droves 
  of 
  sheep. 
  They 
  had 
  also 
  the 
  

   finest 
  horses 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen 
  among 
  the 
  Indians, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  large, 
  

   well-built 
  American 
  stock. 
  

  

  These 
  Indians 
  have 
  a 
  mania 
  for 
  trade 
  ; 
  they 
  will 
  swap 
  for 
  anything; 
  

   but 
  are 
  especially 
  fond 
  of 
  leather: 
  an 
  old 
  boot-leg, 
  an 
  extra 
  bridle-rein, 
  

   or 
  some 
  ornamental 
  piece 
  from 
  the 
  saddle 
  would 
  be 
  eagerly 
  sought 
  

   after. 
  They 
  refused 
  $5 
  for 
  a 
  sheep, 
  and 
  finally 
  traded 
  it 
  for 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  flour 
  and 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  saddle-leather 
  readily 
  replaced 
  lor 
  75 
  

   cents. 
  Green 
  corn 
  and 
  melons 
  they 
  brought 
  us 
  constantly 
  ibr 
  trade, 
  

   and 
  always 
  seemed 
  satisfied 
  with 
  the 
  sharp 
  bargains 
  which 
  they 
  drove. 
  

   They 
  beg 
  very 
  little, 
  but 
  pilfer 
  constantly 
  and 
  with 
  great 
  cunning; 
  no 
  

   small, 
  loose 
  article 
  seemed 
  safe 
  for 
  a 
  moment 
  within 
  their 
  reach. 
  Aside 
  

   from 
  this 
  habit 
  of 
  petty 
  stealing, 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  disagreeable 
  around 
  

   camp, 
  being 
  generally 
  quiet 
  and 
  unobtrusive. 
  

  

  The 
  Carriso 
  Mountains, 
  around 
  w^hich 
  the 
  15'avajoes 
  are 
  settled, 
  are 
  a 
  

   flat-topped 
  mass 
  of 
  volcanic 
  matter 
  of 
  about 
  I'dQ 
  square 
  miles 
  in 
  extent, 
  

   and 
  rising 
  to 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  9,000 
  feet. 
  They 
  have 
  several 
  trails 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  up 
  to 
  their 
  summit 
  valleys, 
  and 
  have 
  no 
  peaks 
  so 
  sharp 
  that 
  a 
  mule 
  

   may 
  not 
  be 
  readily 
  ridden 
  to 
  their 
  tops. 
  There 
  is 
  very 
  little 
  water 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  mountains, 
  although 
  there 
  are 
  very 
  numerous 
  springs 
  

   both 
  at 
  the 
  summit 
  and 
  base, 
  and 
  almost 
  daily 
  showers 
  upon 
  them 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  summer 
  season. 
  There 
  is 
  most 
  excellent 
  grazing 
  on 
  the 
  

   rolling 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  mass, 
  with 
  springs 
  to 
  furnish 
  water 
  and 
  timber 
  enough 
  

   for 
  all 
  necessities; 
  the 
  ISTavajoes 
  have 
  both 
  horses 
  and 
  sheep 
  there 
  

   during 
  the 
  summer, 
  building 
  little 
  huts 
  and 
  corrals 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   herders. 
  I 
  noticed 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  in 
  crossing 
  the 
  mountains, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  

   dissimilar 
  to 
  what 
  a 
  white 
  man 
  would 
  have 
  built 
  wnder 
  similar 
  circum- 
  

   stances. 
  The 
  trails 
  which 
  the 
  Indians 
  use 
  in 
  ascending 
  the 
  mountains 
  

   are 
  almost 
  the 
  only 
  means 
  of 
  access 
  to 
  the 
  summit, 
  the 
  trachytic 
  mass 
  

   being 
  formed 
  in 
  palisades 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  around 
  and 
  always 
  rising 
  

   boldly 
  from 
  the 
  plains. 
  The 
  trails, 
  however, 
  are 
  good 
  and, 
  once 
  found, 
  

   make 
  the 
  crossing 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  an 
  easy 
  task. 
  I 
  was 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  

   mountain 
  mass 
  three 
  times, 
  but 
  only 
  twice 
  found 
  the 
  weather 
  sufficiently 
  

   clear 
  to 
  accomplish 
  all 
  my 
  work. 
  

  

  Aside 
  from 
  the 
  mountains, 
  we 
  found 
  no 
  continuous 
  running 
  water 
  

   south 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  Kiver 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  Jackson, 
  who 
  went 
  much 
  farther 
  

   south 
  and 
  west 
  than 
  our 
  division, 
  found 
  none. 
  He 
  traveled 
  clear 
  to 
  the 
  

   Moquis 
  villages, 
  crossing 
  both 
  Gothic 
  Creek 
  and 
  the 
  Eio 
  DeOhelly, 
  and 
  

   found 
  no 
  running 
  water 
  excepting 
  immediately 
  after 
  heavy 
  rains. 
  The 
  

   only 
  water 
  found 
  for 
  hundreds 
  of 
  square 
  miles, 
  through 
  Northern 
  Ari- 
  

   zona 
  and 
  jS"ew 
  Mexico, 
  is 
  in 
  springs 
  and 
  accidental 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  

   dry 
  washes, 
  where 
  an 
  underlying 
  current 
  is 
  forced 
  to 
  the 
  surface, 
  or 
  some- 
  

   times 
  in 
  "pockets," 
  either 
  in 
  clay 
  or 
  rock, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  caught 
  from 
  

   heavy 
  rains. 
  There 
  are, 
  of 
  course, 
  the 
  few 
  main 
  rivers, 
  but 
  all 
  their 
  

   minor 
  branches 
  are 
  but 
  dry 
  beds. 
  Heading 
  in 
  almost 
  rainless 
  deserts, 
  

   they 
  have 
  often 
  a 
  large 
  water-shed 
  to 
  drain. 
  But 
  the 
  extremely 
  slight 
  

   rain-fall 
  and 
  high 
  rate 
  of 
  evaporation 
  leaves 
  no 
  water 
  for 
  the 
  streams 
  

   to 
  carry 
  oft. 
  

  

  Below 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  Eiver 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  grass 
  than 
  on 
  corre- 
  

   spondingly 
  situated 
  and 
  characterized 
  country 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  it; 
  this 
  I 
  

   suppose 
  to 
  beowing 
  tothefact 
  that 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  sheep 
  and 
  horses 
  pas- 
  

  

  