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good ones, giving two yards of scarlet cloth in the bargain By 

 this time a large number. of Indians had collected about us, all dif- 

 terently dressed, and some in the most fantastical style The 

 ilexiCan dress and saddles predominated, showing where they had 

 chietiy made up their wardrobe. One had a jacket made of a Henry 

 tlay flag, which aroused unpleasant sensations, for the acquisition, 

 no doubt, cost one of our countrymen his life. Several' wore beau- • 

 tuul helmets, decked with black feathers, which, with the short 

 snirt, waist-belt, bare legs and buskins gave them the look of pic- 

 tures of antique Grecian warriors. Most were furnished with the 

 Mexican cartridge box, which consists of a strap round the waist, 

 ^Mth cylinders inserted for the cartridges. ^ 



These men have no fixed homes. Their houses are of twi^s 



Zt '"!/', Tn ^^^f ^^•ed.^^^itli indifference. They hover around 

 te beautiful hills that overhang the Del Norte between the 3 s ' 

 and 32d para lels of latitude, and look down upon the States of 

 U.huahua and Sonora:. and woe to the luckless company tha von: 

 tares out unguarded by a_ strong force. Their hilfs a^e covLed 

 with luxuriant grama, which enables them to keep their horses in 



WtV::Vt' ''41V'Y^ can always pursue with rapfdily and re e" 

 uh safety. The light and graceful manner in which they mounted 



all. 



1 he children are on horseback from infancy. The 



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jmongst them a poor deformed woman, with leVs'and nrn..'''"' 

 onger than an infant's. I could not lea/n her\ feoV^.t sTe had 



a melancholy cast of countenance. She was well moimte and 

 he gallant manner in which some of the plumed ApTchest^ited 



h rd f;/°' f '-k'I^ ^''^l''^^' ^^^P^-- -^^- clismou^i^^te^^^^^^^ 

 people sL I'lT '^' '-'^'^ ^^ ^^''^ ^^^^ ^'-^ told 'of these 

 ollhlnJl", T f -^^ '''"*"' '"^^ °"^ °^ t^'° ^^'^^e at her side- 



On%rr^'! '''"'''7 ^^'"'S^ ^^'^ ^^^'•°^^' ^-^IJey of Ni^ht creek 



4t Z 'i''" '''"' ^^"" '*°^^ ^"^^^^ shooting up into the .kie. 



-^^ostZrlln^^ mount%ife of these spTrs 



^ Zt couM drir' ^^" 1 ^""^ ^' '^ opportunity of seeing what 



^ouM chX;^, ^^y conclusion was, from what I saw, that they 



a mule .n 1 T^ f' '*"'% ^ ''^^^^ ^' ^ "^^' ^ P^ck slipped from 



A ^oodVrarl i!^' hill over which the mules had climbed. 



lowi£ thp i""'^' subsequently found turning the spur and fol- 



^■Se^Stant ' ""'"''^ '' debouched into the oTla, which was only 



^^^terTma'fe'^!';^ yards before reaching this .river the roar of. its 

 f^ofti thrDel N ^f^%^^"^^ -^h^t ^^e ^-ere to see something different 

 Ml7 feet i fC ^*' section, where we struck it, (see the map,) 



feet deen r^ ^ ^^^' ^''^' ^^ ^""^^ ''^''^^ ^"^ ^'^ average of two 



^ains whi^l. ^^^ ^'^ n^"^'^^' '^ ''^'^^ bouncing from the great moun- 

 cros^ed th ?PP^^5^d to the north about 60 miles distant. We 

 in^tKp r^^"^^^' ^ts large round pebbles and swift current caus- 

 S tne mules to tread wearily. 



