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in latitude 32'', and it is clear from what precedes, that it must be 

 nearly one degree further south. Do you think that I may in my 

 sketch set it d^wn at about latitude 31°? 



4th, The cultivation of cotton is one of great general importance. 

 As now informed, I believe that, independent of varieties, there 

 are but two distinct species': the black seed, which is the native 

 American, and found as such nowhere else, and the green seed, 

 which adheres to the staple, of Asiatic origin, thence brought to 

 the Levant and the Mediterranean, and imported into North Ame- 

 rica, of which it was not'a native. I cannot obtain in this city a 



■ copy of Bomplant's great botanical w^ork, which w^ould have thrown 

 much light on the subject. 1 wish now to know, whether you took 

 any notice of the cotton cultivated by the Pimos, and what species 

 it was?. I presume that it was not a native of that region, and that 

 the seed must have been imported from Mexico. 



I now proceed to* that which relates to the Indians, who are the 

 principal objects of my researches. 



1st. I have compared your vocabulary of the Coco 

 with those of the four Mexican languages in my possession, and of 

 thirty-two well ascertained families of Indians, living within the 

 United States or further northj and have found no resemblance with 

 either. It'is to me a quite new language, but there is a remarkable 

 word. Jipache is the word for man; and judging by analogy from 

 several other Indian languages, they should be Apaches or belong- 

 ing to that family. Thus, for instance, amongst the Algonquin 

 ^i'lbes, the names assumed by two of them, Illinois and Linno Li- 

 Jjap, are evidently derived from Linno, a man. However this may 

 be, I wish to have some further information respecting that tribe; ta 

 know, with as much precision as you can, the quarter w^hence they 

 came; their present location in reference to the Pimos, and partic- 

 ularly whether and what they do cultivate; also, whether they are 

 ^^ 9j^^ *^^^ ^^^ Pimos, and whether on good terms with them. ' 



V ^^^' ^^^^ ^^^ accounts, by report, of the Indians to the 



T^'^ \^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ conflicting and of an indefinite character, 



ills observation applies to every information derived from other 



sources. We have as yet only vague rumors. Yet I wish to col- 



ect all these, as far as possible. A few legitimate inferences may, 



perhaps, be drawn by comparing them together; but it is principally 



tor the purpose of enabling me to point out the most important 



^ojects of inquiry that I wish to be* thus informed. You will, there- 



ore,- oblige me by communicating such rough notes as you may 



a^e taken on that subject, and also what were the abodes and oc- 



^^pations of the few scattered Indians whom you met on your 



journey, "^ ^ 



■ th ??^^ y^^? ^y ^^y flirect observation, ascertained within 30 

 th^ R*-^^'^^^ longitude, in reference to Greenwich, of any point on 



e Kio del Korte or vicinity which may serve as a starting point] 



Aiiere must be some kind of a dividing ridge which separates the 



aters of the river Gila from the waters that empty into the gulf 



^i California, From what you say of Colonel Cooke's route, I 



^ould infer that he left the Rio Norte a short distance above EI 







