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(pitahaya) inade its appearance; iti>ears a fine fruit, and is sometimes 

 50 feet high, has 15 flutes or more, is 2| feet in diameter, and has 

 ^n interior structure of hard wood — one for each flute. The agave 

 Americana made its appearance; it bea-rs a fine fruit in the season. 

 The muscal of the Mexicans had bloomed in many cases this year, 

 end died, having fulfilled its century of probation; it was the em- 

 blem of 100 years in the Aztec picture-writing. The snow was visi- 

 ble on a mountain 35° east — probably a mountain at the head of 

 Salt river. Southwest from Zuni, a route is said to^be open from 

 near this point to Zuni and Cibolletta. A view from the hill-top 

 *outh shows a plain probably beyond the San Pedro, which proba- 

 bly unites with the low divide betweerf Mount Dallas and Mount 

 Barbe. 



Jfovemher 2. — Some 'Apaches (Pinoleros) showed the'mselves on 

 a hill-top early this morning, and made signals of a desire to hold 

 council; after a good many eff"orts, one was* got into camp, and 

 given some presents; then came another, then another, then another, 

 and another, each of whom, in turn, got confidence that we did not 

 design hurting them; they promised to bring a number of mules to 

 trade with us, and furnished a guide to- bring us to water six miles 

 further on our journey, ^where we agreed to move to, and meet 

 -them to-morrow. They seemed to be poor in*trorldly gear, but are 

 fat enough; they are small men, but finely knit and w^ell muscled, 

 especially in the legs. Our camp has been one of their hiding- 

 .places, and they find a secure asylum in these rugged mountains 



iThe high peaks aff'ord fine points for look-outs, upon one of which 

 is always seated one of their number, like the sentinel-crow on the 

 jhighest limb of the'adjacent tree, watching over the safety of his 



.thieving fraternity; their wigwams scarce peep above the low brush- 

 wood of the country, being not more than four feet high, slightly 

 'dug out in the centre, 'and the dirt thrown .around the twigs whicn 

 -are rudely woren into an oven shape, as a canopy to the house; '^ 

 tenement of a few hours' work is the home of a family for'yea'i^i or 

 .a day; like the wolves, they are ever w-aridering. The costume of 

 our guide consists of a small cap of buckskin, tied under his chin, 

 covering only the top of his head; a cotton shirt, vrith no sleeves', 

 upon the back of which he had plastered someyellotv j^Tnt; then 

 itbe dressed skin of a black-tailed deer, thrown bver his shoulders- 

 liis breech-cloth of buckskin, leather leggings from his knee down, 

 'connected with his moccfi"sins, forming a sort of boot; a powder- 

 'horn over his shoulder, and a pouch belted around his shirt, a fine 

 'dun horse and Spanish saddle and bridle, and a gun in a leather 

 case; his hair w^as long, and had a knot behind like a woman "^s; his 

 moccasins, a^. usual, square-toed and turned up; his thighs, which 

 "were bare, bore many a scar from the thorny bushes ol the country. 

 We broke up camp, aud followed our guide about six and a half 

 TGiles NNW., and found a good camp in a grove of sycamore, with 

 M little water which rises and sinks again within 100 yards. We 

 'passed a new species of ^cactus to-day, a sort of bush with slender 

 >tems, similar to one seen on the Del Norte. As usual, when we 



found one; we found others, a sisgle l^ecimen being not yet met 



