ee the press, completed with the exception of my essay; and the prin- 
ter presses me for it. The map, which will accompany it, is prin- 
gx Gipaly intended to show the original abodes of the Indian tribes. — 
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mation contained in your 
APPENDIX No. 1. 
a . New York, Ocfober 1, 1847. 
Dear Sir: IT return youany thanks for the very interesting infor- 
| etter of the 20th of September,* 
It unfortunately happens that I cannot wait for the arrival of © 
your papers, or for the publication.of the map of the. War Depart- 
ment. My essay makes part.of the second volume of the transac- 
tions of the New York Ethnological Society. The work is now in- 
my 
correctness. But there is a consideration, which makes me anxious 
to obtain every possible information respecting the Rio Gila, and — 
especially its upper waters. , 
You may not be aware that a work has lately been recovered and 
be presented as a sketch, without pretensions to accurate ce 
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ublished, which contains a full and authentic account of an expe-. _ 
bittéa in the year 1540-1542, by order. of the viceroy Mindoga, 
and under the conduct’ of Vasquez Coronado. It consisted of 356 
Spaniards and 800 Indians. Setting off from Culiacan, they reached 4 
the sources of the Rio Gila, passed across the mountains to the 
reached the buffalo plains, through which they wandered a consi- — 
depending exclu 
in villages uilt 
dened matter 
vely on agriculture for their subsistence, dwel 
f mud, (torchis,) mixed with certain balls of 
€ ted together. The houses were ger 
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terraces, and an unde 
the men, and 
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-apartment occupied ex< by 
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pas language, and a few of the Ramos 
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