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them witli pity, and woncTerecI ^\iiat they thought of this new 

 state of things, and how they liked the intmders whose 

 presence they bore so meekly. I met Mr. Ward, their 

 agent, who ti'eats them as the kindest father would his 

 children ; and often went to his house, where Indian parties 

 from a distance were sure to resort for information and 

 advice. "WTien I left Santa Fe I passed through many of 

 : villages, saw them in their houses, visited their fields 



and vineyards, and watched them as they assembled on their 

 ousetops at sunrise to look for the coming of Montezuma 

 from the east. 



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The semi-civilised Indian of the United States is only to he 



in New Mexico and Arizona, south of the 3Gth 

 jy parallel of latitude, nor is there any proof whatever, but 

 merely some vague traditions, to show that he ever came 

 from the noi-th, or spread farther northward than the Eio 

 Grrande valley and the accessible branches of the San Juan 

 River. In these two territories — together, iequal in size to 

 France— only five small remnants of this once powerful 

 nation rcjnain at the present time. These are :— 



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1 . The Pueblo Indians of the Eio Grande valley ; popula- 

 tion, 5,866. 



2. The Indians of Zuni, situated about latitude 35°, 

 longitude 108° 50', with a population at present of 1,200 



souls. 



Indians of the seven Moqui pueblos, situated about 



150 miles north-west of Zuni; population 2,500. 



4. The rimas of the GHa valley, occupying eight villages ; 

 population, 3,500. 



5. The Papago Indians of the regions south of it, occu- 

 pying about nineteen villages, and numbering not less than 

 4,000 in all. 



The Pueblo Indians of the Eio Grande valley were early 



