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THE WILD THIBES 



Civilised man, however, altliougli lie lives by tlie destruc- 

 tion of life, animal as well as vegetable, takes care to re- 

 prodncc by artiiicial moans as much, as, if not more than, lie 

 destroys ; tlie savage, however, does not always do so, and 

 when he does not, this is surely a proof that he is not destined 

 by Providence permanently to exist. 



Most conspicuous amongst the latter class are the IS'avajos 



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and Apaches of JS'ew Mexico and Ai-izona — the hereditary 

 enemies of the cultivator of the soil, whether he be Aztec, 

 Mexican, or Anglo-Saxon — the savages by whose means the 

 whole country has been nearly swept of its inhabitants, and 

 changed from a fertile garden into a barren waste. 



The IS'avajos, until lately, occupied a fine tract of country 

 watered by the Colorado Chiquito, the Eio San Juan, and 

 their tributaries, and the western brf^nches of the Eio 

 Grande. They were bounded on the north by the Ute 



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The natural enemies of the cultivators of tlie soil. — The Navajos, their Deprc- i|if 

 dations. — History Juring the last twenty years. — Subjugation of the Tribe. 

 —Its present condition at the Bosque Eesei-vation. — The Apaches many 

 distinct Bands.— Eavages of the Mogollon and other Apaches.-The Country 

 depopulated by them. — Walapais. — ^Yampas. — Indians of the Colorado. 



In nature, the productive and the destructive elements are 

 everywhere found side by side, and not only is this true as 

 an abstract principle of actual existence, but there is not a 

 creature without natural enemies who prey upon it and hve 



by its destruction. 



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