INDIANS OF THE COLOEADO. 



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harmlesSj and much resemlDle tlie Pai-iites of tlie Great Basin. 

 The valleys of the Colorado^ from the end of the Black Canon 

 almoKst to the head of the gulf, are inhahited by Indian 

 tribes who occupy an intermediate position between the semi- 

 . civilised Pueblo Indians and the wild Apache races. 



They have for some time kept peace with the whites, but 

 contact with them appears to be 



rapidly hastening 



their 



extinction. As there is no special interest attaching to these 



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Mojave Ititlians. 



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I will leave the accompan} 



Liken at Fort 



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r. c-nool' fnr itself. The 



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ojaves are the 

 thousand souk. 



largest 



tribe, and once numbered ten 



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