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CHAPTER XXXI. 
AT THE COCO-MARICOPA AND PIMO VILLAGES. 
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Journey to the river Salinas—Its rich S aeeien a stream-—Pimo 
Indians—Ruined buildings—Mounds—Broken pottery—Traces of irri- 
val at camp—Arrival 
of Lieutenant Whipple—Survey of the Gila sts ta-tieal re- 
opened with the Coco-Maricopas—Presents—Tribe of Cawenas—Re- 
move to the Pimo villages—Cola Azul and the Pimos—Traffie with 
them—Conference—Giving presents—Arrival of Mexican traders— 
Return of Lieutenant Paige with the escort—Leave the villages. . . 289 
CHAPTER XXXIL 
INDIANS OF THE GILA, AND THE CASAS GRANDES. 
History of a Poon and Pimos—Origin of their semi-civilization 
—Difference of languages—Their number—Physical peculiarities— 
Diockering ah attention of Christians and philanthropists—Early ac- 
counts of these Indians—First described by Father Kino in 1697— 
Sedelmayer’s visit to them in 1744—Father Font’s in 1775—Visit to the 
Casas Grandes of the Gila—Description of these ruins—Evidences of a 
former large population—Irrigating canals—Broken pottery—Father 
Aztec origin of these buildings not well founded—Excessive heat, . . 261 
CHAPTER XXXIIL 
CASAS GRANDES TO SANTA ORUZ. 
Leave the Gila—T. the desert a party of Ameri 
cans at midaight—Stopped by the sehen terest. sit 
Pack mules and cattle missing—Picacho mountain—Vegetation a the 
desert—Second night’s marech—Arrival at ise Blanco— 
Arrival of Mexican troops—Campaign against the Apaches—Meet Mr. 
Coons with 14,000 sheep—His disasters—Visit ; from General Blanco” 
