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ters which they have obtained from passing emigrants, 
recommending them to the favor and kind treatment 
of others. They prize these certificates very highly. 
July 2d. This morning, Francisco, the Maricopa in- 
terpreter, breakfasted with me, and, from his ease at 
table, showed that he had been among civilized people 
before. He was well dressed, having on pantaloons, a — 
shirt, and hat. He isa man of much intelligence and 
shrewdness, and expressed a desire to serve us. The 
Americans who had been through these villages before, 
he said, had given his people very little, although they 
had done much for them. They had brought the 
Americans wood and water, and had acted as guides, 
sometimes accompanying them many miles, and he him- 
self had acted as interpreter for all parties, but had 
received little or nothing in return. Besides this, his 
people had often given corn, melons, and vegetables, 
to ours; but the Americans had told them they were 
very poor (as they doubtless were), and had neither 
clothes nor goods with which to reward their kind- 
ness. He said they sometimes received money 
from the Americans; but it was of little use to them, 
as they wanted mamta (white cotton) and shirts. I told 
Francisco, in reply, that those he referred to were 
mostly families of poor emigrants, who had left their 
homes, and were going to California in the hope of 
doing better ; and that before I left, if his people con- 
ducted themselves well, I would not only pay him for 
all I received, but would make him and the other chiefs 
of his tribe presents, to induce them to treat all other 
Americans who might pass their villages with kind- 
ness, and supply them with what they could spare. 
