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. as his means will permit, to compensate them for the 
loss of their daughter, whose services are to them a 
matter of consequence. 
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Indian Flute, and Rattle of Deer’s Hoofs, 
Among both the Coco-Maricopas and the Pimos, 
the women do the principal part of the work. Besides 
taking care of the children and attending to the house- 
hold matters, they grind the corn, make baskets, gather 
mezquit beans, help till the ‘ground, and sometimes 
spin and weave. 
The men plant and gather the crops, and take care 
of the animals. This I believe is all they do; and as 
the performance of these duties is not a very onerous 
task, they are idle the greater portion of the time. Their 
implements of husbandry are steel hoes and axes which 
they obtain from the Mexicans, harrows, and occasion- 
ally a long-handled spade. Grinding corn on the me- 
tates, or stones, is a work of great labor, and comes 
hard on the poor women, who are obliged to get upon 
their knees, and exert the whole strength of their arms 
