252 AT THE COCO-MARICOPA AND . 
remain, who are living among the Pimos and Coco- 
~ Maricopas. Their former dwelling-place was on the 
Gila towards the Colorado. There they were brought 
in contact with the Yumas; and in the constant wars 
that existed between them and the Cawinas, they were 
all exterminated, except the small number which had 
taken refuge here. They speak a language different 
from the Pimos and Maricopas, and I could find but 
one man among the latter who understood it. He 
promised to come and give me the vocabulary, but 
did not again make his appearance. 
July 8th. After breakfast this morning; we struck 
our tents, and bade farewell to our Maricopa friends, 
among whom we had been ten days, with many regrets. 
From the first day of our arrival, they had thronged our | 
camp both day and night; and I am not aware that | 
they ever took an article that did not belong to them, 
nor had there been any difficulty between us, except 
their trying to overreach us in trade. But this did 
not interrupt our friendship, or prevent me from treat- | 
ing them all with kindness. In their intercourse with 
the whites, they are a docile and inoffensive people; | 
but they exhibit the same cruelty as other Indiatts, 
towards those of their red brethren with whom they | 
are at war. They still have occasional fights with the 
Yumas and the Apaches; and should any prisoner fall 
into their hands, they would delight, as much as the 
Apaches do, in putting him to the torture. 
Last winter, while Dr. Webb and his party were 
here, they saw an example of this. It appears that 
when Captain Ximenes, with the Mexican Commissio?, 
was at the Colorado, they induced an intelligent Yuma 
