DETENTION AT URES. 447 
Cocopas of the Colorado; the Papagos of the interior ; 
the Pimos, and Coco-Maricopas, of the Gila; the Ceres 
of the Gulf of California; and the Apaches. Of 
each of them I shall speak hereafter, in their proper 
places. | 
The exports from Sonora are chiefly wheat and 
flour. Copper was formerly exported in considerable 
quantities; that is now no longer the case. There was 
also an extensive trade in pearls, which were collected — 
by the Indians of the Gulf; but I could not learn that 
much is now done in it. Silver and gold are among 
the exports; but even of these the amount is less than 
in former times. 
Scarcely a week passed during my stay at Ures, that 
I did not hear of murders and robberies by small bands 
of Apaches in the neighborhood. On one occasion, 
sixteen valuable horses were stolen from a single ha- 
cienda, and a boy was carried away captive. Another 
time, several mules were taken from a rancho within a 
mile of the town, and the owner killed. Yet not an 
arm was raised in defence, nor were any steps taken to 
hunt out the thieves and murderers. I cannot refrain 
from relating here an incident that took place near one 
of the frontier towns, which affords a good illustration 
of Mexican pusillanimity. | 
A band of Apaches, venturing into the interior of 
the State, stole a large number of horses and mules, 
which they were driving off. No efforts had been made 
to check them, until at length a party of some forty- 
five men armed with muskets, united for the purpose. 
One of their number was an American, who took a 
prominent part in the expedition. They soon fell into 
