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what garments were considered by my fair acquaintances to q 
be most appropriate, and what heathens were to be the . 
fortunate recipients of their gifts. At last, in an unguarded — 
moment, the secret came out—they were red flannel petticoats — 
for the North American Indians. In my ignorance I laughed L, 
at the novelty of the idea; I even made fun of it, regardless 
of their wounded feelings. But of the existence of Papagos I ; 
was then entirely ignorant, so that great was my wonder and — 
delight when I made the discovery that the most highly-prized — 
garments worn by the squaws were red flannel petticoats. 
There they were, without a doubt; almost every woman wore ~ 
one. Their breasts were bare, and no stockings covered their — 
legs, but the garment of garments, so modest and unobtrusive, 
could not be overlooked. : 
All the water of the river being absorbed by the Hacienda | 
de la Labor, eight miles of dusty road have to be traversed — 
before any more cultivation is seen, and then another large — 
farm is passed—the Hacienda del Alamita—owned by Signor 
Inigo, and containing several thousand acres of irrigated land. 
A wood, nine miles lorig, lies between this place and the capital — 
—Hermosillo; and when we arrived at the entrance to it, we 1 
found three poor labourers and a woman, each armed with a— 
bayonet only, waiting for an escort of some sort through the — 
wood. All day long they had been wanting to return to their 
own village, but so unsafe was it to pass through the wood E 
that they feared to proceed alone. Our three revolvers and — 
two repeating rifles gave them confidence, and they trotted q 
close behind us all the way. We passed a mule which had 1 
been killed the day before ina skirmish, and the vultures were — 
anxiously waiting on all sides for the dainty meal to putrefy- ; 
At another place, where an arroyo crossed the road, one of the : 
- Men pointed to some large rocks, and said, “There has been q 
