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physically, being large boned, strongly 

 built, and clear skinned. Within a short 

 distance of them, in the high altitudes, live 

 the YValapai, of the same family. They 

 are the direct opposite of the river In- 

 dians — hardy mountain types, physically 

 and mentally quick of action, for their 

 rugged mountain home has ever de- 

 manded of them a hard fight for exist- 

 ence. Adjoining them, in Cataract can- 

 yon of the Colorado, are the Havasupai, 

 also of the Yuman family, whose sur- 

 roundings are truly unique. Though 

 they cultivate small patches in their can- 

 yon home, for subsistence they depend 

 much upon the chase, and, like the Wal- 

 apai, are a wiry mountain people. The 

 Maricopa, another Yuman tribe, who 

 have long lived in the valley of the Gila, 

 exhibit the effect of their Colorado river 

 origin, both in physique and in their 

 slowness of thought. 



The Pima from earliest tradition have 

 dwelt within the Gila drainage in south- 

 ern Arizona. From one point of view 

 they are ideal Indians— industrious, keen 

 of mind, friendly to civilization, and 

 tractable. 



These various tribes have been broadly 

 termed with the Pueblos, the sedentary 

 Indians of the Southwest. Most of them 

 came early in direct contact with Span- 

 ish missionaries, whose ministrations 

 they received in friendly spirit, yet after 

 more than two centuries of zealous effort 

 little has been accomplished toward sub- 

 stituting the religion of the white man 

 for that of their fathers. True, many 

 are professed adherents of the Christian 

 faith, but only in rare instances has an 

 Indian really abandoned his own gods. 

 As a rule the extent of their Christian- 

 ization has been their willingness to add 

 another god to their pantheon. 



The Pimas and Yumas and their allies 

 were the builders of those wonderful 

 monuments of the Southwest which in- 

 dicate that a great population formerly 

 lived there, and has since been dispersed. 



It is very fortunate that a man like 

 Mr Gurtis is able to make a: historical 

 record of the Indians before they have 

 been obliterated. 



BOOKS RECEIVED 



Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter. 



By Theodore Roosevelt. New and enlarged 

 edition. Pp. 420. 6%. x 9J/2 inches. Illus- 

 trated. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. 

 1908. $3.00. 



The California Earthquake of 1906. Edited 

 by David Starr Jordan. Pp. 360. 9x6 inches. 

 Illustrated. San Francisco : A. H. Robert- 

 son. 1907. $3.50. 



California and the Californians. By David 



Starr Jordan. Pp. 48. 7x5 inches. San 

 Francisco : A. H. Robertson. 1907. $0.75. 



The Alps of the King-Kern Divide. By 



David Starr Jordan. Pp. 22. 7 x 4^4 inches. 

 San Francisco : A. H. Robertson. 1907. 

 $0.75- 

 The Mother of California. By Arthur Wal- 

 bridge North. With an introduction by Cyrus 

 C. Adams. Being a historical sketch of the 

 little-known land of Baja, California, from 

 the days of Cortez to the present time, de- 

 picting the ancient missions therein .estab- 

 lished, the mines there found, and the phys- 

 ical, social, and political aspects of the 

 country, together with an extensive bibliog- 

 raphy relative to the same. Pp. 169. 6x9 

 inches. Illustrated. New York : Paul Elder 

 & Co. 1908. $2.00. 



American Communities and Co-operative 

 Colonies. By William Alfred Hines. Second 

 revision. Pp. 608. 5J/2 x 8 inches. Illustrated. 

 Chicago : Charles H. Kerr & Co. 1908. 



The American Constitution. The national 



powers, the rights of the states, the liberties 



of the people. By Frederick -Jesup Stimson. 



' Pp. 259. 5*4 x IYa inches. New York : 



Charles Scribner's Sons. 1908. 



Report of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



Showing the progress of the work from July 

 1, 1906, to June 30, 1907. Washington: Gov- 

 ernment Printing Office. 1907. 



Water Resources of Alabama. By Eugene 

 Allen Smith. Prepared in co-operation with 

 the United States Geological Survey. 1908. 



In Indian Mexico. A narrative of travel and 

 labor. By David Starr. Pp. 425. 9^2 x 6^ 

 inches. Illustrated. Chicago : Forbes & Co. 

 1908. $5.00. 



Mexico, with comparisons and conclusions. 

 By A. A. Graham. Pp. 283. S J A x 7 3 /i inches. 

 Topeka, Kans. : Crane & Co. 1907. 



To the Top of the Continent. Discovery, ex- 

 ploration, and adventure in sub-arctic Alaska. 

 The first ascent of Mount McKinley, 1903- 

 1906. By Fred. A. Cook. Pp. 321. 6% x g]/ 2 

 inches. Illustrated. New York : Doubleday, 

 Page & Co. 1908. $2.50. 



Retrieval at Panama. By Lindon W. Bates. 

 Pp. 554. 6% x 9^ inches. New York : The 

 Technical Literature Co. 1907. 



