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INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. 



the Plateau area lived upon wild vegetables, small 

 game, and insects. The sedentaiy peoples of the 

 Southwest placed their first reliance on the crops which 

 their fields produced. These w^ere in earlier times, corn, 

 beans, and squash to which wheat and other small 

 grains and vegetables ha\e been added. Hunting 

 was by no means neglected for flesh was needed to 



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Hoes and Thro\\'ing Stick. 



produce a balanced diet. The wild vegetables in the 

 neighborhood were gathered and preserved for future 

 use. 



Agriculture. The fields of the Rio Grande peoples 

 are situated in the river bottoms and along the smaller 

 streams near their villages. Irrigation is now practised 

 and was being practised at many of the pueblos at 



