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Rosario, and the coast streams of Mazatlan, Piastla, Elota and Ta- 

 vala. There are besides these the Culiacan or Sacuda, Imaya, Mo- 

 corito, Ocroni, del Fuerte and Mayo. 



The Indians belong to various tribes. The Coras, Nayarites, 

 and Hueicolhues are found in the south ; north of these dwell the 

 Sinaloas, Cochitas and Tubares ; and still further north, on the 

 streams of the Ocroni, Ahome, del Fuerte and Mayo, we find some 

 tribes of Guasares, Ahomes and Ocronis. The Mayos inhabit 

 chiefly the regions west and north-west of the town of Alamos. 



The white inhabitants of this State are chiefly descendants of 

 emigrants from Biscay and Catalonia in Spain. 



Sinaloa is regarded as a productive State, and yields good crops 

 of grain in the portions which are easily irrigated. Wheat, Indian 

 corn and barley, together with some cotton, sugar and tobacco, are 

 cultivated successfully ; whilst all sorts of fruits and vegetables are 

 found in abundance. 



The principal towns are Mazatlan, a port with anchorage on the 

 west coast, which is much visited by European and American ves- 

 sels, and has been the seat of a very large smuggling trade in which 

 the wares of India and of northern nations were exchanged for the 

 precious metals of Mexico, her grain and skins. 



Asilos del Rosario and the Villa de San Sebastian lie in the de- 

 partment of San Sebastian. San Ignacio de Piastla is the capital 

 of a canton. Culiacan lies in the department of Culiacan. Sinaloa 

 or Villa de San Felipe y Santiago de Sinaloa, the Villa del Fuerte 

 or Montesclaros, and Alamos, are the other towns of note in this 

 State. 



Sinaloa is rich in metallic deposits of base and precious metals, 

 the chief of which are found at Asilos de Rosario, Cosala, Copala, 

 Alamos, and San Jose de los Mulalos. 



THE STATE OF SONORA. 



Sonora bounds eastwardly on Chihuahua and New Mexico ; 

 southwardly on Sinaloa ; and westwardly on the Gulf of California 

 for 238 leagues between the mouths of the Mayo and the Colorado. 

 Its northern boundary is now the line which divides the Republic 

 of Mexico from the Californian possessions of the United States. 



The western and southern portions of Sonora are generally flat. 

 In the south, between the rivers Mayo and Yaqui and the Presidio 

 of Buena Vista, there is a fruitful region, whose productiveness is 



