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get them, and deer-skin leggins. Most of them wear 
unbleached cotton or calico shirts, which they obtain 
of the Indian traders or at the settlements. 
Apache Head-dress and Boots. 
On one occasion our camp was visited by a band 
of Navajo Indians, four hundred of whom were 
encamped on the banks of the Gila. This is a formida- 
ble, warlike, and treacherous tribe, which descend from 
their strongholds in the canons west of Santa Fe, and 
rob the inhabitants of New Mexico of their cattle and 
sheep. They had heard of our party, and had taken 
advantage of the friendly manner in which the 
Apaches came to us, to accompany them. With the 
exception of a different style in their boots, and in the 
manner of arranging their hair, their dress appeared 
the same. Their bows, arrows, and lances were the 
same, and the helmet-shaped head-dress did not mate- 
rially differ. The Navajos had a very fine description 
of woollen blanket of their own manufacture, which 
they use to cover their bodies when it is cold, as well 
