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ple engaged in their various occupations. The women 
were generally at work grinding their corn or wheat. 
The children were squatting or lying in the shade, 
doing nothing. The cradle was suspended by a cord 
to the roof and kept swinging by the husband, who lay 
stretched at length on his back, or by the children. 
In these communities, there are men who labor in the 
fields, while others lounge about the villages doing 
nothing. They seem to have their dandies and gen- 
tlemen of leisure, as well as their more civilized bre- 
thren. The women, too, were carrying water on their 
heads, or transporting other things in the sprawling 
frames upon their backs. 
At noon, having journeyed about twelve miles 
through these villages and cultivated fields, we reached 
a spot near an acequia, where there was grass, and a 
pleasant grove of mezquit trees. Here we pitched 
our tents, intending to remain a few days. 
We had scarcely got our camp in order, when we 
were surrounded by the Pimos. I sent a messenger to 
inform their head chief Cola Azul (blue tail) who was 
at work in the fields, that I would be glad to see him. 
In a short time he appeared, accompanied by his inter- 
preter Tu-maams. Although it was a dreadfully hot 
day, when we felt like divesting ourselves of as much 
clothing as possible, Cola Azul appeared ina large blue 
blanket overcoat, pantaloons, and a green felt hat, 
while his attendants were either naked, or wore around 
their loins the white cotton blanket of their own manu- 
facture. He at once presented me a number of cre- 
dentials from various American officers, and others, 
who had passed here, and held intercourse with him 
