264 INDIANS OF THE GILA, 
formed limbs, owing, in a measure, to the burdens 
they carry on their heads. The men have small and 
slender limbs, and, in their physical development, are 
quite inferior to the tribes between the Mississippi 
and the Rocky Mountains. This is readily accounted 
for by their different modes of life. The Pimos exhi- 
bit a great simplicity of character, more so, I think, 
than the Maricopas, preferring to lead the quiet lives 
of agriculturists to the roving and predatory habits of 
the Apaches, Comanches, Navajos, and others. But 
although they do not like wars, they are by no means 
cowards, and do not hesitate to march against their 
enemies, the Apaches, when it becomes necessary. 
There are no tribes of Indians on the continent of 
North America more deserving of the attention of 
philanthropists than those of which I arm speaking. 
None have ever been found further advanced in the arts 
and habits of civilized life. None exhibit a more 
peaceful disposition, or greater simplicity of character ; 
and certainly none excel them in virtue and honesty. 
They are quite as industrious as their necessities 
require them to be. Possessing no market for the 
sale of their produce, they raise but little more than is 
necessary to supply their own wants. ‘T’o do this, with 
a soil of great fertility, and water at their command, 
requires but little labor. Hence, after their crops are 
in, they have nothing to do until the season arrives to 
gather them. Their granaries are then filled with 
wheat, corn, beans, pumpkins, squashes, mezquit beans 
(their. substitute for sugar), and the fruit of the peta- 
haya; and after that, they undergo another long season 
of inactivity. Our Missionary Societies and Boards of 
