268 INDIANS OF THE GILA, 
which I have before spoken. They passed down the 
Gila, which river they struck about the place where 
we were now encamped. ‘The towns were then called 
Uturitue and Sutaguison. I now quote from the jour- 
nal of Father Font, a manuscript copy of which is in 
my possession : 
November Ist. 1775. We left the laguna at half-past 
nine A. M., and at one p. M. arrived at Uturituc. The 
Indians (according to my calculation about one thou- 
sand) received us in two files, the men on one side, 
the women on the other; and when we alighted, they 
all came by turns to salute us, and shake hands with 
us, first the men and then the women ; and they mani- 
fested great joy at seeing us. They lodged us ina 
large shed of boughs, which they erected on purpose, 
and (although Gentiles) planted a large cross in front 
thereof, and then went and fetched water to the camp 
for the people. | 
‘“ November 2d. This being All Souls’ day, we 
three priests said nine masses. We lett Uturituc at 
11 a.m, and at 3 p. wm. stopped on the banks of the 
Gila, near the town of Sutaguison, having travelled 
about four leagues.. The inhabitants of the pueblo 
(town), some five thousand souls, came out to receive 
and salute us with demonstrations of great Joy. On the 
road we passed two other pueblos.” 
At the period referred to, it appears that the Coco- 
Maricopas were not with the Pimos; but in journeying 
down the Gila, at the distance of seventeen leagues 
from the villages of the latter, our travellers met with 
a tribe whom they call the Opas,; and fifteen leagues 
farther, they encountered the Coco-Maricopas, which, 
