300 CASAS GRANDES TO 
were to support the Mission and its priests. The 
Anglo-Saxon pioneer entered the wilderness with his 
axe, his plough, and his rifle; and after he had erected 
his own dwelling, the mill and blacksmith’s shop rose 
up. Lands were brought into cultivation, the mecha- 
nic arts flourished ; and when the colony became large 
enough and rich enough to support a pastor, a church 
was built. For the results of the two modes of coloni- 
zation, compare Texas, New Mexico, California, So- 
nora, and Chihuahua, before the three first became 
annexed to the United States, and the States of Ohio, 
Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. The latter had attain- 
ed more wealth, more population and importance, and 
had done quite as much towards promoting Christianity 
in the first ten years after their settlement, as the 
former States had in two centuries. 
Near by is a fertile valley, a very small portion of 
which is now tilled: although from appearances, it was 
all formerly irrigated and under cultivation. I tried — 
in vain to purchase vegetables. A more, thoroughly 
lazy set of people, I never saw. The Pimo and Coco- 
Maricopa Indians of the Gila, are infinitely superior to 
them. Whether a proximity to the church and the 
worthless half-civilized Mexicans has reduced them to 
this state of indolence and poverty, I know not; but 
if so, they. would better have remained in their native 
valleys, and never seen the faces of white men. | 
Leaving the village, we rode on a mile further, and 
stopped in a fine grove of large mezquit trees near the 
river, where there was plenty of grass. 
We remained here until 3 o'clock, p. u., when we 
resumed our journey along the valley as before, 
