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Railway (which cuts through a small part 
of their ancient country) and the Sierra 
Madres proper, or where diligences 
cease to go and all transportation is done 
on mule-back or with donkeys, the Tara- 
humaris have abandoned to invading 
civilization, or have obeyed its mandates 
and become civilized themselves. They 
are only found in a primitive state in the 
Sierra Madres, with the far greater excess 
on the eastern slopes of the wide range. 
Beyond the Tarahumaris to the west are 
the Mayo and Yaqui tribes of Indians, on 
the rich and level slopes of the Mexican 
States of Sinaloa and Sonora; while on 
the north they come in contact with the 
omnipresent and widely feared Apache, 
whose hand was against everyone and 
everyone’s hand against him. 
Though a peaceful tribe of Indians, as 
