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north, as those near Flagstaff, Ariz., 
the cave and cliff dwellings in the Mancos 
Canon, and many others I could men¬ 
tion in our own Southwest. Whatever 
may be the relation between the dead 
and departed northern cliff dwellers and 
their southern living representatives, it 
seems to me that it would well pay some 
scientist to devote a few years to their 
thorough study, as Catlin did so well 
among the Sioux, Cushing with the 
Zunis, and many others I could mention. 
All these Tarahumaris, whether civ¬ 
ilized to the extent of agriculture, living 
in houses, and having the other arts in a 
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crude degree, and embracing Christi¬ 
anity, or whether in the most savage 
state, naked to the skin except rawhide 
sandals, and living in caves or cliffs, while 
still worshiping the sun, and hoping for 
