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[784] Among the Navajos 'Immediately after a death occurs a vessel containing water is placed near the dwelling of the deceased, where it remains over night; in the morning two naked Indians come to get the body for burial, with their hair falling over and upon their face and shoulders. When the ceremony is completed they retire to the water, wash, dress, do up their hair, and go about their usual avocations.'
_Bristol_, in _Ind. Aff. Rept. Spec. Com._, 1867, p. 358. The Navajos 'all walked in solemn procession round it (the grave) singing their funeral songs. As they left it, every one left a present on the grave; some an arrow, others meat, moccasins, tobacco, war-feathers, and the like, all articles of value to them.' _Pattie's Pers. Nar._, p. 119; _Revista Cientifica_, tom. i., p. 57. 'A los ninos y ninas de pecho les llevan en una jicara la leche ordenada de sus pechos las mismas madres, y se las echan en la sepultura; y esto lo hacen por algunos dias continuos.' _Sonora_, _Descrip. Geog._, in _Doc. Hist. Mex._, serie iii., tom. iv., p. 543; _Neighbors_, in _Schoolcraft's Arch._, vol. ii., p. 133; _Velasco_, _Noticias de Sonora_, p. 280; _Froebel_, _Aus Amerika_, tom. ii., p. 100; _Mollhausen_, _Reisen in die Felsengeb._, tom. i., p. 304; _Marcy's Army Life_, p. 56. 'When a young warrior dies, they mourn a long time, but when an old person dies, they mourn but little, saying that they cannot live forever, and it was time they should go.' _Parker's Notes on Tex._, pp. 192, 236.
[785] _Davis' El Gringo_, pp. 414-5; _Cremony's Apaches_, pp. 250, 297.
[786] 'The quality of mercy is unknown among the Apaches.' _Cremony's Apaches_, pp. 33-4, 193, 215-16, 227-8. 'Perfectly lawless, savage, and brave.' _Marcy's Rept._, p. 197. 'For the sake of the booty, also take life.' _Schoolcraft's Arch._, vol. v., p. 202. 'Inclined to intemperance in strong drinks.' _Henry_, in _Schoolcraft's Arch._, vol. v., p. 211.
'Ferocisimos de condicion, de naturaleza sangrientos.' _Almanza_, in _Doc. Hist. Mex._, serie iii., tom. iv., p. 824. 'Sumamente vengativo.'
_Velasco_, _Noticias de Sonora_, p. 283. 'Alevoso y vengativo caracte ... rastutos ladrones, y sanguinarios.' _Bustamante_, in _Cavo_, _Tres Siglos_, tom. iii., p. 78. 'I have not seen a more intelligent, cheerful, and grateful tribe of Indians than the roving Apaches.'
_Colyer_, in _Ind. Aff. Rept._, 1871, pp. 15, 47, 51; _Garcia Conde_, in _Soc. Mex. Geog._, _Boletin_, tom. v., pp. 314-15, 317; _Doc. Hist. N.
Vizcaya, MS._, p. 4; _Cordero_, in _Orozco y Berra_, _Geografia_, p.
371; _Bartlett's Pers. Nar._, vol. i., pp. 322, 326-7; _Smart_, in _Smithsonian Rept._, 1867, p. 419; _Apostolicos Afanes_, p. 430; _Lachapelle_, _Raousset-Boulbon_, p. 83; _Turner_, in _Nouvelles Annales des Voy._, 1852, tom. cx.x.xv., pp. 307, 314; _Domenech's Deserts_, vol.
ii., pp. 5, 6, 8; _Mollhausen_, _Reisen in die Felsengeb._, tom. i., p.
294; _Mollhausen_, _Tagebuch_, pp. 330, 361; _Bent_, in _Schoolcraft's Arch._, vol. i., p. 243; _Ward's Mexico_, vol. i., p. 580; _Mowry's Arizona_, pp. 31-2; _Pope_, in _Pac. R. R. Rept._, vol. ii., p. 13; _Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept._, p. 14, in _Pac. R. R. Rept._, vol. iii.; _Gallatin_, in _Nouvelles Annales des Voy._, 1851, tom.
cx.x.xi., p. 273; _Gregg's Com. Prairies_, vol. i., pp. 291, 295; _Hist.
Chretienne de la Cal._, p. 99; _Edward's Hist. Tex._, p. 95; _Peters'
Life of Carson_, p. 323; _Soc. Geog._, _Bulletin_, serie v., No. 96, p.
187; _Pike's Explor. Trav._, p. 341; _Ha.s.sel_, _Mex. Guat._, p. 276; _Palmer_, in _Harper's Mag._, vol. xvii., pp. 462-3; _Figuier's Hum.
Race_, pp. 482, 484; _Arricivita_, _Cronica Serafica_, p. 419; _Alegre_, _Hist. Comp. de Jesus_, tom. ii., p. 404; _Ives' Colorado Riv._, p. 44; _Emory's Rept. U. S. and Mex. Boundary Survey_, vol. i., p. 111; _Froebel_, _Aus Amerika_, tom. ii., pp. 475-6, and _Cent. Amer._, p.
527; _Pattie's Pers. Nar._, p. 117; _Whipple_, in _Pac. R. R. Rept._, vol. iii., p. 99; _Sedelmair_, _Relacion_, in _Doc. Hist. Mex._, serie iii., tom. iv., p. 850; see further, _Ind. Aff. Repts._, from 1854 to 1872; _Stratton's Capt. Oatman Girls_, pp. 116, 122.
[787] The Navajos: 'Hospitality exists among these Indians to a great extent.... Nor are these people cruel.... They are treacherous.'
_Letherman_, in _Smithsonian Rept._, 1855, pp. 292, 295. 'Brave, hardy, industrious.' _Colyer_, in _Ind. Aff. Rept._, 1869, p. 89; _Domenech's Deserts_, vol. ii., p. 40. 'Tricky and unreliable.' _Simpson's Jour.
Mil. Recon._, p. 56. The Mojaves: 'They are lazy, cruel, selfish; ...
there is one good quality in them, the exact.i.tude with which they fulfil an agreement.' _Ives' Colorado Riv._, pp. 20, 71-2; _Backus_, in _Schoolcraft's Arch._, vol. iv., p. 211; _Bartlett's Pers. Nar._, vol.
i., p. 329; _Mollhausen_, _Reisen in die Felsengeb._, tom. ii., p. 234; _Eaton_, in _Schoolcraft's Arch._, vol. iv., pp. 217-18; _Hughes'
Doniphan's Ex._, p. 203; _Mollhausen_, _Tagebuch_, p. 384.
[788] _Cortez_, in _Pac. R. R. Rept._, vol. iii., p. 124. 'Estos indios se aventajan en muchas circunstancias a los yumas y demas naciones del Rio Colorado; son menos molestos y nada ladrones.' _Garces_, in _Doc.
Hist. Mex._, serie ii., tom. i., p. 273; also in _Arricivita_, _Cronica Serafica_, p. 472; _Domenech's Deserts_, vol. ii., p. 62.
[789] 'Grave and dignified ... implacable and unrelenting ...
hospitable, and kind ... affectionate to each other ... jealous of their own freedom.' _Marcy's Army Life_, pp. 25, 30-1, 34, 36-9, 41, 60. 'Alta estima hacen del valor estas razas nomadas.' _Museo Mex._, tom. ii., p.
34. 'Loin d'etre cruels, ils-sont tres-doux et tres-fideles dans leurs amities.' _Castaneda_, in _Ternaux-Compans_, _Voy._, serie i., tom. ix., p. 191; _Payno_, in _Revista Cientifica_, tom. i., p. 57; _Escudero_, _Noticias de Chihuahua_, pp. 229-30; _Domenech_, _Jour._, pp. 13, 137, 469; _Soc. Geog._, _Bulletin_, tom. v., No. 96, p. 193; _Neighbors_, in _Schoolcraft's Arch._, vol. ii., pp. 132-3; _Gregg's Com. Prairies_, vol. i., pp. 293, 295; vol. ii., pp. 307, 313; _Gallatin_, in _Nouvelles Annales des Voy._, 1851, tom. cx.x.xi., p. 273; _Shepard's Land of the Aztecs_, p. 182; _Pages' Travels_, vol. i., p. 107; _Calderon de la Barca's Life in Mex._, vol. ii., p. 308.
[790] 'Tiguex est situe vers le nord, a environ quarante lieues,' from Cibola. _Castaneda_, in _Ternaux-Compans_, _Voy._, serie i., tom. ix., p. 165. 'La province de Cibola contient sept villages; le plus grand se nomme Muzaque.' _Id._, p. 163. Of two provinces north of Tiguex, 'l'une se nommait Hemes, et renfermait sept villages; l'autre Yuque-Yunque.'
_Id._, p. 138. 'Plus au nord (of Tiguex) est la province de Quirix ...
et celle de Tutahaco.' _Id._, p. 168. From Cicuye to Quivira, 'On compte sept autres villages.' _Id._, p. 179. 'Il existe aussi, d'apres le rapport ... un autre royaume tres-vaste, nomme villes, et la capitale.
Acus sans aspiration est un royaume.' _Niza_, in _Ternaux-Compans_, _Voy._, serie i., tom. ix., p. 271. 'The kingdome of Totonteac so much extolled by the Father prouinciall, ... the Indians say is a hotte lake, about which are five or sixe houses; and that there were certaine other, but that they are ruinated by warre. The kingdome of Marata is not to be found, neither haue the Indians any knowledge thereof. The kingdome of Acus is one onely small citie, where they gather cotton which is called Acucu, and I say that this is a towne. For Acus with an aspiration nor without, is no word of they countrey. And because I gesse that they would deriue Acucu of Acus, I say that it is this towne whereinto the kingdom of Acus is conuerted.' _Coronado_, in _Hakluyt's Voy._, vol.
iii., p. 378; _Espeio_, in _Id._, pp. 386-394; _Mendoza_, _Lettre_, in _Ternaux-Compans_, _Voy._, serie i., tom. ix., p. 296; _De Laet_, _Novus...o...b..s_, p. 315; _Salmeron_, _Relaciones_, in _Doc. Hist. Mex._, serie iii., tom. iv., p. 100; _Escalante_, in _Id._, pp. 124-5; _Pike's Explor. Trav._, pp. 341-2; _Muhlenpfordt_, _Mejico_, tom. ii., pt. ii., pp. 528-9; _Eaton_, in _Schoolcraft's Arch._, vol. iv., p. 220; _Ha.s.sel_, _Mex. Guat._, p. 197.
[791] _Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept._, pp. 10-12, in _Pac. R. R.
Rept._, vol. iii.; _Simpson's Jour. Mil. Recon._, pp. 128-130; _Hezio_, _Noticia de las Misiones_, in _Meline's Two Thousand Miles_, pp. 208-9; _Chacon_, in _Id._, pp. 210-11; _Alencaster_, in _Id._, p. 212; _Davis'
El Gringo_, p. 115; _Calhoun_, in _Schoolcraft's Arch._, vol. iii., p.
633.
[792] _Whipple, Ewbank, and Turner's Rept._, p. 13, in _Pac. R. R.
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