The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-05-14
:: =. do~n and catch the quail and hare

car, run down aud eaten tue quALla "nu A
" Their III p principal. articles of clothing are
made of coarse cotton cloth, which they seein
never to wash. Many OF the men Dress III
the breech-cloth only, but are beg,nning nov
to initiate the Mexicans by wearing lne . sc,
rape. or blanket, and not lew wear .ne
sombrero, or straw hat. Their ieet are Pr,
tected by high moccasins OF bucksklp' VIZ
soIes of raw-hlde. The women wear s I'"1
skirt and loose sack, with their halr ialips
over their bare necks. around when one VI
more strings of beads are hung, WIN .oom,
ing-glass attached thereto. The children lun
around in Natures costume, and are NV.
in danger of being switched for solllps 'n'''
new clothes.
THB1R DWELLINGS
are usually above ground and consttuctcu ,. ~
, circnlar form of boughs ana sihall t"I5s'
over which they sometimes throw s.I - >
dirt or skins of wild animals. AT n'gn' ~. tus
family arrange themselves alounu 40 .nr.
Int placing their feet to the centle' LID nJi
thew build small fire If the weather 70 uou,
Tbev have no marriage ceremony a"J Ia5
tto,9 and the bride can usually tase nv.
.rouasea,1 on her back or IN ner hahus' oiS
II the groom possesses any properly Nc - =,
e.Dccted to make presents or ponies o., ~
his new father.in-Iaw. They are poysa,'
mists. and have as many wives as tneJ m mtno
or can get and if their squaWs are no. la.;u
fu they are severely punisheu-" M vo.
mode being to cut OF their noses 10 WV
men have
ALL THB WORK TO Do,
and a more industrious class OF females
have never met. [ have seen tneul chiy
from \ hundred and fifty to two hundreu
mounds of hay, wood, or plumber Tor ions
distances on their backs, while the lazy nus
hand would sit idly by smoking MS cigar
cite.
n.int their faces in hideous manner, ana
before and after a fight all hands engage III
tbr war.dance. They do not practice Scaip'
mo hit mutilate the bodies OF the dead IN
.hnrr;bIe manner, Their arrows are very
iono and usually pointed with iron. In I'LL
inc their ouirers they generally add lew
without points for killing small game, ana IN
= recent fight pugnacious brave, not ten
stems off fired by mistake one Of these com.
n,ratiyely harmless arrows at an officer, strlk'
inr him Immediately over the heart, which
was universally pronounced an arroD es'
cane. The old bow and lance are gradually
Acknowledgements by the improved
fire.arm. which they manage 10 get by rod
berry and trading with the whites
The plant called mescal 1.-THE magusy) fur'
pishes the principal food in time OF want
1t grows in abundance all over the country,
and resembles the racahout of the Arabs. Ihe
bulb is the part used, and its taste is Dl.ter
and scorchng when raw, but sweet When
baked. some what resembling the Yam pota-
to. They regard hog meat with the same
repueuance as the Jews, but delight IN morse
and mule flesh. They dread the raltie,
snakes, which abound in this country: anu
in their opinion are the repositories OF Inc
souls of bad men. .u
They are fond of card playing, and VIII!
gamble of their last garment; are great
smoker. and when idle are given to mo-
notonous kind 1singins.
The Apache language abounds with gut,
teral, Kissing and indistinct ntonatloDs, ana
no effort has ever been made to produce II
in print. -,.,.
/ could write you quite volume about
these remarkable tribes, but knowing short
letters arc most acceptable to daily, and
more generally read will bid you for the
nrespnt sdieu. 5. G. Mop.