The Arizona sentinel., 1879-04-12

height, and as erect and perfect
as it was when erected, probably
over a thousand years ago.
Within this enclosure is the ruin
of a structure of roughly hewn
stones, 275 by 200 feet, one of the
interior walls of which still be-
trays perfectly distinct tracingS
OF drawing of the sun.
Aft southeast corner Of the
wail isa tower which must have
been of considerable altitude, as
The rain itsalf is atrresent % feet
in height. On the southwest
corner is also a companion ruin
at present 81 feet in hcignt. j ne
tops of these columns are crumb-
ling, as a great pile of debris at
the base of each shaft unmiStak-
ably shows. Plate, pottery and
carved stone are scattered in all
directions, some of which still
exhibit a process Of indelible
staining anC glazing. 1nese
ruins are stu a,ed upon a piece
of rising plain, which was va
tered by'a system of canals fun-
ming from the ella, few
miles away. The country about
is wild and desolate, and, as far
as is known, 10 savan has tarried
long admist the ruins of this un-
covered Palenque upon the inhos-
pitdbIe banks of the 0iia; no
nOmad has pitched mis- evening
tent upon the plains Of this min
viting Arizona COpan; the Ap che,
even, in his intermittent pere-
grinatIons, has possibly never
camped upon this spot 50 pro-
mi5cuously strewn with the ar
chitectural frag lent5 Of lost
rtce-this Atlan exposed, the
/ heart of silent wilderness. The
+ Cereu, Gig Anteus, which dos
the landscape o'er,' tower in oil
direrti-.is, and in the evening
stand like colossal sentries doing
bivouac duty on this outpost of
solitude AM antique civilization.
This Cercus Gig&nteus only
grows between the Rio Grande
/ and COlorodO, and IS the giant
plant which Humboldt declared
was worth a trip from Europe to
see.
Another attraction to the Ari-
z0na eXcu i0nist VIII prove to- be
the Pima and Narirapa Indians.
rhe Maricupa- number about
1 500, men. women I'd lildren.
The WON, 3ud girls re more
comely t. io.S upon and cleaner
looking th3n any Indian women
west of tt ~ Mississippi except the
t'imas, Il cir neighU0rs, me Mo-
raves, on he Colorado river, and
the Indian women in the Indian
Territory and in centr Texas.
These InGIano follow agricultural
pursuits; and are very much do
neSticdted in Their ways. The
! WOufen wear skirts from their
waists to their knees, and paint
then 4, 'eS.
The fim9s number about Il, 600,
IA. told, and siead about the same
kim e life as that followed ny
hkil !. Selsl}orss the Narieopas.
Th lsitlls> stAn dress 40 ut the
81 ne IS fsas - tricraas. and are as
ieaftd in theE MODES OF
avis1 1dch tribe has i @uguage
!, of its own, but e,ch unltersIarstfSs
Eii6 Olll&I ~s4-s--
ways addresses the Pilnst in the
formers lang gl.,.1--e, and is sespon
dpd to by the PIN in the latter's
tongue, and vice versa. The two
tribes are in perfect amlty Wlth
each other. and often interinarry;
but the MlricOpa husband and
Pima wife, or the Pima husband
and Maricopa wife, always adj
!, dress each other in the language
of their respective tribes: nc
Pima or Maricopa ever killed
white man except in Il fracaS oUl U
individual vende ia, and they are are
at present at peace with al otnel tl
tribes, except the ApacheS' W Nv -.
/ are mostly upon the San Callo;
reservation. The Pimas are, ao !
general thing, a little taller ina, ina,
? the MAricopas. Both tribes WORE
? nortio,,S of the wear, ana ralSi