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Show ARIZONA. Muni uf What Spie.nr 1ms Seen. A fuuuliy tint is "(ir;tiid, (.linniiy mill IVfiiliiir." "Uoiuulys" umi 'ToUcaus." 'I'lio N it v u.l o IihIIiiiim (.Special Corr.spon.l.'iHvof Hut llniu.n ) Moan Coi'i-iK, April 1, lS7tl. In my lant letter 1 left otl at Lee's iVny, iVom which it is eight miles to NAVA.lO M'lIISiIs, whfio we found the fimt v-it and water, but no wood. A flfT this there is no lack of gnuss plenty of it everywhere. I havo ridden and packed boi-fn-rt all winter without a mouthful of ur.iin of any kind only the wild grasps to pick for (heir living. liv-ing. Of euuie, tiiey became poor (luil honest), yet 1 am still wurking them daily. From Navajo sprli igs to I litter springs is ten miles. The water lu re is salt, bill is good now. In the heal of summer it gets t silt and bitter for use. t l . .i. i...,t. i ti... water here is only that which it caught in boles in the ll.it rocks. No wood at either ul these spring. 'I hence it is twenty-nine miles tn Cottonwood Cot-tonwood hp rings, witii plenty o! cedars along the road. Tims far we follow tho wagon road, which extend to Moan Coppio and Little Colorado. We are nl.vi traveling around the are of a circle, or rather c enii-eirele, under the high lints or bin lis which break down hum the high country that K pes oil to the ea,-L inio A OKKAT VALI.KV, around tind in which the N'avajoes hold dominion, to the northeast of which, near tho con I hie neo ot the ?an Juan river with tho Colorado, is Nuvujo 1'onk. l'n is country is an extensive plain-liko plain-liko region, sandy everywhere, with bo-and rulges coveitd wuh cedar-, valleys and wa.-h-outa, such as ei'si :n all eandftone countries I (ere a:.d there are little hills pud high points, oec:isini al t" ievat .in n 1. Le monument!., pyramids and wide sandy pi:iin. There are also great big viOLUKN VtLl.OW 1111.1.-. of foil eand, with not a sp. i 1; or' heio..gt oti tmiii, looking a il tiu- ii ad been bronzid and varni-'he.l. Then again are i.crcs ot s;iMoth, 11 it rocks as cleanly swept by the win !s as if done hy a troim. Clusf by, or on them, are bare rocks wila yrc.Lt round holes, Iroin twenty to one iundnd leel deep, swept out by Jk' winds, leaving in the centres g.-c it caMle-liko niouumenL-i, which . :u 10 he decorated with every kiu.l uf sculp'urc, of men, animals and groups. These, with the yellow hii;s, tt if r.-..-L- H.-wir- in.l nmwi.mil ,.n.i of little round stones piled up in heaps, prosed a queer and grote-tj le appearance. In all this country there is much to admire in sceneiy; beautiful landscapes are ploniii'.il, (but waterscapes arc very scarce J THE NAVAJO XATION now r.etds a few lines of speoiai t notice. Tiiry are a naiion of a1 1 1 H'.eX'O lo 12,eMJ souli. txtendiui: Irom Lee's ferry far into New Mexio and Color.uio 'i'neir principal ageii.:. is at Fort Defiance (called T20 11.1t --ol They arc the best looking Indians I ever saw; have better he-ads and faces; better phrenology anJ physiognomy physi-ognomy than any others. Their squawg partake of the same, and are more like white women in their dress, behavior and deportment. Tueir men also treat their women who more courtesy and poiilen ;-s. The natives are nomadic in THEIR WAV OF LIVING, moving from place to place with tin. ir herds of horses and sheep as water and grass are rcemircd. Vet they have a regular fixed homt, where they have made houses or wickiups (called by them kichu), built of sticks or poles and covered with whatever what-ever they can get, for anything wili do in a land where it seldom rains. They also raise corn, beans, cotton, and many other things, 113 well aj droves of sheep. The cotton they spin into chain and the wool into warp, which they weave into tin-well-known Navajo blankets (calhd Bit-clat-dy). They are an industrious indus-trious people, the men working as weil a the women. During the late war, KIT CAiSON went into their country, destroyed their houses, cut down their peach trees, and killed, it is said, 210,000 ol their sheep, which is a pretty big 6tory chance to drop ofi a few lambs and Btill make a good story of it. They are very shrewd and cunning, full of fun and mischief; like to he noticed; rtilt talk with, you at all timca and try to learn your language- and teach you theirs. They divide the white people oil into only two classes "Gom 0-ljV ar.d "Pelicans" (Mormons and Americans). Ameri-cans). They piy very little regard to the eighth and ninth commandments, yet their chiefs will not allow them to steal from white folks. An . lxsta:;ceok their deal ng in this respect recently came under my notice. As I was gning up lo ; Kanab I met two Mcquitch (Ilopees) who told mo that two Navajoes had stolen some cattle from the Piariah. I sent word to Piariah, where it was 1 lound to be true that the cattle had ' been stolen as the Hopeea said. From , Kanab I went to Moan Coppie, and , was about to tell the settlers there ol i it, when they told me that come : Navajo chiefs had been there and told them all about it, and promised to return the cattle. On my return Irom San Francisco mountain I learned that the cattle had been returned, re-turned, and a promise made to STEAL NO MORE. Thia is doing belter than white folks would, for they would have called upon the thieves to "divy" the beef. So much for Navajoes. I ill now return to where I left oil, on the road to Moan Coppio. From this road to tho southwest for about thirty miles is a groat plain, continuation of lions; Hock valley, extending OVER TO THE LITTLE COLORADO. Ab I eaicl before, that part of the Ivibab or Buckskin mountains that lies south of the Big Colorado (or, a.-, the Indians call it, I'y-sish-a-weej is called the Coahaniny mountains, along the eastern base of which runs the Little Colorado. I went down a canon near the confluence of this stream with the Pysishawee. I was I all day going down and back, and it was as hard a day's work 11s I ewr did. I was lame fur n week a t- r wards. The canon was not iong but deep. It was with the greatest ditliculty that I climbed back. At the bottom, on the Little Colorado, it was over 2,000 feet deep and onlyj a few rod nub! ul L.th t..p and ln,. torn. 'I' ho inn con id not hlinie into il at iniddav. It wun il.uk, di.-inal, damp, Mill ami frihttul. I haw vi.v ited tNiaiMia l.d's umny tuiie-t The . IhiMeel tall nl ln.it. hiiui niill-dani ih only a toy trap arrangement Ijl.-uIi tho MIGHTY ANinTIMill'H' I'lNoNS, CIIA.-'MS, eraj1 and precipices of this country. Thorn is u groat Iclgu uf rock nail cropping on i in the walls ol the Pymhawee, new tho mouth ol the Little Colorado. Another time 1 was passing ulolig on tho southwest nii'ii nl ibis alroain, betwuen it and the Coahiiniuy nioun-taiiiH, nioun-taiiiH, when I came upon the edge of a precipice, beneath which wail Ihit little stream, thoun:tnils ol leel hi low. It was a h'htlul cha.sm to look down into, milking out-'s head nwiin with di.ineii.i, and tho hi i cam below look.d more like a llame ol Die than a stream of water. Willi a very little imagination olio could see llm loL kouIh in THIS "iNFI-KN'U," cancelling the deeds done in the hotly. Dante would have born more poelie il be could have een thi. It wn.i highly grand and Mililinie, but noinoin y in n, fo we p i-t on. tound a large Vein or dyke ol quart., that came up whin hi vertically, out-ling out-ling oll'the r d nand-Urno lottii.ttioii on the ea I toim the limelnue on the west. line an found plenty ol tU.l, boili of ijiuirl and calciie. indicating a countiy containing Uiln gold ami le.id ores there being iron stained iiiail. and lead ochi, h in the llo.il. V e diil not pro-p- el u, lieeau.-e tin-re w.is i.o water, nor lor ninny mile aramd. Uur imrses w, nl ten day:, whl.-ui liaing water but once, the j wi.-i de the niouutaine, the In- j Cl.l:MTY OK OAIX.NA ' in tiie hm .-lone formation, and snine !d:,y tins mount un will hirui-li a good ' mi. ling dlrict. I Over the mountain lo the south -wi r-t, in a deep, wide c.iu m that runs jd.'wn Iron i Nn-v.ih tu que niuiintain j (S.in Fr.meii o) i,, the Ci.l-.rado river, jlivo tl.e t'oahauiny Indians, nboiit I ;'..)U iu niui.in r. '1 nit cmi m i- a d. ep, fliroad gulch, with a big spring al itn I liead, that makes quilo a lit'l-- creek and ullonU water for irrig ition, mi th.tl tin y can rae corn and v. gc l.tbh s. I'ney are a very scurvy I. '. of i rem g.uie Ap.ieln who want nothing ' to do witii Ide "Pelican." Tin y j t,.iv some ncii eopper inines in t:ie'r I gu.eh, ":neoI woicii have i'iile re-ct re-ct ntly hi en Mm :uid locatnl by I I'i. rcc .uid ittiieis irom St. ti.ore. I II i, a.-o t-i.d bv the Indian that j thi re i- yo'd m their gulcli. Tne j gulch is mi;ifi-:i!'!o lor bi res, ex-: ex-: c ; t al a gn al rir k. Srw. Siulibn UiM'h ul'.lu.i. Wlultmuorfl. A fu.V Mlilllll'tt beful,' III O'clock l;mt llijlil il . i.lip'.i: nl l-u)'ri lepiu tcil lit thti pulieu idliee tli.it u eli iinlceii man wna lyiii mi tbu tiidi.w'iill; m nth of 111" ethnic cliuifli. An ollit't r pru-tieedul pru-tieedul lu the pl.u-tt, when lie lound lliiit liic hiippiMed tlriliil;cn ill. ill w.ta the- curpKO of Joaepll W'bitti iiinri', a !;ui.: mith nutl well-known well-known citizen of S.Jt I.iko. Ho hm) been tleiul but ii few iiiuiiirntH when tbu ullieer nrriv.il, tin the body wu yet Wiirin. llu wm taken to tho city ball anil bin wile, who it:- f.iilcH in die i:iiii wiinl, uoiilied. It U llri)iij;lit licit bew;i.H froiu hume bnin bit; simp tin (iniinereiiil Hlreel, when lie lell ;n,d expired nl the phiee whore In: w.ih mil rw.uilM discovered. |