Show remarkable city col doniphan the modern modem xenophon as the papers have christened him met with some strange sights and incident sin his late extraordinary expedition the following is worth recording about the time col do doniphan made bade his s treaty wi with the Navi jos a division of his co command and was entire entirely y out of provisions and the supply supplied its w wants with liberality apportion of the comma command together with col Doni doniphan phin went to the city of the amai indians living on the rio biscow W which nic i h is is i supposed to be a branch of tb the gila made a treaty of peace between the aumais and Navi jos and then returned to the rio del norte these aumais unlike the Navi jos live in a city containing probably six thousand inhabitants who support themselves entirely by agriculture this city is one of the most extraordinary in the world it its is divided into four solid squares having but two streets crossing its centre at right angles all the buildt buildings are two stories high composed of bair brick c the first story presents a solid wall to the street and is so constructed that each house joins until one fourth of the city may be said to be one building the second stories rise from this vast solid structure I 1 so as to designate each house bouse leaving room to walk upon 1 on the roof of the first story between each building fi the e inhabitants of aumai enter the second story of their buildings by ladders which they draw up at night as a defence deonce against any enemy that may be crowling prowling about in this city were seen some albino yr indians indians who have no doubt given rise rise to the story that there is living in the rock rocky mountains a tribe of white aborigines the discovery of f this city of the aumai will afford the most curious curious speculations among those who have so long searched in vain for a city of the indians who possessed the manner and habits of the az tees no doubt we have a race here living as did that people when cortez entered mexico olt it is a remarkable fact that the Suma ians have since the spaniards left eft the country refused to have any intercourse with the modern mexicans mexicans looking upon upon them as an inferior people they have also driven from among them the priests and other dignitaries who formerly had power over them and resumed habits and manners of their own their great chief or the civil and religious head the country iiii the pi cite 1 af of pf S aumai amai i is i is cultivated with a great deal of care an and aaE food not only for the inhabitants but tor for I 1 19 1 a A acocks of cattle and sheep old paper 1 |