The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

A AVA TJOE VISITOiR.
old man fully sixty years of age, and saying, abruptly,
"Here's a Navajoe," turned away.
The old man squatted himself upon the grass, and drawing his knees almost up to his chin, seemed to await my
pleasure.
Finding him able to speak Spanish pretty well, and posted
on all matters pertaining to his people, I gleaned from ILim
much interesting and valuable information, of which I wvill
give the reader the benefit, hoping it may amuse and instruct him as much as it did me; for but little is known
concerning this once formidable, but now nearly extinct,
race of Indians.
He said that the Navajoe country extended from the Rio
Grande to the Colorado of the West, and was about one
hundred and twenty-five miles northwest of the Apache
village. That the Moquis lived ill the Nava.joc coulntry,
and their houses were built of stone, and situated( upon
the tops of high mesas, but that the Navajoes knew little
about them.
The Navajoes have no fixed residence, but wander at will
over the country, stopping wherever night overtakes them.
They number about twelve thousand souls, and of late years
have not been much inclined to the war-path, as they are
growing very rich.
They have large herds of cattle, also many fine horses
and mules; but their sheep are by far the most valuable
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