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.

SHEEP-RAISING.
daily conduct them to the range, and as faithfully lead
them back to the corral at night.
The soil and climate of New Mexico are particularly
adapted to sheep-raising, and siincee the Navajoe Indians
have confined their depredations to the more southern and
western portions of the Territory, the Rio Puerco has
become a favorite grazing region for the rancheros.
To give a slight idea of the depredations committed
by the Navajoes on the settlers in New Mexico, I subjoin the following table of estimates from the report made
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NEW MEXICAN SHEPHERD.
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