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.

TIMELY CA UTION TO JIMM Y.
a people who were not only versed in manufactures and
agricultural pursuits, but civilized to a far greater degree
than are the inhabitants of the valley at the present day.
As we expected soon to reach the city of Zuni, I took
()ccasion to caution Jimmy against attempting to form any
matrimonial alliances with the fair daughters of Zuni, aspuring him, upon the word and honor of a traveller, that it was
the custom of the people to put before strangers "the fairest
of their fair," for the purpose of inducing them to remain
in the pueblo and marry, only to be put to death as soon as
the unfortunate victim who should have listened to the voice
of the siren, had been left by his comrades in their midst.
In support of the truth of my statement, I boldly related to
Jimmy the old Indian legend, that the Zunis are indebted
to the Welsh for their light hair, blue eyes, and clear complexion. The legend runs after this way:
"A company of Welsh miners having accompanied Prince
Madoc in his voyage of discovery early in the twelfth century, by some means found their way into the kingdom of
Cibola with their women. The people extended to them
every kindness and courtesy, and finally induced them to
take up their abode with them permanently. After a brief
residence among them, the Zunis massacred every man of
the party, and taking their women to wife, had finally succeeded in producing the present blue-eyed race of Indians."
I also referred Jimmy to the sad fate of the negro Esteva,
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