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.

MANNER OF LIVING.
the most beautifui feather-work, which they colored with
dyes, both mineral and vegetable, manufactured by them
selves. They were also well versed in the art of picturewriting, which they practised to a great degree, upon the
walls of their dwellings-as also upoin the walls of their
estufas, or public buildings, which were very smooth and
well-finished, where a kind of record was kept of the remarkable events in their history.
They used a kind of paper made of the cotton cloth abovementioned, prepared with a coating of gum; they also possessed nicely-dressed skins, or kind of Eg,yptian papyrus.
He found among them many beautiful specimens of pottery ware, as well as utensils and vessels made of gold and
silver, of which they had great store. He says some of the
articles manufactured were of fine design and elegant workmanship, made with tools fashioned from copper and tin
amalgamated, which ores were found in great abundance ii
the surrounding mountains. They irrigated their ground,*
and raised corn, beans, and cacao, from the berry of whichi
they made a delicious beverage, called chocotatl. They
also extracted from the stalk of the corn a saccharine matter, from which they manufactured a very good sugar. He
tells of a kind of liquor made from the fermented juice of
the maguey, or Mexican aloe, which was most singular in
its effects. The uses of this plant were truly wondelrful,
* Irrigation is still practised in the Territory.
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