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.

DESCENT OF THE APACHES.
reation, it will be seen that they firmly maintain and cling
to the idea of an entirely distinct and separate nation from
either the Pueblos or Navajoes, from which latter nation
they assert the Apaches are an offshoot.
If this latter assertion be the truth or not, it is certainly
a fact that the distinguishing traits and characteristics of
the three nations are most admirably and truthfully portrayed in the legend, and to this day are most plainly and
perceptibly noticeable in the habits and customs of the
different tribes.
If a Navajoe sees an object that pleases his eye or
strikes his fancy, he will make any sacrifice to obtain it;
although it may have no intrinsic value, or be of the least
possible use. On the other hand, a Zuni or Pueblo cannot be
induced to purchase anything that is not of use or has not a
specific value.
Again, the Navajoes have never had a fixed residence, but
wander at will over the country with their flocks and herds,
without any local habitation or chief, save that the wealthiest
men of the tribe are generally regarded as leaders or chiefs;
each one having his own set of adherents and retainers. In
this particular, they are not unlike the old feudal chiefs of
the Scottish Highlands.
The Pueblos have governments of their own; the people
live in well-constructed houses; all cultivate the earth to
a greater or less extent, and are in some degree skilled in
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