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.

MARRIAGE CONTRACTS.
Prohibitory Law were strangers to them. I also learned that
the crime of murder was unknown in their nation, that they
never made war, but were brave and valiant when attacked.
At home the Moquis go about their houses naked, breechclout and moccasins excepted. Their women are very pretty,
as well as industrious, and have a manner of dressing their
hair, which, to the initiated, proclaims their condition in life.
If unmarried, they do it up in two inverse rolls, which
gives to the head a very singular appearance, not unlike that
of having horns; after marriage, it is worn in two large
braids on each side of the face.
A proposal of marriage always emanates from the fair
damsel herself, who, after selecting the happy youth, informs
her father of her choice, and he forthwith proposes to the
father of the lucky swain, who is never known to refuse to
sanction the choice.
The preliminaries being thus happily arranged, the young
man is required to present his bride with two pair of moccasins, two pair of fine blankets, two mattresses, and two
sashes, which latter articles are considered very ornamental
by them all. The young woman, in her turn, is obliged to
furnish a goodly store of eatables cooked by herself, as a
proof that she is capable of making home attractive, so far
as creature comforts are concerned, and then the marriage
is celebrated with dancing and feasting.
This union continues until one or the other of the par
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