March 26 18879

in which they live is from 1/2 to 1/4 of a mile wide. there
is but 2 points whare this valley can be reached, that
is in a stratta of soft material by the ware of time
has worn away so that a trail is made but it requires
a steady nerve & clear head to pass down this trail
after passing down 1000 feet you can look down into
the valley some 3000 feet into what appears to be the last
Jumping off place the trail is from 4 to 8 feet wide
there are but few men who can bear to look down
into the giddy sight and some have to be tied onto
the Asses or Mules and Blindfolded in order to make
the descent. The Indians say there are falls betwen
their village and the Colorado River grand Beyond description
In this deep and Beautiful valley thes Indians live
they have an orchard of Peach trees and raise an
abundance of fruit as well as all the grain and vegitables
they consume. They go out of this valley and kill all
the deer & Antilope they need & dress the skins for
clothing and trade for other things Blankets &c and are
called the Indian Princes of Arizona. They are vary
friendly and hospitable to any strangers who have
corurage Enough to go among them, But vary few white
men have Ever visited their location Andrew H Gibbons
and some other Brethren have visited them. They all live
in Dens and caves of the Earth 4000 feet Below the
level of the Earth above them. They formerly used ladders
made of Dose to shorten the distance they will communicate
upon any subject except Mining or oorses they will not speak of

March 26 1879 in which they live is from 1/2 to 1/4 of a mile wide. there is but 2 points whare this valley can be reached, that is in a stratta of soft material by the ware of time has worn away so that a trail is made but it requires a steady nerve & clear head to pass down this trail after passing down 1000 feet you can look down into the valley some 3000 feet into what appears to be the last Jumping off place the trail is from 4 to 8 feet wide there are but few men who can bear to look down into the giddy sight and some have to be tied onto the Asses or Mules and Blindfolded in order to make the descent. The Indians say there are falls betwen their village and the Colorado River grand Beyond description In this deep and Beautiful valley thes Indians live they have an orchard of Peach trees and raise an abundance of fruit as well as all the grain and vegitables they consume. They go out of this valley and kill all the deer & Antilope they need & dress the skins for clothing and trade for other things Blankets &c and are called the Indian Princes of Arizona. They are vary friendly and hospitable to any strangers who have courage Enough to go among them, But vary few white men have Ever visited their location Andrew H Gibbons and some other Brethren have visited them They all live in Dens and Caves of the Earth 4000 feet Below the level of the Earth above them. They formerly used ladders made of Dose to shorten the distance they will communicate upon any subject except Mining orores they will not speak of