What to see in America . aise crops in the arid region, and full of prayers and Arizona 447 religious ceremonies largely intended to persuade their godsto send water for the crops. In the northeastern part of Arizona, and extending overinto New Mexico, is the large reservation of the NavajoIndians, who number about 30,000. This reservation exceedsin size the combined area of the three states of Massachusetts,Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Most of it is above analtitude of 6000 feet. The people are pastoral, and ownlarge flocks of sheep and herds of cattle and goats. Themen and boys tend these
What to see in America . aise crops in the arid region, and full of prayers and Arizona 447 religious ceremonies largely intended to persuade their godsto send water for the crops. In the northeastern part of Arizona, and extending overinto New Mexico, is the large reservation of the NavajoIndians, who number about 30,000. This reservation exceedsin size the combined area of the three states of Massachusetts,Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Most of it is above analtitude of 6000 feet. The people are pastoral, and ownlarge flocks of sheep and herds of cattle and goats. Themen and boys tend these animals, raise a few crops, andmake silver ornaments; and the women weave and sellmany blankets. In general they are jovial, truthful, andintelligent, and they are among the most industrious of theIndian tribes. Formerly they were one of the predatorysavage tribes, the terror of the Pueblo people and theirancestors. After the acquisition of the Southwest by theUnited States, they killed many citizens, especially when the. Sheep near Flagstaff 448 What to See in America frontier troops were withdrawn to participate in the CivilWar. It is estimated that the warfare against the Navajosand Apaches from 1849 to 1886 cost the United StatesS50,000,000. Well toward the western side of the state on the Santa Feroute is Flagstaff, which derived its name from a pole erectedby a party of immigrants who camped near by and celebratedthe Fourth of July. It is about 7000 feet above sea level,and is a summer vacation place for Arizonans. The town hasseveral big lumber mills, and is the site of the Lowell Observ-atory, renowned for its investigation of the planet San Prancisco INIountains lie just north of the peaks are visible from points within a radius of twohundred miles, and one of them, with an altitude of 12,611feet, is the loftiest height in the state. Eight miles southwestof Flagstaff is Walnut Canyon, a rent in the earth severalhundred feet deep and three miles long
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