[McGroarty, JS.] . Some idea of thesimplicity of irriga-tion may be gainedfrom this view. Thewater is applied to thegrowing orchard orvineyard through fur-rows or in two irriga-tions a year are suffi-cient, but there is anabundance of water forrepeated Chookchancy tribe, squat people, stupid and slow—the celebrated*Digger Indian, despised and held in contempt by the whitealiens who came among them. Of these there were manycollateral tribes, the Wahtokes of the Kings River foothills, andothers — all squat and squalid, speaking different tongues,without pride or eve
[McGroarty, JS.] . Some idea of thesimplicity of irriga-tion may be gainedfrom this view. Thewater is applied to thegrowing orchard orvineyard through fur-rows or in two irriga-tions a year are suffi-cient, but there is anabundance of water forrepeated Chookchancy tribe, squat people, stupid and slow—the celebrated*Digger Indian, despised and held in contempt by the whitealiens who came among them. Of these there were manycollateral tribes, the Wahtokes of the Kings River foothills, andothers — all squat and squalid, speaking different tongues,without pride or even tradition of ancestry, and withoutinterest in posterity. The saving and uplifting touch of the good**Padres never reached them. And when the white man came to stay he too found theSan Joaquin Valley a happy hunting ground. His riflekept him well supplied with food. Huge bands of elk andantelope were everywhere to be seen. But they are to be seen nomore. They have disappeared almost as completely as theredmen. Hunters and trappers did the work. The United States Govern-ment also equip-ped at one time
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