. To California and back;. FEW miles beyond the Colorado Rivercrossing at The Needles is the railroadstation of that name, where the remnantof the once powerful and warlike Mojavetribe, now become beggarly hangers-on to civiliza-tion, love to congregate and offer inferior wares iiithe shape of bows and arrows and pottery trinkets totravelers in exchange for coin. Their hovels arescattered along the wayside, and the eager congre-gation of women peddlers, some with naked babiessitting stoically astride their hips, and all dubiouslypicturesque in paint and rags, is sufficiently divert-ing. The me
. To California and back;. FEW miles beyond the Colorado Rivercrossing at The Needles is the railroadstation of that name, where the remnantof the once powerful and warlike Mojavetribe, now become beggarly hangers-on to civiliza-tion, love to congregate and offer inferior wares iiithe shape of bows and arrows and pottery trinkets totravelers in exchange for coin. Their hovels arescattered along the wayside, and the eager congre-gation of women peddlers, some with naked babiessitting stoically astride their hips, and all dubiouslypicturesque in paint and rags, is sufficiently divert-ing. The men attain gigantic stature, and are famedfor their speed and bottom as runners; but their abil-ity might be fairly taxed by the tourist of average ca-pacity who for any cause felt himself in danger ofbeing compelled to share their abode or mingle inti-mately with them. A sound-heeled Achilles wouldfair behind in pursuit of the fleer from such a sorryfate. But this is California, the much-lauded land of fruitand flower and s
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