cut from the head of each fallen Yuma, but these have since been lost or buried. There were 134 Yumas killed; their bodies were left on the field.
1851–52
Gila Crossing. Two Apaches were discovered near the Maricopa village by Whyenânâvĭm, a Maricopa warrior, who killed one of them before they could escape.
The Pimas went on a campaign against the Apaches on Salt river, near where the present reservation is located, and one of their number was killed.
Blackwater. In this year the Apaches raided a Papago village near Quijotoa, called Koĭ Tatkʼ (mesquite root).[1]
1852–53
For three years the Gila Crossing calendar has nothing but the year marks on it, and the keeper could recall no event for that period.
Blackwater. At the hill shaped "like a nose," in the Santans, the Apaches ambushed a party of Pimas and Maricopas. They sent six men to the Maricopa village, near which they discovered and killed some women. The Maricopa and Pima warriors pursued the Apaches, who retreated slowly, thus luring them within reach of the arrows of the waiting Apaches, who killed four Maricopas and one Pima. The survivors retreated to their supports, who were coming up in such numbers that the Apaches withdrew. The dead were burned that day north of the Santan hills.
At about the same time the Pimas killed four Apaches south of the villages.[2]
When the wheat was ripe [June] the Apaches were pursued north of the Santan hills and four of them killed. Three men are yet living who killed Apaches in this fight.
1853–54
Blackwater. The Apaches came to steal horses and brought a live vulture with them. They were discovered and several killed.
1854–55
Blackwater. The Apaches were reported by the Papagos to be stealing horses in their territory and the Pimas were requested to aid in driving the enemy out of the country. In the Rincon mountains, at Tâva Kosuwa, Turkey Neck, the horse thieves were overtaken and many of them killed. The horse's head indicates the purpose of the Apaches.
