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title	:	The Gila Wilderness Area : A Hiking Guide
author	:	Murray, John A.
publisher	:	University of New Mexico
isbn10 | asin	:	0826310672
print isbn13	:	9780826310675
ebook isbn13	:	9780585192178
language	:	English
subject	Hiking--New Mexico--Gila Lower Box Wilderness--Guidebooks, Natural history--New Mexico--Gila Lower Box Wilderness, Gila Lower Box Wilderness (N.M.)--Guidebooks.
publication date	:	1988
lcc	:	GV199.42.N62G556 1988eb
ddc	:	917.89/692
subject	:	Hiking--New Mexico--Gila Lower Box Wilderness--Guidebooks, Natural history--New Mexico--Gila Lower Box Wilderness, Gila Lower Box Wilderness (N.M.)--Guidebooks.

Page iii The Gila Wilderness Area A Hiking Guide John A. Murray UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS Albuquerque

Page iv To my brothers, Mike and Bill Design: Milenda Nan Ok Lee Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Murray, John A., 1954 The Gila Wilderness Area. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. HikingNew MexicoGila Lower Box WildernessGuide-books. 2. Natural historyNew MexicoGila Lower Box Wilderness. 3. Gila Lower Box Wilderness (N.M.)Guide-books. I. Title. GV199.42.N62G556 1988 917.89'692 87-35753 ISBN 0-8263-1067-2 (pbk.) 1988 by the University of New Mexico Press. All rights reserved. Sixth printing, 1999.

Page v In that country which lies around the headwaters of the Gila River I was reared. This range was our fatherland; among these mountains our wigwams were hidden; the scattered valleys contained our fields; the boundless prairies, stretching away on every side, were our pastures; the rocky caverns were our burying places. I was the fourth in a family of eight childrenfour boys and four girls.... As a babe I rolled on the dirt floor of my father's teepee, hung in my tsoch at my mother's back, or suspended from the bough of a tree. I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds, and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. When a child my mother taught me the legends of our people; taught me of the sun and sky, the moon and stars, the clouds and storms. She also taught me to kneel and pray to Usen for strength, health, wisdom, and protection. We never prayed against any person, but if we had aught against any individual we ourselves took vengeance. We were taught that Usen does not care for the petty quarrels of men. My father had often told me of the brave deeds of our warriors, of the pleasures of the chase, and the glories of the warpath. With my brothers and sisters I played about my father's home. Sometimes we played at hide-and-seek among the rocks and pines... while our parents worked in the field.... Sometimes we would hide away from our mother to see if she could find us, and often when thus concealed go to sleep and perhaps remain hidden for many hours. When we were old enough to be of real service we went to the fields with our parents; not to play, but to toil. When the crops were to be planted we broke the ground with wooden hoes. We planted the corn in straight rows, the beans among the corn, and the melons and pumpkins in irregular order over the field. We cultivated these crops as there was need. Geronimo, Autobiography (1905)

Page vii CONTENTS Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Part I. The Natural History 1 Ecology 2 The Mogollon Mountains 5 The Uplands 10 The Canyon Bottoms 14 Flora and Fauna 18 Geomorphology and Geography 27 Part 2. The Human History 29 Pre-Mogollon History 30 The Mogollon 32 The Apache 35 The Americans 44 Part 3. Backcountry Travel 49 Weather 50 Hazards in the Wilderness 55 A Wilderness Ethic 65 Cameras in the Desert Mountains 68 River Rafting on the Gila 69 Hunting and Fishing 71 The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument 72 A Note on Archaeological Sites 74 Part 4. Wilderness Trails 75 Trails of the Glenwood Ranger District 76

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