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and allies of some of the Hopi clans, who touched
them in their wide migrations, which brought them to
the "Palatkwabi." This is the Red Land of the
south, lying on the Verde River and its tributaries.
The Hopi lay claim to the Tonto Basin in southern
Arizona, which has been thought to be their ancient
country since far and wide over this southern region
is found the yellow pottery so characteristic of the
golden age of the Hopi. Sometimes still the Hopi
visit the Pima, and it is known that formerly they
joined in a fair that was held in the Pima country and
brought back various commodities in exchange for
their own products. Even today agave sweetmeats
and alder bark, the latter used for dyeing leather, are
found in Hopi dwellings, having been brought from
bej'ond "Apache House," as they call the region
south of the San Francisco Mountains where the
Apache formerly lived.