The Lloyd Group, Westfield, N. J.
Copyright, 1911, by John William Lloyd
January 20th, 1904.
This is to certify that the myths and legends of the Pimas derived by J.William Lloyd from my granduncle, Thin Buckskin, thru myinterpretation, are correct and genuine to the best of my ability tointerpret them.
Edward H. Wood,
(Pima Indian)
Sacaton, Arizona.
The Story of these Stories
When I was at thePan-American Fair, at Buffalo, in July, 1901, I one day strolled intothe Bazaar and drifted naturally to the section where Indian curioswere displayed for sale by J. W. Benham. Behind the counter, assalesman, stood a young Indian, whose frank, intelligent, good-naturedface at once attracted me. Finding me interested in Indian art, hecourteously invited me behind the counter and spent an hour or more inexplaining the mysteries of baskets and blankets.
How small seeds are! From that interview came everything that is inthis book.
Several times I repeated my visits to my Indian friend, and when Ihad left Buffalo I had learned that his name was Edward Hubert Wood,and that he was a full-blooded Pima, educated at Albuquerque, NewMexico.
Afterward we came into a pleasant correspondence, and so I came toknow that one of my Indian frie