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Apaches in the south, Comanches and Navahos in the east, Utes and Navahos in the north, Mohaves and Yumas in the west began to encroach upon them.

From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by James, George Wharton

Indians, numbering about 1,500, inhabit the country near the Colorado River, north of the Mohaves, ranging a considerable distance into the interior.

From The Indian Question (1874) by Walker, Francis Amasa

"Willett says from round the point they can see two more signal fires toward the north-east, just the way to the Apache Mohaves!"

From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Post, Charles J.

And she came to the Mohaves and lived there in a high mountain, Cheof Toe-ahk, or tall mountain, which has a cliff very hard to climb, but Tobacco stood up there.

From Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona by Lloyd, J. William

Roberts, Privates Drew, Flynn, and Keegan, and six Mohaves, making twenty in all.

From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel