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 | | These Patayans, he theorized, were indeed curious in that they had voluntarily chosen one of the continent's most inhospitable areas in which to live. |
 | | And refusing to use the river's waters for farming„like their neighbors downstream and inland to the east did„they pursued a nomadic life, their wanderings dictated by the search for acorns, pinions, cactus fruit, seeds, grains, bulbs, roots and berries on which they subsisted. |
 | | Whether the Patayan theory is ever proven or not, it is a fact that today's Chemehuevis, numbering approximately 2,000, and having moved to the west side of the river, are still with us. |
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