“Why you come to land of heart-ripping Aztec and fierce Yaqui?”
Looking fearfully over his shoulder, the chief said, “Man, there’s some mean sumbitches on my trail.”
’ “Man, there’s some mean sumbitches on my trail.” ‘
You got that exactly right: The Utes were some mean sumbitches and were the reason cliff dwellers lived how and where they did and (with the other factors mentioned) the reason they departed. Nucluside- (archaeologist)