The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

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him was indeed overwhelming,- the desert on all sides,
with starvation staring them in the face. What was to be
done? Where should they turn for succor?
Just at this juncture a band of Indians were seen approachingc. Telling his terrified family to keep quiet, and no one
would harm them, he walked towards the Indians, and,
addressing them in Spanish, welcomed them to his camp.
Asking them to sit down, he gave them pipes and tobacco,
with the assurance that he would give them food did he
have a supply, and treated them with kindness and consideration in every way. The Indians were close observers
of the enfeebled condition of the emigrants, and after conversing together for a few moments they suddenly gave one
of their terrible war-whoops, and fell upon their victims.
Lorenzo, a boy of fifteen, was first struck on the head
and knocked down. Next half a dozen of the savages rushed
upon Mr. Oatman, and despatched him with their knives,
while Mrs. Oatman and her infant daughter were beaten to
death with clubs. Olive and Mary, the first sixteen, and
the other eleven years of age, were securely held by two
Indians, at a little distance, where they could witness the
terrible scene. Lorenzo was then seized and thrown downii
the rocky side of the mesa, and must have fallen at least
forty feet to the ground below. If any person could stand
and look at the place from which he was thrown, and realize
how it was possible for him to escape instant death, their
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