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.

INHUMANITY.
discordant bark of a pack of hungry wolves. Weak as he
was, he fought them off with sticks and stones. Next day
two friendly Pimo Indians found him, nearer dead than
alive, and carried him to their village, where, after weeks
of terrible suffering, he finally recovered.
From the account given by him, it appears that as soon
as the Apaches had finished their murders, they plundered
the wagons, and taking Olive and Mary captives, fled across
the river. The girls were without adequate clothing, bareheaded and bare-footed, yet they were dragged along over
sharp stones and brambles, no heed being paid to their
exhausted condition, the savages even using clubs to force
them along. Their feet were torn and bleeding, and their
flesh lacerated by the thorns of the thickets through which
they had to pass. The younger sister, always a weak,
sickly child, was repeatedly beaten by the savages, who
threatened to kill her if she lagged behind. Late in the
night they halted for a few hours. Sunrise, however, found
them again on the move. Thus they travelled for four
days, the girls enduring the most incredible suffering all
the while. At the close of the fourth day they reached the
Apache village, where they were welcomed by songs,
shouts, and wild dances, which continued with little intermission for three days, the poor children being placed in
the centre of the fiendish circle, and compelled to witness
the most shocking and obscene sights. They were after
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