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.

ILVDIANS, AHO Y!
As I contemplated this really beautiful scene, I could not
help contrasting the softness of the picture spread out before
me, with the hard, sterile features of the country over which
we had just journeyed, and I almost felt that I was about to
descend into the "Happy Valley" of Rasselas, instead of
into the home of the cruel and blood-thirsty Apaches, who
were, in truth, the scourge of the land.
As we stood there motionless upon the top of the bluff,
our presence was discovered by some of the Indians in the
village, who at once si,nalled us by a yell; and inll an instant, it seemed to me, the barking of a thousand dogs,
mingled with the shouts of the warriors and the screaming
of women and children, heralded our approach.
Cochise gave back an answering yell, and, as if by magic,
every sound was hushed, save that the mule of Cochise gave
a loud bray, which was instantly answered in a dozen
directions by mules in the village.
We quietly descended the steep bluff by one of the paths
that was worn into its face, and which seemed to form a
complete net-work over it; and I soon found myself among
a lot of the dirtiest, filthiest, most degraded-looking set of
creatures that I ever saw in the guise of humanity.
The men were naked, except the breech clout and m(ccasins; the women had dirty old blankets tied around
their waists, and the upper part of the body entirely
exposed; while the expression on the faces of all was
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