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.

LEGE,VDS OF HlIS TRIBE.
portion of their possessions. From the wool of these the)
manufatcture a very superior blanket, which is famous on
the frontier. So closely is it woven, that one may-carry
water in it all day with no fear of its leaking througb. It
t.tkes a woman a year to weave one.
They dye their wool red, black, purple, brown, bltue,
yellow, and green, the dyes being made from flowers, roots,
and the bark of trees. The red dye is made from the flower
of the sumach, with a small root that grows near it. Yellow is made by boiling together certain flowers, and blue in
the same way. Black is obtained from the bark of the
maple and butternut trees. They get a kind of yellowishbrown color from the oxide of iron, which abounds ill the
mountains.
When in their wanderings they come across a fine range
for pasturing their animals, they build little huts, and remain for months ill the same location. Here they plant
corn, beans, and sometimes wheat and pumpkins, of which
latter they are very fonid. A kind of wild potato grows all
over the country. Many of the Indians have herds of five
Dr six hundred horses, worth from sixty to eighty dollars
apiece. They are expert horsemen, and spend much of
their time on horseback.
The country is well-supplied with grass. Bears, blacktailed deer, antelope, wolves, prairie-dogs, wild-cats, and
squirrels are very plentiful.
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