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.

SKIILL IN TANNiNG.
The flesh was first carefully removed from the hide with
a sharpened bone, and the hair shaved off with a sharp
knife. It was then hung up to dry for a few hours, and
afterwards thoroughly washed with ashes and water, to remiove the grease, and then dipped in water containiang the
b)rains of a deer. Next it was boiled, and then stretched
on poles to dry, after which it was again wet and scraped,
tnd finally dried slowly by a fire.
This process is repeated three times, when, if the skin
should prove hard, it is drawn swiftly over a piece of small
rope, the squaw pulling it as hard as she can, which softens
it nicely. It is then smoked for a couple of hours over a
fire built of decayed wood, which is placed in a hole d(lug in
the ground. Then it is ready for use.
It is not an uncommon occurrence for the Apaches to have
the skins which are brought in in the morning, made into
moccasins before night, and very good ones too.
Cochise now l)roilght up the animals, and I was gratified
to find them in as fine condition as could be desired. The
trip had evidently been a beneficial one, to them it least.
Requesting Cochise to notify Mangus Colorado that I
should leave in the morning, he at once dispatched an Indian
with the message, which had the effect of bringing Mangius
himself to visit me, arrayed, as usual, in all the glory of
ochre, vermilion, and eagle feathers.
After a shake of the hand, and the usual request for
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