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.

FARE IWELL TO COCIIISE.
After a hearty slipper, and a good night's rest, Cochise
and his braves were dismissed, laden with many presents,
not one of which, however, was intended for Mangus Colorado. Cochise received the lion's share, and left me with
nany assurances of his esteem and regard.
Of late years Cochise has taken to the war-path, and has
proved a most formidable and dangerous enemy to the white
man in Arizona, in avenging the treacherous manner in
which the chief of the Apache tribe, Mangus Colorado, met
his death at the hands of the white men in 1863.
Although quite cons(.ious of the failure of my diplomatic
interview with Manguts Colorado on the mule question, still
I console myself with the thought, that it was entirely owing
to the evident mulish disposition of the Apaches, rather
than to any lack of talent on my part; and if afterwards
I became convinced that Cochise stole my mule, I lay the
flattering unction to my soul, that it was by the express
nrder, and for the sole use and behoof of Maugus himself,
and that the idea did not originate with my old guide,
Cochise.
At the present time, I am more than satisfied with my
trip and its results, when I reflect that, without doubt, I
am the only white man who ever visited the rancheria of
the Pinal and Tonto Apaches, near the head waters of the
Gila, and escaped to tell the tale.
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