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.

A WILD-GOOSE CHASE.
before a word was spoken by either of us, when I remarked,
"Well, Jimmy, where have you been, and what did you
go after?"
His reply was, "Shure, sir, I don't know."
"Who gave you permission to ride my mule as I saw
you riding it this morning?"
"Shure, sir, I don't know."
"Where were you going?"
"Shure, sir, I don't know."
"How far did you ride?"
"Indade, sir, I don't know."
"Well, Jimmy, what is the matter, and what do you
think?"
"Indade, sir, I don't know." Nor could other answer
than this be obtained from him to any question we might
ask.
In truth, Jimmy seemed so utterly dazed and bewildered,
that I decided to say nothing more on the subject, well
satisfied that erelong he would voluntarily unburden his
pent-up feelings.
It was quite six o'clock in the afternoon when we came
to the dry, sandy bed of an aroya, that seemed to come
directly from the range of Picatchos, about three miles
away to our left. As the grass was good, and the banks
very high and steep, we concluded to encamp for the
night, and not attempt to cross it before morning.
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