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.

FOR WHEEL OR WHOA
Here was a fix; for a wagon without wheels on the plains
is a somewhat useless encumbrance, and we had no other
means of transporting our supplies for the trip.
I was thoroughly vexed at Jimmy's disobedience of orders,
as well as at his carelessness, (tid am somewhat afraid that
I then and there indulged in the use of language that would
hardly have been deemed proper by members of Orthodox
churches "in good and regular standing."
I reflected, however, that this loud talk would do no
good, and that we must wait until the waters subsided,
which they did, almost as suddenly as they had appeared.
About ten o'clock, the doctor and Jimmy started out t(o
search along the bottom of the aroya for the wheels, while I
remained in camp to look after our treasures there. It waE,,
three o'clock in the afternoon before they returned, bringing
with them two of the wheels, which they had recovered
about four miles below; the others they were unable to find.
Another day must be spent in the search. About noon one
more was found, nearly six miles from our camp; and on
returning with it, the last was discovered, partially buried
in the sand, with a ponderous stone resting upon it.
Jimnmy had the pleasure of digging it out; and upon recovering it, we were glad to find that, though somewhat
damaged, it would still answer its purpose.
Jimmy, though rather reticent on the subject, was heard
to say that, "If the Blissid Virgin would bring him safe
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