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.

MISSION OF SAN XAVIER.
residuam left in the shape of mud deposits, for not a white
wall nor a green tree was to be seen there.
The only objects which met the eye were dil'apidated bake
ovens, old sheds, broken pottery, dead horses, tumnbledown corrals, live dogs, drunken Indians, mules, pigs, and
naked children. The sight was such an one as I had never
before witnessed within the limits of civilization, and completely filled me with disgust.
There was no fonda, or other house of entertainment,
and when one reached the apology that was called the plaza,
he stopped, absolutely bewildered, not knowing where to
go, or how to get there.
We soon found an unoccupied mud box, that served as a
house, spread our blankets on the mud floor, and cooked our
food in the mud fire-place; when night came, we brought
everything, including wagon, harness, mules, and accompaniments, into the mud walls, and shut and barred the doors.
The miserable appearance of the city and its inhabitants
determined us to get out of the town as soon as possible,
and get out we did, early in the morning, Dr. Parker re.
marking that "there was little fear of our being salted for
looking back, though if there ever was a place closely
al ied to old Sodom, it was Tucson."
We shortly entered the lovely valley of the Santa Cruz;
and here, ten miles from Tucson, we came upon the
beautiful mission of San Xavier del Bac, built by the
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