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.

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middle, was braided in a cue, the end ornamented with
gaudy-colored ribbons, which, resting on the top of his
high, stiff coat-collar, elevated it to an angle of forty-five
degrees, giving his head a very singular and grotesque appearance. The parting of his hair was painted a bright green,
while his cheeks were plentifully daubed with ochre and
vermilion. In his hand he carried a high-crowned, narrowrimmed hat, of so small a size that he could, by no possibility, get it on his head.
He informed me, with a smile that was intended to be
"childlike and bland," and perfectly displaying his toothless gums, that he was habited in his best garments, for
the express purpose of doing us great honor.
I could not avoid offering him a slight token of my appreciation of his politeness, in the shape of a silver coin,
which he seized with an avidity that convinced me that this
"venerable descendant of his ancestors" had the same overweening desire for filthy lucre that has ever shown itself in
human nature, whether descended from royal blood, or born
in the plebeian walks of every-day life.
Not wishing to be outdone in politeness, I complimented
the old fellow upon his fine personal appearance, telling him
that Jimmy had remarked, there was about him that
majesty and dignity which could be found only among
Ireland's most kingly kings, at which compliment the old
fellow turned himself slowly around, to give me a better
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