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.

CONTENTS.
The " Playas " of the great Plateau. - Barney Station.How we reached La Mesilla. - Jimmy enacts " Sinbad the
Sailor." - Fort Fillmore. - Visitors from the East, and their
sad Fate. - Our Revenge. - Arizona and New Mexico one.
-How and when it was divided.- The geographical
Boundaries. - I determine to visit the Zunis. - Preparations for the Trip.- Jimmy promoted. -About the Seven
Cities of Cibola. - Conquered by the Spaniards in 1540. -
Joseph de Bazemzalles visits Zuni in 1526. - He leaves his
Name on Inscription Rock.- What the Abb6 Domenech
says of it. - Father Marcos de Niza's Explorations in 1535.
- The Arabian Negro Esteva. - The Friar Honoratus.Father Niza " follows where the Holy Ghost did lead." - His
Description of the Inhabitants. - Gold. - Turquoise and
Cotton Cloth. - Father Niza and the Negro Quarrel. -
Esteva sets out on a Voyage of Discovery.- He finds the
City of Cibola. -Dress of the Inhabitants.- Girdles of
Turquoise. -Gowns of Cotton Cloth. -Ox Hides.Father Niza is received by the Children of the Desert. -
He hears of Cibola and Marata. - Acus. - Totonteac. -
The wild Beasts of the Kingdom. - He learns the sad Fate
of the Negro Esteva. - He sees Cibola from the Top of a
Mountain.- What he says of it and its Inhabitants.- He
returns to Culican. - The Valley of the Rio Verde.Conjectures. - Captain General Governor Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. -His Expedition to conquer Cibola.His Army. -Easter Morning, 1540, and what it saw. -
CHAPTER XVII.
Forty Days' Toil. - Red Town.- Coronado's Troubles. His Men and Horses Starve. - Don Tristan d'Arellano
his Lieutenant. - The Reserve. - Description of the won derful Country through which he passed. - He arrives be fore the Walls of Cibola. -Determines to attack the City.
- Desperate Assault and Repulse. - The final Assault and
Capitulation of the City. - What Coronado found therein.
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