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. CHAPTER XXII. Jimmy in Trouble. - Hunting the Animals. - His Betrothal. -His Arrest by the "Bazaque," and what came of it. - The Trials of two fond Hearts. - Ancient Cibola. - Its Situa tion.- How we reached it. - The Ascent of a Thousand Feet- The Mountain Scenery.- The San Francisco Peak. - Its snow-clad Summit resembles a huge Crystal. - The Country to the Westward. -The blue Pacific a Thousand Miles away.- An Emerald in a Setting of Topaz.- What we found at Old Zuni. - The Ruins. - The Monuments, and the Legend concerning them. - The Zutnis' History of the Deluge.- Proofs sustaining their Theory. - We visit the Cedar Grove.- The Incantation Scene. - The Sacred Altars. - Traditions and Superstitions.- A beautiful Sight. 829 CHAPTER XXIII. The Zunis' Legend of the Creation.- Origin of the Nations of the Earth.- How they escaped from the Cave in which they were confined. -The four White Swans and their Mission. - How the Water was drained firom the Face of the Earth.- The Mission of the Bear.- The Navajoe first come forth. - What they did. - The Zunis next emerge. - The Pueblos follow.- The Americans bring up the rear, but immediately leave for the place where the Sun rises. - The Confusion of Tongues.- What became of the Birds and Beasts. -How the domestic Animals were ob tained. - Size of the Earth. - The old Men decide to have a Sun, and who made it. -How the Heavens and the Moon were constructed.-Who made the Stars, and why there are so few Constellations.- Growth of the Earth. The three Tenajas. - The Navajoes' Choice.- What the Zunis chose. - What the Pueblos got. - As you lhave 21

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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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Cozzens, Samuel Woodworth, 1834-1878.
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1876.
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Arizona -- Description and travel
New Mexico -- Description and travel

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