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.

FELIX AUBREY'S GOLDEN BULLETS. 201
day he was destined to become their principal war-chief, a
prediction which, I regret to say, has since been fulfilled.
Many questions were asked coIncerning their rancheria;
and from the description I was enabled to give them of it,
they came to the conclusion that it was situated in the very
heart of the gold-bearing region of Arizona. Indeed, it was
no uncommon thing for Apaches to come into Tucson with
nuggets of gold weighing from ten pennyweights to half a
pound, which they would freely barter for anything that happened to please their fancy, always, however, refusing to
give any information as to the portion of country from
whence they had obtained it.
One Felix Aubrey, who explored the country quite extensively in 1849 and'50, tells many marvellous stories of'
the quantities of gold which he found near the head-waters,
of the Gila, and also of the large amount then in possession
of the Indians. He received nearly fifteen hundred dollars
worth of gold for some old clothing that he sold to
them. He published a journal of his travels in 1853, in
which he tells of Indians that used gold for bullets in killing their game, whenever they were unable to obtain lead,
a story which has since been corroborated by others who
have attempted to penetrate into the country. In 1856,
Aubrey set about organizing an expedition to visit the gold
bearing portion of Central Arizona; but, before completing
the undertaking, he was killed in a broil at Santa Fi.
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