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.

TI'E START FOR DRAGOON SPRINGS.
Douglas and Captain Ewell, he who had rescued Mrs. Paige,
and brought her into Tucson.'Twas not until long after
midnight that the doctor and myself sought our blankets,
quite satisfied that we had seen enough of Tucson, and thoroug,hly resolved to make an early start in the morning.
As we were preparing to leave town the next (lay, an
orderly from Captain Ewell appeared, with that gentleman's compliments, and saying that the captain had determined upon going East as far as the Dragoon Springs, a
station of the Overland Mail Company, situated upon our
direct route, and, if agreeable, he should be happy to act as
our escort. We joyfully accepted the preposition, and five
o'clock found us on the road, our number having been
augmented by thirty-two dragoons, which with our train,
consisting of six wagons, made quite an imposing and formidable appearance.
Our journey was not without incident worthy of note.
There was always something to relieve the monotony in the
mountain scenery, which was as grand and beautiful as the
most enthusiastic admirer could desire. The huge rough
and jagged peaks that towered around us were toned and
softened by the purple haze that enshrouded them into perfect models of architectural beauty. Here an apparently
impregnable fortress, standing high in the air, with its
frowning battlements, grand in their massive strength,
would suddenly and almost imperceptibly assume the shape
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