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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mountains as fast as their plucky little ponies could carry
them. We soon lost sight of them, though Captain Ewell
and his boys continued the chase, not stopping even to
collect the stock that now stood quietly on the plain.
We rode slowly along towards our camping-place, wvhich
we reached about five o'clock in tlhe eveniingl, right gladl of
the shelter afforded us by the rough stone walls and thatched
roof of the mail company's corral, which had been kindly
offered us by the agent.
It was not until nearly ten o'clock that we heard the
bugle, announcing the return of the captain and his party.
They had followed the Indians until they had reached the
mountains, but had there lost track of them; and although
they had thoroughly searched the cation, no trace of them
could be found. They brought in the stock, consisting of
thirteen mules and nine oxen. The cattle were very lame
and foot-sore, showing that they had been driven a long
distance, probably from Sonora or Chihuahua, and were
headed for the Apache country, a portion of which I have
described in ai former chapter.
Captain Ewell was much- chagrined at his failure in finding the Indians, and said he, "I don't care for the Indians, but I'm going to find
where the d-d cusses went to," assuring us that he should
remain there another dlay, for the purpose of exploring the
a-anon, in which they had so mysteriously disappeared.
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