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. to marry his Mother-in-law. - An old Definition for a new Idea. - "Ould Ireland." - Jimmy curses the "Bazaque.""He's plidged." - We find the Mother-in-law in Camp. "Thim illigint Garvies." - Jimmy's Mission to the Pugblo, and when he returned. - - ~ --—.-.-. —- 432 CHAPTER XXVIII. The Chase and the Game. - A Consultation. - A Diagnosis. -The Disease and its Cure.- The Prescription. - Home opathic Doses. -" Where Ignorance is Bliss, it's Folly to be wise." - Jimmy doesn't fold his Tent like the Arab, but silently steals away.- Anxiety in the Morning. - His great Love. - A reluctant Convert.- Gay and happy. The Cacique entertains us with an Account of the Moquis. -Their singular Country.- Its Situation and Character istics. - Their Villages. -Harro. - Its Population. - Won derful Reservoirs, and how constructed. - Singular Facts. - The Population of the seven Villages.- Their Govern ment. - Religion. - Superstitions. - The nine Races of Men. - The Deer Race. - The Sand Race. - The Water Race. - The Bear Race.- The Hare Race.- The Prairie Wolf Race. - The Rattlesnake Race. - The Tobacco Plant Race. - The Reed Grass Race.- The Hereafter, and how we appear.- A very wonderful Fact.- A Day of Thanksgiving.- The Origin and History of the Green Corn Dance. - A beautiful Custom. - The Procession and the Costumes.- A full and complete Description of the Ceremo nies. - Allegorical Representations. - The four Seasons. The twelve Months. - The Music. - The boiling Maize. - An Offering to Montezuma.- Ashes. - Who may join in the Festivities. - Manner of Purification. - The Origin of the Festival. - Our Return to Camp. - What we do. Jimmy ileturns with a most voracious Appetite. -We wait further Developments. - —......452 4 25

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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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Boston,: Lee and Shepard
1876.
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Apache Indians
Arizona -- Description and travel
New Mexico -- Description and travel

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