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.

THE SOLDIER'S FAREWELL.
kindness of the keeper, we obtained water and grain for
our animals.
After a short rest we again started for the Soldier's
Farewell, which we reached just as the sun was setting.
The station was situated in the midst of this vast barren
plain, and was as desolate and gloomy a place as one would
care to find in any country. The nearest water fit to drink
was forty miles away, and had to be hauled in hogsheads by
mule teams. The stock drank the water that collected in a
couple of holes, called tanks, and this is the only wateringplace on the route of the Overland Mail across the great
plateau on the line of the 32nd parallel.
The whole place and its surroundings were so palpably
desolate and forbidding that we no longer wondered at the
peculiar name which the station bore.
For myself I could readily imagine with what joy a
soldier would utter his farewell to a locality so entirely
devoid of attractions. Yet here we were, and here we
had to remain for the night.
, The next morning we bade adieu to the Soldier's Farewell
at an early hour, nor did we feel any pang of regret at the
leave-taking. Even our mules seemed to exhibit signs of
pleasure at once more starting for the Rio Grande, and galloped along the dry, dusty road with a speed that was remarkable. Resting on the Mimbres, the evening of the next day,
we finally reached La Mesilla, thankful to have escaped
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