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.

TO THE RESCUE.
A ride of two hours and a half brought us to the scene of
the massacre. The bodies of Mr. White and his servant,
the former half devoured by the wolves, lay by the road-side
p1)ierced by many arrows and fearfully mangled, while all
around were discernible traces of the desperate efforts with
which the two men had resisted the attack.
Pausing at the place only long, enough to decently bury
the bodies, the guides, who had been thoroughly searching
the ground in the vicinity of the massacre, discovered that
the party consisted of fifteen Indians; that Mrs. White,
with her babe and servant, had undoul)tedly been carried
away with them; and that the whole party had gone in a
southerly direction, towards the Florida Mountains in
Chihuahua.
Swiftly and silently we sped on our sad errand of mercy.
Not a wvord was spoken; not a sound was heard, save that of
our horses' feet as we galloped over the hard, gravelly soil
of the plains. Not a moment did we pause, except when the
guides dismounted to examine the trail more closely than
the rapid nature of our pursuit would permit them to do
when mounted. Thus passed the day.
Just before nightfall we came to a beautiful green valley,
throtigh which meandered a stream of clear, sparkling water.
Here we dismounted, that our tired animals, as well as
ourselves, might obtain a little rest after the exhausting
journey. It was about eleven o'clock, and some time
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