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.

PLAN OF ATTACK.
mounted our horses about nine o'clock, and quietly rode
to a point about a mile distant from the enemy's camp.
Here we dismounted, leaving our horses with six men, who
were detailed to take charge of them.
The party now separated, the portion in charge of Don
Manuel making a wide detour, in order to reach the opposite side of the camp undiscovered, while the rest of us
accompanied Don Jesus, and were to wait the expected
signal from Don Manuel.
Quietly and expeditiously we made our way to the
picatchos, behind which the enemy were encamped. Not a
word was spoken; not the sound of a footstep could be
heard. Occasionally, as the sharp, quick "st!" of Don Jesus
fell upon our ears, we paused to hear his words of caution
uttered in whispered tones, or to receive more explicit
directions as to the course we were to pursue.
At last we reach the foot of the picatcho, which we are
to cross. It rises rough and dark before us, its outline
marked plainly against the light of the moon, which has not
yet risen above its top.
Slowly and cautiously we make our way up its steep side,
exercising great care lest the least noise should betray
our proximity to the unsuspecting foe upon the other
side. Stealthily we creep towards the top of the bluff.
Not a breeze moans through the tall pines above our
heads; nothing disturbs the death-like silence that reigns
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