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 ATTACK.
of awhip-poor-will, so natural and so truthful that it seems
to uis it must be the cry of the bird itself. But in an instant
we hear the sharp click of Don Jesus' rifle, and we ask
ourselves the question,- Can that be the signal from Don
Manuel? WVill it be repeated? In the excitement of the
nioment we almost forget to breathe. Every sense is on
the alert. Yes, there it is again - a low, plaintive, yet perfectly distinct cry. Now the answer comes from the lips of
Don Jesus, to be again repeated from the bluffs beyond; and
then the quick, sharp ring of twenty rifles disturbs the stillness of the night.
In an instant the sides of the hill seem alive with men.
As the sound of rolling rocks, the crash of tumbling men,
and the yells of excited Mexicans fall upon the ears of the
half-awakened savages, they utter a feeble yell of defiance,
and we see three or four dusky forms rise from the ground
and hastily make their way into the woods.
Pell-mell we rush for the camp; hurriedly we push our
way to the thicket of pines, in which we expect to find
the prisoners. Are they there? Yes! we can distinguish
their forms even through the deep shade of the pine
trees. They are asleep. The sound of the struggle has not
yet awakened them from the heavy slumber into which they
have fallen. We speak. No answer. Can it be death?
We place our hands upon the bodies. They are warmni; but
an indescribable something about them causes us to hastily
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