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.

"T HE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME."
outlays for repairs, and exercises a supervisory power over
all expenditures of whatever nature.
The government of Acoma is in many respects similar to
that of all the pueblos, and is universally regarded by
those most deeply interested in its success as a very beneficent one.
After we had made all preparations for leaving Acoma,
we were considerably surprised at hearing Jimmy declare
his intention of remaining behind, "for he had naarly succaaded in conthractin' a mathrimonial alliance with a
daughther of one of the cooncel," a huge, unwieldy piece
of adipose tissue, whose well-stuffed legs caused her to roll
about in walking, with a motion very similar to a ship
in the trough of the sea during a severe storm. The
promise of this tawny, unkempt damsel's hand, together
with a flock of sheep and some cattle, had so won upon
Jimmy's susceptible heart, that he had determined, here
to set up his earthly tabernacle for the remainder of his
days. We remonstrated with the enamored wight; we told
him of our needs, how necessary he was to our comfort and
well-being in general; in fine, we used every available argument against his wild scheme, and at last, after a lengthy
war of words, he reluctantly relinquished his fond dreams
of love and affluence, and consented to depart with us in
the early morning for Zuni; for daylight found us far on
the road towards ancient Cibola.
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