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 FOUR NATIONS.
other side. With a great deal of hard work, he finally
succeeded in digging a hole sufficiently large to admit
the passage of both men and animals. The old men,
upon learning this fact, summoned all the residents of the
cave, and consulted with them, when it was finally decided
to emerge from their present home into the newly-discovered country above.
The Navajoes were the first to come forth, and when
fairly upon the outside, instead of assisting the others,
they organized a game of patole, which they are passionately fond of, and play with great dexterity to this day.
Next came the Zunis, who immediately commenced
building houses. Then came the Pueblos; and, in order
to distinguish themselves from the Navajoes, who had so
selfishly deserted them, they cut their hair straight across
their foreheads, and also induced the Zunis to imitate
their example. Last of all came the Americans, who no
sooner succeeded in obtaining their freedom, than they
started off by themselves in the direction in which the sun
rises, nor have they ever been heard from until very
recently.
Up to this point, all the people who inhabited the cave
spoke the same language; but no sooner had they separated, than, in some mysterious manner, their dialect was
changed, each tribe speaking a language that was not understood by the others.
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