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 WORK OF WHOSE HANDS.
ing to his assistance the afreets, in a single night they constructed this wonderful well. In the morning the weary
and almost famishing travellers descended by this marvellous
staircase, and quaffed their fill of the cool, delicious water
that bubbled up so refreshingly at its foot.
The Great Spirit has watched over it ever since. No sun
reaches it, no heat warms it, but it is always cool, sparkling, and refreshing; and as the traveller pauses upon its
brink, its murmurs fall melodiously upon his ear, inviting
him to descend and partake of its delicious coolness, always
reminding him of the beneficence and wisdom of the Great
Spirit. Therefore they call it "Ouahnokaitin," or, Blessing
of the Desert, by which name it is known to this day.
At first [ was inclined to doubt the actual existence of so
singular a phenomenon, especially as the cacique assured me
there was nothing to indicate that a settlement had ever
existed near it; but I have since met with two Americans
who have visited the well, and speak of it as one of the
greatest marvels of this most marvellous country; nor does
their description of it differ materially from that of the
cacique.
The Abbe Domenech, in his work on "The Deserts of
North America," mentions its existence, although he does
not claim to have ever visited it.
Without doubt, the spring itself is one of those curious
formations of Nature so frequently found here; and some
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