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.

ABSENT FROM CAMP.
to have "matthers fixed wid the baza, ue;" and so earnest
was he in preferring his request, that, after consulting with
the doctor, I concluded to dispatch Jimmy to the pueblo at
once, and have him bring the two women into camp, hoping
by this means to satisfy any demands they might think he
had incurred by his flirtations with the daughter.
After supper, upon calling Jimmy to dispatch him on the
errand to the pueblo, we found, to our great surprise, that
he had most mysteriously disappeared, and was nowhere to
be seen.
We waited for him until nearly ten o'clock, and he did
not make his appearance; so we smoked our last pipe, and
"turned in," in no very enviable frame of mind, quite
determined to bring matters to a crisis on the morrow as
far as Jimmy was concerned, to say the least.
It was a beautiful night; and after retiring to my blankets,
I lay for a long time watching the stars, and tracing the
constellations visible in the heavens, quite unable to compose myself to sleep. Finally the moon rose, gilding the
tops of the high terraced houses with its silvery beams;
the mournful cry of the whip-poor-will sounded on the
night air, causing a feeling of sadness to steal over my
senses, which 1 in vain attempted to dispel, by trying to
devise some plan that would keep Jimmy away from the
pueblo, where I had no doubt he was then sojourning,
enjoying the glorious moonlight from the terrace of his
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