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.

ITS RESULT.
completely surround the valley, ordering them to wait for a
signal from their leader before showing themselves to the
foe.
In a short time Don Santiago and some eight or ten braves
started for the summit of the bluff, behind which the stock
had been seen, while Don Rafael and myself rode slowly
behind, intending to remain spectators of the scene
Having ascertained that my arm was so sore and inflamed
from the effects of the wound received the night previous
that it would be next to impossible for me to use my carbine,
I had loaned it to a bright-looking young Zuni who was acting as aid to Don Santiago, and whom Don Rafael kindly
instructed in its use.
Upon reaching the summit of the bluff aforesaid, Don
Santiago and his little band uttered the Zuni war-whoop,
which was instantly answered from a dozen different points;
and putting their horses into a run, they dashed down the
sides of the valley, yelling like madmen, and frantically
brandishing their bows and arrows in the air, while the
stock, apparently paralyzed by the sight and sounds, huddled themselves together in a terrified manner near the foot
of the bluff on which we were standing.
We were in time to see about a dozen Navajoes, mounted
upon magnificent horses, and clothed in gayly-striped blankets, which seemed to be flying loosely behind them, hurriedly betaking themselves up the side of a bluff that seemed
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