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.

JIMMY'S COMMENTS.
himself, which he recited in a high, falsetto voice, and in the
most extravagant and ferocious manner, ending by an
appeal to each brave in the circle to substantiate his statement; till, as Jimmy facetiously remarked, "B' gorra, yer'd
jist think the mon wuz atin' thim, wouldn't yer, docther?"
After the braves had separately assured him that every
word he had uttered was truth, that he neither spoke with
a "forked tongue," or babbled like a woman, but, on the
contrary, had spoken like a brave, and that the slain of his
enemies were more numerous than the fallen leaves of the
forest, he retired from his position, with the air of a conquering hero, giving place to the next oldest brave, who
recounted, in his turn, his deeds of valor, and the distinguished part he had borne in the fray; and after receiving
the same assurances as had his predecessor, and with quite
as much satisfaction to himself, he retired, and gave place
to a third; and thus the dance went on until each brave had
enjoyed the opportunity thus offered to relate to his own
satisfaction a history of his many valiant deeds and gallant
bearing.
In short, the "brave man's dance" proved to be the assembling together of a body of Indians who evidently belonged to a "mutual admiration society," and their I)roceedings soon grew so tiresome that none of us save Jimmy
cared to remain longer, especially as we could not discover
that any provision had been made for us to tell of the fields
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