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.

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the camp, looking anything but pleased at the result of the
interview, and without doubt quite as much surprised as
were the doctor and myself.
The party gone, the cacique turned to me, and said he was
"indeed glad for Santiago's sake that the matter had been
so satisfactorily explained, for the brutes had even had the
impudence to say, after they had learned that the girl had
not been captured by the Navajoes, that Santiago had
secreted her for the purpose of carrying her with him to his
home on the B)ravo, as he called the Rio Grande.
To Jimmy, who had been standing by, and most anxiously
waiting to learn the subject-matter of the conversation, I
briefly stated the latter part of the cacique's communication,
which drew from him the most positive and earnest denial
of the entire charge, to which I listened as patiently as possible. I then told him that he need never expect me to place
any confidence in any statement he should make in the
future, for after hearing his denial of the cacique's charge,
I was satisfied that he would rather lie than do anything else;
an opinion that the doctor fully corroborated, after reflecting
upon the difficulty which frequently accompanied his exertions at rousing Jimmy in the morning.
After listening to my remarks, Jimmy coolly asked, "An' is it thro' I am wid all this?"
I said, "Yes, for the present." Upon which he turned
away, apparently quite delighted at the thought that he har
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