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.

INJURED INNOCENCE.
succeeded in lying himself out of the difficulty; muttering,
as he went, "that'twas a dirthy thing for thim lyin' Nava.
joes to thry an' injure his caracture by decavin' the good
old bazaque," and intimating that in case he should "ivir
mate one ov'em, he'd tache him bitther manners than to be
spakin' disrespictful, or makin' insinooations respictin' him
to the bazaque."
I was amused to hear Don Rafael slyly remind Jimmy
that he met one alone the other evening, and unfortunately
neglected to give him any lesson at that time.
To which suggestion, he replied, "That he didn't know at that time that the dirthy divil'd
bin lyin' about him, or he'd a given' him a taste ov a swate
bit ov shillalah that viry avenin."
Here we were interrupted by the appearance of Don Santiago and his aid, who, after saluting the cacique and ourselves, respectfully returned our rifles, with many thanks
for the kindness that had prompted the loan. They had
found the Navajoes so much better mounted than themselves, that with the advantage they had in the start it would
have been quite impossible to have overtaken them before
they had reached the very heart of the Navajoe country; and
he did not deem it advisable with his small force, to pursue
them to their strongho]d. Consequently he had returned
without any information concerning the prisoners, who would
undoubtedly be offered for ransom before many moons.
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