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.

RE TROSPE GCTION.
Passing the "Sacred Spring," and down through the nar row rocky gorge at the foot of the mesa, we commenced to
c] imb the steep and rugged path that led to the height
above us.
We made our first halt upon a terrace, or ledge, about two
hundred and fifty feet above the plain. Around the outer
edge of this terrace formerly had been constructed a wall of
rock, traces of which were plainly discernible, and must
have afforded complete protection against any assaulting
part, so perfectly did it command the only means of approach. Indeed, it seemed to us that a dozen #pen might
have successfully held it against a thousand.
Standing upon the narrow ledge, scarcely ten feet in'
width, the old man depicted in glowing terms the contest,
and told us how they had hurled great rocks from the
wall upon the heads of the invaders of their homes; how the
great chief himself had been felled to the earth by one of
them, and of blood flowing like water.
Indeed, the old man seemed never to tire of the subject;
and as we slowly made our way up the difficult path, listening to the earnest and impressive traditions regarding the
valor of his ancestors, I could but sympathize with him
when he said, "The Zunis were a happy and prosperous
people until the Spaniards came among them; tfey warred
for the protection of their homes and for the honor of their
women, it is true, but the strife was never of their own
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