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.

THE ISLANVD OF THE BLESSED.
After the young warrior had fully recovered from the
fatigue of his long journey, the old man led him out of the
cabin by another door, when, pointing with his stick, he
said to him: "Do you see yonder, far away beyond that
gulf, a beautiful green prairie? That is the'Island of the
Blessed.' You are here upon its confines, and the only
entrance to it is through my cabin; before departing from
here, you must leave your bow and arrows, your dog, and
your body with me; upon your return you will find them
here."
The traveller immediately felt himself become extraordinarily light; his feet scarcely touched the ground, and his
arms seemed transformed into wings.
This sudden and wonderful transformation seemed to
extend to all surrounding objects; the trees, foliage, flowers, lakes, and streams shone with extraordinary brilliancy.
The wild animals gambolled around him with a fearlessness which incontestably proved that the hunter never entered
into their countries.
Birds of all colors sang melodies unknown to him, or sportively bathed in the limpid waters of the lakes and rivers.
But what astonished him more than all the wondrous
things that he saw, was to find that he walked freely through
dense thickets of verdtire, without being impeded by the
objects that stood in his path.
By these things he understood that all the sights which
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