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.

.l OONTEZUlflA'S.MIOTHER.
could look upon her, as the celestial beauty of her form and
features caused all who gazed upon her to at once become
her humble and abject slaves.
That the chiefs of all the tribes of the earth came and
sought her hand in marriage; that they no sooner saw the
other suitors, than they waged war one against the other,
and engaged in furious combat for the privilege of first
paying their addresses to her. She turned a deaf ear to all
their entreaties, however, and refused to entertain the proposals of any of them, because she was the bride of the
Great Spirit. Each of her suitors brought tribute of the
finest and best productions of their lands, which were stored
In great houses, built for that purpose.
In this manner she accumulated large quantities of gold,
silver, precious stones, cloth, and skins; also vast stores of
maize, wheat, and other grains. So immense were these
supplies, that when famine came upon the land, and the
people were starving, she was enabled to furnish them with
food, and prevent them from dying. Thus it was that she
won the love of all the people, and made herself worthy
to become the mother of the great and good Montezuma.
One day, while wandering through a beautiful grove
near her residence, she lay down upon the green grass, and
fell asleep, failing to awake as. the shades of evening
approached. A gentle zephyr having displaced the snowy
garment that covered her bosom, a single drop of dew fell
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