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.

A LITTLE EDEN.
the Colorado Chiquito itself; for he described the valley as
very large, and the pasturage fine; magnificent great oaks
were scattered throughout, and the banks of the stream,
the waters of which were clear and very cold, were entirely
free from underbrush, yet skirted by trees of great size,
which afforded a most refreshing shade, while the base of
the rough and rugged mountains that formed the setting of
this jewel of the desert, seemed to be covered with a fine
growth of pine, cedar, and fir trees.
After toiling for months over the hot, dry, and dusty road
across the plains, exposed to the burning, heat of a solstitial
sun, is it any wonder that this quiet, beautiful valley, with
its grateful shade, luxuriant herbage, and cool waters,
seemed to the tired and travel-worn wayfarers a little Eden,
into which no serpent had yet intruded?
Is it any wonder that they should determine to pause here
for a while, and enjoy the beauties with which Nature's
hand had so lavishly bestowed her good gifts?
It was in this delightful spot that they, with one accord,
determined to pass at least a week, in order that they might
give their weary and well-deserving animals an opportunity
to recruit from the toils of the past, and to prepare themselves for the fatigues of the future.
The first night one of the sons mounted guard, but nothing disturbed the solitude of their Eden. This was continued for the second night, and in the morning they all
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