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.

SUDDEN ALARM.
was lost; and as darkness was already shadowing the earth,
there was no alternative but to encamp for the night alone
there was no alternative but to encamp for the night alone
on the prairie.
To unsaddle my mule, picket him, and then examine
the condition of my revolver, was but the work of a
few minutes. Then, with my saddle for a pillow, I laid
myself down upon the grass, with no covering save the
starry heavens; and, being quite fatigued with the day's
journey, soon dropped into a, profound slumber.
I must have been sleeping some hours, when I was suddenly awakened by the snorting of my mule. Apprehensive
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that all was not right, I immediately arose, and taking my
pistol, approached the spot where he was fastened.
I found him with eyes fixed, nostrils distended, forefeet
firmly braced, and endeavoring, by every means in his
power, to break his lariat, which, fortunately, was made of
hair, and successfully ressted his efforts.
The first glance convinced me that Indians were near, for
a mule will detect an Indian a long distance off by the smell.
After much coaxing, I finally succeeded in quieting him a
little, though he still showed unmistakable signs of extreme
terror, trembling in every limb like an aspen leaf. I then
lay down, and supporting myself upon my elbows, to enable
me to bring my eyes on a level with the top of the grass,
endeavored to ascertain what it was that had so frightened
the animal.
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