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 SORROWS OF" — ARIP-ER.
Mexico," speaks of the ruins of the aqueduct, the churches,
the sculptured coat-of-arms, the pits showing the location
of the silver mines, and also relates the tradition of the
Indians.
When the city was built, and by whom, are questions
that every beholder must ask as he stands among these
crumbling monuments of an extinct race. We spent two
days among these ruins. We didn't expect to find the
treasure, and we were not disappointed.
Notwithstanding our guide informed us that nearly all the
warriors of the two bands which inhabit these mountains
had gone to the Navajoe country on a stealing expedition,
we were uncomfortably reminded by frequent Indian smokes
round about us, that there was some life yet left in the
vicinity; and on the morning of our departure it was discovered that two of our pack mules and Dr. Parker's
horse had been stolen during the night. This evidence of
the near proximity with an enemy we had much reason to
tlread, caused us to make a hurried and early start, regardless of Dr. Parker's urgent entreaties that we should make
an effort to recover his horse, which, he assured us, with
tears in his eyes, he still owed for!
Even this sad announcement failed to change our determination to go, and go at once; and go we did, in tho
direction of the Rio Grande, leaving, as we fondly hoped,
not the ruins only, but the Indians also, behind us.
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