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.

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e idently had upon the giants of the forest lying, aror)und us,
we all drank of it freely, and enjoyed its refreshing coolness.
Dr. Parker feelingly alluded to the loss of his horse, and the
miseries of a pedestrian life through such a rough country,
and urged us, in case we should observe any appearance of
petrifaction about him, not to leave him by the road-side,
for the purpose of petrifying the traveller who came after
us, but to give him Christian burial; and that for a headstone we should use a piece of the rock on which he split,
with this inscription thereon: "Horseless and homeless a
wanderer passed."
Promising to comply with his desires, a gleam of genuine
satisfaction illumined his countenance, and we resumed our
journey. The next day we arrived in sight of the cottonwood trees which line the banks of the Rio Grande; and
a pleasant sight it was too, after a hard day's toil over the
rough, pebbly soil of the plains, without water or the grateful shade of even a single tree to shield us from the rays
of the burning sun. We were glad enough to encamp for
the night at a little spot where there was a prospect of our
poor animals obtaining a supply of grass.
Before the sun rose the next morning we were on our way
to the Rio Grande. We reached it about noon, striking
the river at a point near the ruins of Valverde. Here we
found encamped a family of Missourians, named Pennington,
who were on their way to the Calabasas country. The old
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