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"Easy of approach?"
"Toler'ble; good ridin' all th' way, 'cept a bit of bowlder country on
a divide."
"Is the camp open to attack?"
"Wide open arter yer git into th' valley. There's a waterfall, or,
rather, a piece of rips ther' that 'll drown th' n'ise of our comin'."
"Isn't it strange Indians should camp in such a place?"
"They're Mezcallero 'Paches, and the'r food, th' mezcal, grows thick
round ther'. 'Sides, ther's no other place on th' stream combinin'
grazin' and waterin', and they've never been hunted into that region
yit."
"Well, Paul, they will be now."
I urged the men on as fast as possible, taking care not to exhaust the
horses and unfit them for a long pursuit. The soldiers were animated
by a strong desire to punish the Indians for their treatment of the
family in Skull Valley, and were excited by the fear that the gentle
and beautiful young girl in their hands might fall a victim to some
barbaric cruelty before they could be overtaken, so that the animals
were constantly urged close to their powers of endurance.
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