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them. I must confess to my thorough astonishment when 

 Pah-Squal drew the ornamented skewer out of the coil at 

 the back of his head, and his hair fell down in a thick, 

 heavy switch to below his calves. When dry, our three 

 chiefs resumed their few articles of Indian apparel, and, 

 producing from unsuspected places of concealment little 

 packages of paints and bunches of feathers, made each 

 other as nearly hideous for ever as the perishable nature 

 of their cosmetics would permit. 



Having thus succeeded in rendering themselves "fit to 

 be seen," the three Adoni announced they were ready to 

 proceed, and we all took up our line of march again. 



As we passed through the settlement which had sprung 

 up under the protection of the fort, a sort of trading centre 

 and general rendezvous for the mining camps and ranchos 

 in the country, we became objects of absorbing interest 

 and curiosity. Our horses were hung all over with Indian 

 weapons and trophies, and the three Apache- Yum ayas 

 swells, who swaggered along with us, their full quivers at 

 their backs, their weapons in their hands, and arrayed 

 principally in paint, feathers, and nakedness, were clearly 

 not prisoners. Certainly the sight was the novelty of the 

 season. We felt, indeed, as if we were a circus. 



As our party rode along we were assailed with innu- 

 merable questions, and with many a hearty " Hold on a 

 minute let's all take a drink ; " but we cared not to lose 

 time talking and drinking ; so, showering promises right 

 and left that we would give our interrogators full infor- 

 mation next day and then take the proffered drinks, we 

 went on steadily to the fort. 



