Beyond the Mississippi : from the great river to the great ocean : life and adventure on the prairies, mountains, and Pacific coast (1869)
Richardson, Albert D. (Albert Deane), 1833-1869 · Hartford, Cn. : American Pub. Co. · leaf 284
246 ADVENTURES WITH THE APACHES. [1859. hours. Our keg of fresh water strapped behind the coach revived him and he went on rejoicing. Good riders have often crossed the … ‘JOURNEY of the dead man.’ in twelve hours, when in fear of the Apaches, who murder and rob upon its dreary road. He ran that gantlet of death one day in each week for eight hundred dollars per annum. ‘Some people,’ he gossiped, ‘sneer at running from Indians; but I always found my heels my best…
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