On the Trail of Geronimo — page 126: what you’re looking at

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116 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. one of the’men, “ and if the situation is impressed upon him, and we promise to let him off free, he may give up the money.” “That is doubtful, but it’s worth trying—helloa! what’s this?” Another of the soldiers, named Jones, had kicked over a bit of stone, beneath which were a number of papers. Picking them up, he passed them to the lieutenant. The latter found only one of interest ; that was the invoice or consignment of the gcld sent by Wells & Fargo to certain parties in Snow Flake City, which is more than a hundred miles north of Fort Grant, from which point the funds were to be sent by an armed escort. The interesting feature about this paper was that it gave the exact amount, which was one hun- dred thousand dollars, all in gold, and tied in twenty strong canvas bags, each containing five thousand dollars. Such an amount of yellow metal makes a good load for four men at least, and it was no wonder, therefore, that the individual engaged in removing it was obliged to make several journeys back and forth. “T didn’t count the bags last night,” said the (CO