On the Trail of Geronimo — page 144: what you’re looking at

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134 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. but they had come the long distance in safety, bringing important news with them. The hot, suffocating weather had given way to the cooler temperature of October, though even now during the middle of the day the sun shone down with a power and splendor known hardly anywhere outside of Arizona and New Mexico. The cavalry were under the command of Cap- tain Campereaux and Lieutenant Whitcomb. First Lieutenant Kirkland was so seriously ill that, despite his protests, he had been left behind at Fort Grant during this hunt after the fierce leader of the Apaches. The stirring. news brought by Joggens and Windstrom was to the effect that they had defi- nitely located Geronimo and his warriors in the mountains, no more than a mile distant. ‘The say- ages had been followed hard, but with their amaz- ing dexterity and skill they had forced their way into the lonely defile, without the dernier ressort of separating, to unite again at some rendezvous agreed upon. “The moon doesn’t rise till nearly eleven o’clock,” said the captain to Lieutenant Whitcomb, the surgeon, and several who had gathered around econniclooolks (C(O) mM