On the Trail of Geronimo — page 154: what you’re looking at

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144 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. it necessary, a few minutes later, to warn the men that they were crowding forward too fast. In their eagerness they were running the risk of ruin- ig the whole plan of campaign. By this time the entire command had climbed beyond the shade of the juniper trees and stunted pines, and were in full sight of each other. All around were rocks and bowlders, while a short distance above—not more than twenty feet, in fact—was the edge of the plateau toward which they have been struggling so long. The tall, lank New Englander rose to his feet, and, turning so as to face the men, pointed to the flat ledge above. He looked like some ghostly leader, gesticulating to his shadowy followers, for no sound escaped his lips. None was needed, for the gesture said as plainly as any words could have done: “ The Apaches are up there!” Captain Campereaux, Lieutenant Whitcomb, and the surgeon, who were near the scouts, closed around them, and several minutes’ consultation took place. Joggens and Windstrom explained that the plateau was perhaps two acres in extent, and roughly square in shape. At the upper side CoOmlcoooks (CO)