On the Trail of Geronimo — page 266: what you’re looking at

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254 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. CHAPTER XXX. AT THE BURNED RANCH. THE burned buildings have already been suffi- ciently described to the reader. Had the structure been composed of adobe, the usual material, it would have been fireproof against the most ingeni- ous and persistent attempts of the Apaches. The very results that had been dreaded by the troopers had been brought about. ‘The redskins must have been so incensed by their fierce recep- tion, when they attacked the building, that they immediately set to work to form plans for reveng- ing themselves. They were prowling in the neigh- borhood when the horsemen rode off to the west- ward, and they followed them so cautiously that the troopers suspected nothing of it. While this party of Indians used great skill and came near destroying the few troopers, another division gave their attention to Caleb Harland’s home. From facts afterwards brought to light, it was GoOmiGbdooks (GO)