On the Trail of Geronimo — page 281: what you’re looking at

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ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. 267 which neither of us is likely to understand.” That to which the officer referred was the lack of apparent cause for such division of the Apaches. The ground was quite steep, and enormous tower- ing rocks were so plentiful that the course of necessity became winding and tortuous. So far as the white men could judge, there was no choice in the routes taken, and it was hardly to be supposed that the Indians felt any fear of pursuers. But there was no time to speculate. The day was drawing to a close, and it would not be pos- sible to follow the savages much further. “ Which way shall we turn?” asked Ray, look- ing in the face of his companion. “T’ll be hanged if I know, for it’s beyond my power to tell the course of the ladies, and it’s they we want to keep in mind.” “ Suppose I take the right and you the left?” “Very well; be careful, Ray, and don’t venture too far; we will try to meet again at the base where we left the ponies.” Bedford nedded to signify he understood, and with the same promptness they had shown from the first, the two moved in directions so nearly CoOnniclooo (C(O) mM