On the Trail of Geronimo — page 290: what you’re looking at

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276 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. him not only surprise but uneasiness. The affray with the Apaches, who came so near ambushing them on the open plain, was so lively, that he was confident of recognizing any member of the party, no matter where or when encountered. There was not one of them however, among the group gath- ered about Geronimo, who was the only member that Whitcomb did not look upon for the first time, This fact proved that Geronimo had at least a dozen of his best warriors with him, with the prob- ability that almost as many more were within call. Insignificant as such aforce may seem to the reader it was sufficient to spread desolation and woe over an area of hundreds cf miles of Arizona, and to defy for an indefinite time the most determined efforts of the veteran campaigners of the South- west to capture or destroy them. The heutenant had been quite hopeful that the signal fire, seen late in the afternoon, was from his friend Captain Campereaux, since it was precisely the one that had been agreed upon; but it was an imitation of the signal used by the Apaches them- selves, others of whom as the officer had just learned, were near at hand. It must have been kindled under the eye of Geronimo, and carried Conniclooolkks (CO