On the Trail of Geronimo — page 241: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. 229 ‘Lieutenant Kirkland told me that the metal work of the carbines sometimes became so hot that the men could not handle them.” ? “He was right—was the same,” commented Windstrom, “but we got used to the weather as an eel gits use to being skinned.” Enough has been already learned by the reader to render it unnecessary to say that, as the party progressed across this sandy plain, they were in- cessantly on the watch for their enemies. While it had been proven that the Apaches knew of the movements of the small squad of cavalry, the red- skins were no doubt shrewd enough to believe the smoke of the burning building would bring the troopers back. It was these horsemen that had administered such a blistering repulse to the warriors that at- tacked the ranch the day before, and they would neglect no chance to square accounts with them. Revenge, as has been said, is one of the most pow- erful motives that governs the conduct of the American Indian. The keen eyes that roamed over the sandy plain seemed not to miss anything, no matter how slight. Lieutenant Dick directed the attention of Joggens co nN) (C 6)(0)(6) SS (C(O) mM