On the Trail of Geronimo — page 82: what you’re looking at

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

T4 ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. Whitcomb was the first United States officer that had ever ventured into that wild gorge. There was something amusing in the ardor dis- played by Dick Whitcomb in his new character of a friend of the fierce Apaches. He ran to the warrior who had escaped so cleverly from the grasp of the beast and placing his hand on his shoulder, asked : « Are you hurt, my friend?” The Indian clearly was astonished, and made some reply, but as it was in his own tongue, the youth did not comprehend it. Most of the torches had expired, though several were spluttering on the | ground, and objects were seen only indis- tinctly. But the two Apaches that had kept their place near the camp fire had thrown on more wood and stirred the blaze, so that the circle of light extended to the figures that had been so busy but a minute before. A general movement toward camp followed, and a few steps only were necessary to bring all into as bright a glare as noonday itself. While the lieutenant became such an object of curlosity, it need not be said that he made the best possible use of his eyes. He had already noted Connicloool<