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Updated: June 5, 2025
I was just going to start again when that war-party rode out of a barranca close to the house an' went straight for it at top speed. It seemed like a dream, 'cause I thought Apaches never got so far east. They don't, do they? I thought not these must 'a' got turned out of their way an' had to hustle for safety. Well, it was all over purty quick.
There was a peal of thunder that seemed to shake the earth, then a pause during which nothing was heard but the panting of our horses as they dashed across the barranca, and began straining up the steep side of a knoll or hillock. The cloud again opened: for a second every thing was lighted up.
It was immediately drawn tight, and by its aid we gained the bank, and began ascending the side of the barranca, composed of rugged, declivitous rocks, affording but scanty foot-hold. God grant the lasso may prove tough! The strain on it is fearful.
Rosario is the second port of the confederation. It stands a short distance away from the river on a barranca or cliff. Passengers on landing are conveyed in horse-cars to the town, which is laid out in handsome streets and built up with charming and comfortable houses. Much of Rosario's increasing prosperity is owing to the railroad which connects it with the interior town of Cordova to the west.
Another contingent, afoot and with lanterns, followed more slowly, going over the ground for indications. I could not but admire the skill and thoroughness of the plan. "Our only chance is in the shadow from the moon," I told my companions. "If we can slip through the riders, and get in their rear, we may be able to follow the barranca down. Any of those big rocks will do.
I made up my mind Lopez had some slick way of climbing out of the barranca a ways back, without leaving much of any trail. I told you he was a sly one, and I say the same now, no matter whether he's a brother to the girl you defended against Peg, or the girl herself." "All right, Frank.
"By the eye, true; but by the road, Major, it is what I have said ten miles. We passed the crossing of the barranca some time ago; there is no other before we reach El Plan." It was true. Although within range of the enemy's lightest metal, we were ten miles off! A vast chasm yawned between us and them.
The Christian commanders arrived, and pitched their camp before the town of Monarda, a strong place, curiously fortified, and situated at the foot of the highest part of the Sierra Bermeja. Here they remained for several days, unable to compel a surrender. They were separated from the skirt of the mountain by a deep barranca, or ravine, at the bottom of which flowed a small stream.
With this intention they made a fresh start, and kept along the edge of the barranca. They chose the path that appeared to lead upward as by so doing they believed they would the sooner reach a point where the chasm was shallower. They rode on for miles; but still the fissure, with its steep cliffs, yawned below them, and no crossing could be found.
At length we caught a glimpse of what appeared to be a deep barranca, into which ran the stream but we could distinguish nothing within it at so great a distance. We could see the plain stretching away beyond, naked and sterile.
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