[8] Tracks, etc.
[9] Risks.
[10] "Bounced" them.
[11] A swamp formed by springs in low ground.
CHAPTER VIII. ANIMAS VALLEY.—II.
"How are you, Squito?—how's your health?" inquired the Colonel cheerily.
Rafaeleta silently nodded her acknowledgments of the civility manifested by the question. "Where're yer from?" she returned laconically.
"The Plyas."