=== apom_ch1_pt12 === 

I knew then that they had passed to the left of the jagged rock formation at the edge of the plateau, to the right of which my horse had borne me and the body of Powell. =

I drew rein on a little level promontory overlooking the trail below and to my left, and saw the party of pursuing savages disappearing around the point of a neighboring peak. =

I knew the Indians would soon discover that they were on the wrong trail and that the search for me would be renewed in the right direction as soon as they located my tracks. =

I had gone but a short distance further when what seemed to be an excellent trail opened up around the face of a high cliff.  The trail was level and quite broad and led upward and in the general direction I wished to go.  The cliff arose for several hundred feet on my right, and on my left was an equal and nearly perpendicular drop to the bottom of a rocky ravine. =

I had followed this trail for perhaps a hundred yards when a sharp turn to the right brought me to the mouth of a large cave. = 

=== end of pt12 ===