▁ ▁They ▁had ▁nearly ▁reached ▁their ▁destination ▁when ▁they ▁decided ▁to ▁stop ▁and ▁rest ▁for ▁the ▁night . ▁This ▁site ▁was ▁ ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁" Big ▁Rock ". ▁They ▁did ▁not ▁know ▁that ▁five ▁P inal ▁Apache ▁war riors ▁were ▁watching ▁the ▁camp ▁from ▁the ▁surrounding ▁hills . ▁The ▁next ▁morning , ▁Rand all ▁went ▁out ▁to ▁h unt ▁for ▁breakfast ▁and , ▁at ▁around ▁ 1 0 : 0 0 ▁am , ▁Page ▁rode ▁up ▁the ▁can y on ▁to ▁check ▁on ▁a ▁load ▁of ▁l umber ▁at ▁the ▁mill ,, ▁leaving ▁L arc ena ▁and ▁Mer cedes ▁alone ▁at ▁camp . ▁L arc ena ▁was ▁al ar med ▁by ▁the ▁dog ▁b ark ing ▁and ▁hearing ▁Mer cedes ▁sc ream . ▁The ▁Apache ▁first ▁captured ▁Mer cedes ▁and ▁next ▁entered ▁L arc ena ' s ▁tent , ▁removing ▁her ▁husband ' s ▁revol ver ▁from ▁her ▁before ▁she ▁could ▁shoot . ▁ ▁The ▁Apache ▁were ▁armed ▁with ▁l ances ▁and ▁b ows . ▁Four ▁were ▁young ▁men ▁but ▁the ▁fifth ▁was ▁older ▁and ▁spoke ▁a ▁little ▁Spanish . ▁The ▁older ▁Apache ▁told ▁Mer cedes ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁killed ▁Page ; ▁and ▁L arc ena ▁sc ream ed ▁after ▁the ▁girl ▁told ▁her . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁Apache ▁put ▁his ▁lance ▁to ▁L arc ena ▁and ▁threatened ▁to ▁kill ▁her ▁if ▁she ▁didn ' t ▁stop . ▁After ▁ste aling ▁" wh atever ▁they ▁could " ▁and ▁cutting ▁open ▁the ▁P ages ' ▁s acks ▁of ▁food , ▁the ▁Apache ▁took