CHAPTER XVIII.
The change from night to daylight in New Mexico is by no means sudden.
Darkness yields slowly to the illumination streaming from the east; and when the moon is shining, one remains in doubt for quite a while whether the growing brightness is due to the mistress of night or to the lord of day.
Nowhere is this more perceptible than on high plateaus covered by sparse timber.

Suddenly awaking, one is in doubt at first whether it is sunrise or the full moon that illuminates the landscape.

The shadows are weakened, but objects are not much more distinct; a glow pervades the air rather than a positive light.
When the Indian is on the war-path he sleeps but little, and never long.
He prefers the day to the night for rest, as he can conceal his movements better in the darkness.

Tyope had halted his little army just before daybreak because he felt afraid of going any farther, and because he had arrived close to the place where he desired to remain during the day without exposing his forces to the chance of discovery.

None of his men slept; none of them dozed, even.