The Grange advance., 1874-08-05

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to knock an Indian down, pound him
with club, beat him with stick,
bruise him with bludgeon; but it were
better to beard the grizzly bear than
lay over his shoulder cowhide Or any,
thing that savored of the lash.
Chief as he was, Cochise sternly de.
manded that the young brave should
fight him at daylight the next morning
with rifles. The duello is not much in
vogue with any of the Indian tribes,
and it is but rarely that individual quar-
rels pass SO far beyond the point Of SET
tlement that an exercise Of something
Of persuasion or resolutc authority will
not serve to restore good feeling; but
in this instance Cochise would agree to
nothing short of an actual combat.
They met and fought. 1t was early
morning, and the measured distance
was thirty PAGES. Probably three hun
dred warriors were in attendance, and
these, clad in full war costume, and
formed upon flank of the duelling
ground, presented picturesque adorn-
ment to a scene otherwise pitiless and
unforgiving. At the first fire Cochise's
bullet found the heart of his antago-
mist. He leaped high into the air, and
before he reached the ground he was
dead.
In every way more notorious was Co.
chise's next feat of savage brovado and
prowess. A Scotch interpreter, named
Harrison Englehart, had fallen under
his displeasure, and he received word
from his desperate enemy that the feud
was mortal, and that he meant to kill
whenever and wherever found. Engle-
hart affected to laugh at the threat, but
he prepared himself for the worst, never
theless, and went about warily, without
however meeting with an opportunity
to kill OF be killed.
One day news came to Tucson that
Cochise, at the head Of a small war par
ty was in camp thirty miles to the
southeast. A federal captain took thir-
ty men, an Indian agent and Englehart
as interpreter, and went out to have a
talk with the Apaches. 1t is supposed
that the captain was ignorant of the feud
existing, for uponEnglehaIt making some
objection to the proposed expedition, the
officer insisted and finally prevailed
upon him to go. The meeting was most
friendly, and lasted several hours.
Neither Cochise nor Englehart referred
to the subject Of the quarrel between
them, and sat upon their horses in
friendly converse, while the soldiers of
the escort and the Indians of the war
party we're getting ready to march and
to separate. Of a sudden, and with a
wild yell that had hatred and vengeance
in it, Cochise leaned from his saddle,
seized Englehart by the collar, drew
him up clear from his stirrups and over
upon his left leg and thigh, and then
dashed off at furious rate, partially
dragging and partially carrying his
struggling victim. So instantaneous
was the attack, and so unprepared was
the escort for any immediate rescue,
that some distance had been gained by
>Cochise, followed by his entire
band, before the captains presence
Of mind returned to him, and a charge
was ordered. It was too late, however,
to save the poor Scotchman. Taken at
the terrible disadvantage he was, he
yet strove desperately and tried to
draw his revolver and make the best
fight he could for his life. Once he
nearly succeeded, but, with the strength
: of giant, and rapidity that almost
defied calculation, Cochise stabbed his
victim seven times in the neck and
breast, and even while holding him up
upon his horse, and that horse rushing
along over broken ground at the top of
his speed, managed to tear the reeking
scalp from the still breathing yet dread
fully mutilated interpreter. Waving
this three times in the face of his pur-
suers, and dropping the CORY corpse
like log in the road, he easily baf1ed
/. the detachment of soldiers, and made
bis escape without the loss of a single
: follower. 3.,
= For this deed the price Of $1,000 was
put upon Cochise's head, and many was
the borderer and the plainsman who
entered into his domain to look for
him, and to lie IN wait upon the road