The Republican journal., 1874-07-23
NUMBER 3.
An Apache's Vengeance.

/ none ~ desperately wicked its COchl>C
When | saw him last he was fjtty-two
SlN feet tail, with delicate feet and hands
sharp, angular features, Il piercing darb
eye and great Roman nose, wide about
the nostrils and thin where it curved II
his soul passes after death into anything
that has face akin to his own. instead OF
the Indian there will be the bald eagle
He hated the Americans So bitterly that il
one OF his tribe learned word of the
English language Ccchise expelled him o,
forced him to forget it, He succeeded Red
| Sleeves, great giant of Il butcher, who
took his name from the fact that every
time he killed an enemy he smeared his
| blood over his arms from the wrists to the
| elbows. And thoroughly and terribly in
keeping with his character, too was
| Cochises initiation or instalment There
| had been feast in the village. Amid the
general revelry he refused to drink. While
others got dangerously drunk and help
lesslv drunk, Cochise stood firmly by
watching the furious orgy with Il look of
sulIen and Supeacilious irony on his eN-
preSslve tacc. Finally a Young brave, too
Tar gone to be discreet, went up to him
with coiled riut0 in his left hand and Il
cup-tull of whiskey in his right. He
pressed Cochise to drink, but the newly
| made chief refused abruptly. Some words
We're had. and as an end of it the warrior
smote his leader twice or thrice with his
heavy rope. The objectionable sin had
been committed It is safe to knock an
Indian down, pound him with acub, beat
INN with Il stick. brIiSe him with 4 blud-
gcon; but II were better 10 beard the
grizzly bear than lay over his shoulders a
coWhldc or anything that Savorcd OF the
lash
Chief as he Wa~. COchi~c SternIN de
manded that the Young brave should fight
HIM al daylight the next morning with
rifles, 'Ihe dHeil0 is not much in vogue
with any Of the Indian tribes, and it is but
rarely that individual QuarrPlS pass so far
beyond the point of settlement that an
exercise of something of persuasion or
resOlute authority will not serve TO restore
good feeling bltl in this instance tochiSe
would agree t0 nothing short of the
actual combat They met and fought
1t was early morning, and the measured
distance was thirty PAGES. Probably 500
warriors We're in attendance. and these.
clad in tull war costume and formed upon
The flank Of the lnelling ground, presented
a picturesque adornment to a scene other
wise pitileSs and untor@iying At the
iir~l fire tochiSe'S bullet found the heart
Of his antagonist lle leaped high into
tile an ana before ne fe9chod Inc %follhd
ne was 'eau.
!H cNei,' WY more notorious WAS o.
'illNe h'Nt l';'I "l savage pr'N2do ana
proves. a Nc0lch interpreter named
iiarTlHoh f-h%lelatl H'i1 iailrh uhuer ms
uiNpieaSnfe, ana he received Word lfom
ms df'pofalr enemy mat NE lend was
mortar ana that ne meant 10 Al.I ann when
eNeI 'hd "hereNtF i"'ihu. En9 I'lllrt a.
'ettcH l." I','9Ii III Ihe threat p"t ne pre-
'al'U hhlaell iVI tlt worst H'NeflheltSN'
III" "tit 'iU''t "''fiIS' Nl'hoUt' however
i!eetiii@ NllH 3il opportunity y" klI' or oe
hllltu.
ohe gay new ra'nt' !" hrcoh 'hal 90
ehiNe' at Inc neau "i 4 >hla,I war parry,
N'9 ~ 'aiii' 'h'!iN ilt't> !" tlt No''thf't9t'
\ hneli'I captain t"ok thirih men a. IN
tu3ll a3th' 3ad Eh9lctl"rt ~ lH''rpFttef'
an" went out TO nave taik WIN the
-'l'acheN. ~ = supposed 'ilat !he taP'aih
was ignorant Oh 'nt lco' eNlSlin2' lor up
on fh9iehait makIli9 some "hlertloh TO
the l'!ol,oHeo eAPg"I.loi tii,' ollicef INSISTED
an" iiH"''N prev 'I'tU upon nun 70 20 Inc
meeting was nlocl irIeh'iN ana lasted NrN-
vi'I n"t'iS >tlli'tI "cll'>'' nor f'i2Ie
1'aI' ieIeii'" 10 'i't >Un|eci oi the 'l'''trel
.'''M ~ '''''l' ''n'' ~ WON 'li0lI norAeS
.i .n iIl5ii''iH '2nYerIe' WINE tllr Noi'lef' o'
ti'e rArol' XIII. 'lle iA''l'hN OF 'It war par
y were 9ettH'@ fGa"l u Glarcn ana TO
oeI1'I9'r' - S""1'eh' ana WIN Il Wliu
l''' tA'' i'''d 1'lred ''la vengeance IN IT,
Tot'il1' ttalIeo hoi" hi9 ~,'udIe, 'el|Po
Eh9Ieli"rt 1; ny the collar 'UeW hlh mp
Gln"i ! ilolil VI H,iItups Iho oIeE upon ms
l'i. "ait t"l9n' "HU Ii,eIl uaSlieu on at
= it'i ~ l'le' ''''iN "LN' pay
!l''tiS '"'iN lilS ms 9iN'S9IHl3 Nl'tI'1' 90
o''''ll''lico''N @ M''H ''e "'t"'h' any - ''.i
PleP'leu wa .li' '>'oit iot amy iiililie'u-
~ 80 - p,'n
?'iiI' 't ,o'ii'S'' iolloNc {" ''l ll-9 citlIt
.' "':l.'' pcloie ~ cnPl'ln presence u
.'iiil'' i''"I I4o'' ~ "IiiI ''i'' c'ii - was
Ui'Vl'u' y, ~ W. ~ i"'r. e. noN tNeL, " save
tn ,Ic poo '''o''iliii''n' iaNen III Tue TERRI
Nlc '"9,'"N tHi' ~ ~ W. iic NeI NtloNe uea-
Pcl"'e'N 'iiu 'iic'' to ,'iI" ms IenolEcf
~" ~ 'i|No IT. -, i'5h1 ny tVHio lot ms
me NncC iie hea.lN Suctteoeu' out' WIN
'lie ~ elath ~ iaNt, 1h'' Il I'pldllN thlt
utmost aelleo t"IcuI:tioh' 'ochISe stabbed
hlN lr'u'l SfNth tiii!ts III ~" hPgh ana
pitaS'' anu eve" "lI4G hoiulil9 nm up
speed. MANAGED TO tpar tbr rnelino scaln
from the ,tiIl brpathino yet drradtnIjr
mntiIafcd ntc,nrnter Wayino +biS tbrcs
times in tie face Of lis plrS1erS= and dron-
pino tbp CORY corpse Ikea loo in thr road
he easiI1 bafled the detachment ri
soIdiers and made his nsconn v,itba,lf ,bn
loss II 4 sinoje follower
For this deed the price of - 600 was mn,
upon Cochise's head and many WIS The
bordcrer and p]ajnsmon who pnternJ into
his domain to look for him and TO lie in
wait unon fine road that ha sometimes
travelled They All not tind bim--co,.-
tainlv none over yantnrad ,n claim tho
Mood money. ana monv thern wnrn who
rat,,rnad moi ot a1I
In ! rano,.t mad,. "a ,bn w,,. non,,.t
mant von1a ,brnn ~. G,n,. ,,aa,.l aoo tbo
octnal statistics wcre oiven nf Corh;sn,s
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