Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1883-07-21
Nantan Cha.
Which Being Interpreted Means
Great Chief, the Apaches' Name for
General Crook.

porter for the Inter Ocean of General
Crook as that sun-browned hero kept
chucliling to himself, the other day,
otter having given the salient features
of his recent expedition into Old Mex
ico.--Inter Ocean.
And the "sun-browned hero" told q
sort of a Peck's boy story.
One of the things he said was, that
"an aparejo was wooden saddle"
There is not particle of wood in it.
He said that "the packages were
tightly strapped to it, and then the
whole affair is securely fastened to the
mule" Whether it is nailed on or
stuck with mueilage he does not say.
The fact is that the aparejo is securely
cinched on the mule, and the pack
ages are kept in place by the aid Of
lash ropes.
He said that "after capturing the
Indians, every mouthful of provisions
was dished out with great care" He
never captured an Indian; he sent one
of his command to them with flag of
truce, ana made a towards treaty
with them, and he gave them twenty
days rations.
He tells the story of laden mule
that fell down the mountain side. 81
expected" said he, "to see the mule
dashed to pieces and our bacon and
-four mashed into perfect jelly. You
can imagine our feelings, however,
when that blasted mule, without a
minutes loss of time, upon bounding
thirty or forty feet into the air and
landing upon the level spot, unfolded
his legs, scrambled to his feet, and be-
gan browsing as if he had just got
through rolling over in his stall after
a good nights rest"
"What became of the bacon and
four?' inquired the reporter.
"By thunder" exclaimed the Gen
eral, "that was safe, too!'
A jelly made of such constituents is
hardly possible, except to the imagina-
ton of the man who can write such
things as "Order No. 10;" and the
bounding of a mule "thirty or forty
feet into the air" is impossible outside
of a rubber factory. A mule has a
good deal of elasticity in its subse-
quent end, but it does not extend to
his whole anatomy.
He says 'the stalks of the mescal
plant is the favorite food of the
Apache"
Bless his heart they don't eat the
stalks any more than cannibal would
eat a generalissimo's spurs or sabre, -
they eat the very heart of the plant.
at tastes says this story teller,
"like boarding house rhubarb pie u
We can't contradict the assertion-he
knows best.
1--WE tried the preparation, and it
had laxative effect" All, now we
can account for the diarrhea of lies
with which he has been afflicted!
"When we slept our pickets were
out, and it was impossible to surprise
u.s." The Chiricahuas were Oh the
trail of the troops for two days and
Gen. Crook never knew it.
IF were to tell them (the Indians)
that they would be swallowed up one
at time by Major Bourke, they
would believe it could be DONE" Why
not, if Major Bourke's capacity for
holding men is great as his capacity
for emitting falsehoods? He is the
man who said that lin 1872 the farm,
crs in Arizona did their work at
night" These things tickle the fancy
of the fasteners, but frontiersman,
listening to it would say: "Swear him. .
"Adios>' said Mr.. Nan-tan-cha in a
Spanish as imperfect as his regard for
truth. If the interviewer had any
knowledge of the melliAuous language
of our southern neighbor he would
have responded to the "adios'' of the
great chief" with, "AdioS. senior ON.
! buStCrO,