The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-25

S SSSll ey0f I f ~ Wins an that SSTTiSSlSbS, WITH he
went none too willingly, feeling guilty toward
me. perhaps. and not knowing what ! had
IRSsIlppSSdH Sis G feelings msSs' to % have a9; EnSo Sq'a th aS' 1 " SSs
T USGS { for Tt thS first TS, hInt so Of tSr SsS ne : D or dist
for shooting him out OF hand.
"A griZziy bear brought an end TO this inter
sss od1s s6 sltSSfle99 G Gndit in dl5sssdnt j Hs we want cnme eo og.
posite a little blind canon, u mere recess In the
cliff. that shut In the valley, there came, from
wqyIior him to climb out Of the canon, and,
bristled, up. making him look as bie as two
bear BeaFf Tor t soms seconds RSS sy for % az sound uiSG@ Of The 90 ro oar
my horse, wheeled and ran from under me so
quickly x that G found myssli b sIttipg GO on Thd the
The Jar with which | came to the earth made
me see stars. and when the fire stopped dane
was Just coming out OF the canon and Durango
was running for a tree. l might perhaps have
now coming up the valley. could see everything
that ~ vent en- ,6 ON; and as . things 8 were r then, It was
the white feather before them.
nMy SSr6 o5S With IL eight .hn cartridges a rtei Z 2 IN n the
failed TO stop the, bear before he covered the
hundred i9 Yards that lay between nsItwell, it
dropped on to one knee, using the other as a
easy to biz il spite q hhis b%isRsss, and my 'drst
struck his right H'ffS' shoulder Id and 'RRe he turned n"Si
ffSSir 9 mark 20 iSr t ths ps wGp BULLET Tbi eb1SSd the %e lefe
four shots all landed. one Of them in the; head,
came on, wabbilng a little and bleeding from
both ~nostrils, but as determined as ever. with
and gave him every one of the six shots. dodg-
ing to one side and firing the last one INTO his
been and fell in a heap. gaspIns out his last
breaths.
blythe bear. but rode to the tree where the
to make fun OF him, in the Apache tonEue. for
running way from the bear.
You. are a COYOTE he said. Half breeds,
you understand, are called coyotes by the
MeXicans: You are not a true Apache. and
s BACK tS to the q Pss Sns MfSl's and Pt carry IN water yS%' With III
the women. You are not At company for men
LAP Indian taxed With an act Of cowardice
stood sulleh and d9wncast under. GrijaIba's
words and the other Apaches jeered and
Now is your time Griialba said to me in
English, net turning his head. 'Disarm him
,, %I walked over t99 Durango; His rifle was
lying on the ground where he had dropped IL
when he elimbedthe tree: You are coward,
GriiaIba ,translatinG myswords into Apache as |
sroke. Take on. your cartridge belt The
half breed unbuckled his belt and the inter-
prefer took it. held, up my watch. / will
shall be shot, like the cowardly coyote
you are. wherever we find you. Now git.
In two minutes. remember. shall turn
loose | said. and cooked my carbine which. l
lust remembered, had, not a cartridge in it.
while my revolver was likewise empty. 1t was
lust as well. for the scouts, all loyal again now
that there was business to do and l had assert
ed myself. were cooking their rifles waiting for
orders to fire. with, their eyes CHANGING from
mine to Durango. who was running like agrey-
hound for the nearest timber.
made the two minutes last until the half
breed had got beyond rifle shot. for I did not
want any shooting done. The scouts were dis
appointed at missing their chance to fire at
which, was a big fellow. l could not take his
Skin along, but his scalp and the claws of one
foot carried back to the post as a trophy.
There was no more trouble for me in han
| was big chief Will this party. and 1t was not
long after our return to Camp Bowie before the
story OF my killing the grizzly and running the
nall breed on had travelled over all the reser-
yations and. wherever there was a band of
Apache scouts. We had some luck. too. before
we got. back, capturing a party of seven rene
gades from the San Carlos reservation on their
way to the Sierra Madres to join the hostile
Chiricahuas and killing two of the bucks.
Durango was next heard OF on the reservation.
for the whites: He was found among the dead
lett on the field alter a winning fight with hos
tiles two years later. and it came out that he
had been dealing With renegade Indians. SELL
formation all the. time that he was pretending
to be the friend OF the whites"