Arizona republican., 1899-05-22

Indians" he said. Notice the owl
 gives Che more hoot in his call than
 usual. It's the Kids red friends sig
 naling to him that they are near"
 Just then we heard one of the guards
 cut in the darkness call a halt and in
 a second more the report of a gun was
 heard Then the whole camp was in
 arms ready fer an attack. The Senti-
 mel said he had shot at black object
 crawling in the brush and when search
 was made a wounded Indian was found
 who, upon being carried to the camp
 fire, proved to be a woman. As she
 was laid down by the campfire the Kid
 raised himself on his elbow and spoke
 in his language to her, and then he
 commenced the low. plaintive death
 vail.
 The wCman's wound was examined
 by the surgeon, who pronounced it to
 be a mortal one, and in less than half an hour she was dead.
 From what the scout could under
 stand the Kid was singing the death
 song Of his mother, who had been
 killed while trying to assist in his es-
 cape.
 In two days more the troop reached
 the fort; then the Kids wound re-
 ceived good attention and his leg soon
 commenced to heal During the l h4Ont4io ludG IOlOWSu ILS hIu | learned all the vices of the sol
 Giers and was an adept at stringing
 cuss words together in the most pie
 turesque and abrupt manner, and al i though society was not much around 1 the fort at init time, still the Kids
 native costume of a breech clout and
 paint was considered altogether tco
 scanty, even by scme of the troopers
 who several times forced him to dress
 more becoming to civilization So the Kid would be made to wear some
 of the soldiers discarded uniform clothing, but this forced refCun1 never lasted at the most but few days, for
 the contempt which the Kid did not fail to show for anything in the shape of clCithing always made him rebel and he wC,Jld then be found as naked as when first wounded in the rocks.
 While slightly friendly with some Of the soldiers who did him kindly acts, there were others he would hardly mo- tice, and there was Ctna especially who if he spoke to him, raised all the devilish looks that the Kid possessed This man was Private Hogen, the guard who shot the Kids mother No favors were ever received by the Kid from Hogen and it became a by-word among the troopers that the Kid had hell in his heart for Hogen.' As the months passed by the Kid seemed to become more recOncilad tcl camp life, | and wh6n his leg became sound again l and he showed 10 Gtsposition to run 1 away to his people, when ne had the l opportunity to do SC, and had of his | own accord dCnned a shirt in addition | to his breech clout and paint as part | of his wearing apparel, we made up | our minds that the Kid knew when he | h 17zlrI T with us. With plenty to eat and nCith- | ing to do in the way Of work the life suited the Kid. For amusement the Kid hunted with his bow and arrcfws in the hills near by and hiS expertnesS kept the mess kettle filled with small game In fact the Kid spent about all his time using his bow and arrows and for hours he would shoot at the head oI an imaginary man armed with a gun, which he had roughly drawn on a board.
 The rapidity with which an Indian can shoot arrows from war bow is astonishing to one who for the first time sees a warrior doing his best in shooting fast. Taking two arrows in the left hand, which holds the bow, and Cne Cin the string, and holding three by their shafts in his mouth he will shoot the six arrows quicker than an expert can shoot the same number of shots frCm Winchest
 The Kid, by continual practice, be- came an expert and the satisfaction which it gave him to be able to put every arrow, while a hundred feet away, full inch into the board where the head Of the figure was represented ] was plainly seen. When asked who the figure on the board was meant for, he would say Apache. The Apache5 ( were the hereditary foes of the Maya [ jos, but when asked why he made the : Apache with a gun instead of with a { bow ard arrows with which they ( fought, he was silent. |
 Occasionally the Kid would return 1 E tc his original costume by discarCing ( the shirt, which the soldiers had con ! 5ldered a great advance toward civil- zaticn. Then fer days he would ap- i gear only in breech clout and paint I and for hours shoot his arrows into : the head Of the figure cm the board I with such appa rent maignity that s 2ne could hardly help believing the | Kid imagined he was killing a real I enemy. Nearly every week found cur ! company out after the NavajOs at such lines the Kid remaining at the fort. f we did not always find the Indians Te usually found their hastily desert d villages or caches Of supplies which t VIC destroyed. Their peach trees were r ut down and their gardens of corn ( Ind pumpkins were devastated. So i loosely were the Indians present at all Y imes for food and rest after their viI- E ages were destroyed that in 1S67-6S p hey sued for peace. U
 Now came the time when several Of $ he soldiers were to be discharged Cr T. -ccCunt Of the expiration Of their terms If enlistment, and among these men a vas HOgan; ROgen was to stand guard b suty for the last time one night, for a n the morning he was to reeve his t, discharge, and with natural happiness V which comes to a soldier when he is y soing to be discharged after lcntg ser t.