. Geronimo's story of his life . ses neck, when the Indian sprang on hishorse and galloped toward him at full95 GERONIMO speed, making signs to him not to shoot, andwhen he approached him, dismounted andpointing to the ground, showed Berne many-fresh deer tracks. Then, as an understand-ing had been estahhshed, the cowboy re-movmted and went on his way, leaving theApache to hunt the deer. One day when this cowboy was about tenmiles from camp, he found two splendidhorses of the Indians. These horses hadstrayed from the herd. Thinking that theywould in a way compensate for the cattlethe Apaches w
. Geronimo's story of his life . ses neck, when the Indian sprang on hishorse and galloped toward him at full95 GERONIMO speed, making signs to him not to shoot, andwhen he approached him, dismounted andpointing to the ground, showed Berne many-fresh deer tracks. Then, as an understand-ing had been estahhshed, the cowboy re-movmted and went on his way, leaving theApache to hunt the deer. One day when this cowboy was about tenmiles from camp, he found two splendidhorses of the Indians. These horses hadstrayed from the herd. Thinking that theywould in a way compensate for the cattlethe Apaches were eating, he drove them onfor about five miles into a canon where therewas plenty of grass and water and left themthere, intending to come back after the de-parture of the Indians and take possessionof them. On the tenth day after tlie arrival of thisband of Indians, United States troops, ac-companied by two Indians who had beensent to make the arrangements, arrived incamp, paid for the cattle the Apaches had96 o > ^^ M X ^. OTHER RAIDS eaten, took the Indians and their stock, andmoved on toward Fort Bowie. The cowboysimmediatel)^ started for the canon where thetwo horses had been left, but had not gonefar when they met two Indians driving thesehorses in front of them as they pushed onto overtake the tribe. Evidently the shrewdness of the palefacehad not outwitted the red man that time. Geronimo says he was in no wise con-nected with the events herein mentioned, butrefuses to state whether he knows anythingabout them. He holds it unmanly to tell ofany depredations of red men except thosefor which he was responsible. Such were the events transpiring in Apache land during the days when Ge-ronimo was leading his warriors to avengethe wrongs of his people. This chapterwill serve to show that the Apache hadplenty of examples of lawlessness furnishedhim, and Vlso that he was a very apt scholarin this school of savage lawlessness.\ 97 CHAPTER XI HEAVY FIGHTING ABOUT 1873 we were
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