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and the life of great cities than the Indians around 

 them. Afterwards they both went East and made 

 money. Cody has, I believe, settled down on a 

 ranch somewhere in Wyoming, and John Omo- 

 hondro, better known as Texas Jack, has gone to 

 other and better hunting grounds. Peace be with 

 him ; he was a good and kind friend to me, a 

 cheery companion, as brave as a lion, as gentle as a 

 woman, always ready for anything, always willing 

 to work, cutting down mountains of difficulties 

 into molehills, always in good humour, never 

 quarrelling — a better hunting companion than 

 Jack was in those days, or a more reliable friend, 

 it would be hard to find. There was nothing mean 

 about Jack ; he was — to use one of his own Western 

 phrases — a real white man. *' Well," says Cody, 

 after the ceremony of introduction had been got 

 through, and we had made known our wishes and 

 aspirations, " I guess we will both go along with 

 you gents, if you like, and if I can get leave, and 

 I don't know as there will be any trouble about 

 that. You see Jack and I just started out this 

 morning to get a load of meat, but there has been 

 considerable of a fire down towards the forks, and 

 scared all the game off ; and as we had not got 

 no stores with us for more than a day or two, we 



