404 INDIANS. 



brilliant dash, in the face of a strong guard, of not more 

 than half a dozen Apache Indians. The mules belonging 

 to the waggon train transporting the baggage and supplies 

 of several companies of the 6th Infantry were, at Bear 

 Creek, Kansas, in 1871, stampeded and carried off by 

 two Indians, in spite of hundreds of shots. Such instances, 

 though not on so large a scale, occur every summer, and 

 hundreds could be given if necessary. 



By turns sneaking and bold, and oftentimes both 

 together, the Indian is at all times and under all circum- 

 stances a most dangerous thief, and it is not too much to 

 say that a horse or mule on the plains is never entirely 

 safe from his skill and rapacity. 



