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and bloodthirsty deeds, as I heard something of 

 him when I was in Texas three years ago. He 

 is of medium height ; slim, black hair to the shoul- 

 ders, clad only in buckskin; sometimes he wears 

 moccasins, but often goes barefooted, and usual- 

 ly has three feathers tied in his hair. As to the 

 other tribe of Apaches not much was known, they 

 had not been seen in some years. From twenty 

 to fifty might be their number; their old camp- 

 fires and various signs had been reported from 

 time to time. They confined themselves mostly 

 to horse-rustling, and, although always at odds 

 with the white man, they were not known to com- 

 mit the depredations carried on by the "Kid" and 

 his tribe. I made the remark that it might be 

 more exciting to change our tactics and go on an 

 Indian hunt than it \vould be for game, where- 

 upon Hi exclaimed that I would be more likely 

 to live to tell about the latter than the former. 



We were now descending to the river, Hi 

 ahead picking the way. No day was too long, no 

 work was too hard, no ridge too steep for him; 

 always good-natured, even when the whole pack- 

 train seemed to want to go in various directions. 



During the whole trip he never was once out 

 of reach of his 30-30. He said he had lived most 

 of his life in hard countries, and, as he put it, 



