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that this Mexican should do so ; and if he is not rich 
enough, some of us will lend him the means. 
Dalgadito . — The owner does not wish to sell ; he 
wants his captives. 
Commissioner . — I have already told my brother 
that this cannot be. I speak not with two tongues. 
Make up your minds. 
Dalgadito . — The owner wants twenty horses for 
them. 
Commissioner . — The Apache laughs at his white 
brother ! He thinks him a squaw, and that he can 
play with him as with an arrow ! Let the Apache say 
again. • 
Dalgadito . — The brave who owns these captives 
does not wish to sell. He has had one of those (two) 
boys six years. He grew up under him. His heart- 
strings are bound around him. He is as a son to his 
old age. He speaks our language, and he cannot sell 
him. Money cannot buy affection. His heart cannot 
be sold. He taught him to string and shoot the bow, 
and to wield the lance. He loves the boy, and cannot 
sell him. 
Commissioner . — We are sorry that this thing should 
be. W e feel for our Apache brother, and would like 
to lighten his heart. But it is not our fault. Our 
brother has fixed his affections on the child of his 
enemy. It is very noble. But our duty is stern. We 
cannot avoid it. It wounds our hearts to hurt our 
friends ; but if it were our own children, and the duty 
and the law said, “Part with them,” part with them 
we should. Let our Apache brother reflect, and name 
his price. 
