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(hese trailers were also Apaches, but of a dif- 
erent tribe from those who were at war. The 
Chiracahuas, who had left their reservation and 
vho had been raiding and murdering, were ad- 
mittedly the worst Indians in all the United 
states. Several Tonto Apaches had been brought 
nto camp for the purpose of assisting us in fol- 
jowing the Chiracahuas, and one night word 
shame in that a band of the raiders had made its 
lvay into the valley below us and under the very 
joses of the troops had robbed several ranches 
ind murdered the inhabitants. 
In order to make a successful move against 
hese Indians it was necessary to march at night 
hn account of warnings sent ahead by signal 
lires. As soon as night came a troop of cavalry 
ind a company of trailers were out after the 
aiders. All that day Indian scouts had searched 
he surrounding country for trails, and when 
he troops were ready to start the scouts had a 
\rail which they believed led directly to the 
‘ancheria or village of the raiding Apaches. The 
|rail was followed over stony and rough ground, 
ind through underbrush in the dark, the trailers 
ictually feeling their way with their hands. They 
seemed to experience no difficulty in tracing the 
rail with their fingers in the dark, but suddenly 
here was a halt, and word was sent back that 
he trail had been crossed by a fresher one. 
A consultation was held, the Indians holding 
heir hands on the trail until an officer came up. 
\ light was procured and the new trail examined. 
[he cross trail proved to be that of a bear, which 
jad passed along after the Indians. The original 
vas taken up and followed steadily through the 
ight, and the rancheria was found and captured 
parly in the morning. This remarkable feat of 
|\railing was considered the greatest ever known, 
ind received special mention in the report of the 
seneral to the War Department. 
| The Indian is taught from the earliest child- 
‘hood to note and examine every mark on the 
ground. He is given constant instructions re- 
lgarding the placing of his feet while on the 
jnarch, and under all circumstances, whether in 
peace or war, he hides his trail. It has become 
a second nature to him, and the watching of the 
trails he crosses is as instinctive as is the hid- 
ing of his own. But it is not alone by watching 
the marks left on the ground that he follows 
those whom he is pursuing. He does as he 
lknows they have done, and travels by land- 
marks, 

| His perfect knowledge of the country tells 
where the fleeing party is bound to pass if not 
too closely pursued, and instead of following 
an intricate trail over wide expanse of country 
he makes directly for the place where he is cer- 
jtain the trail will cross a ridge or through a 
jpass in the mountains. If the fleeing party 
{makes devious twists and turns, crossing and 
recrossing its own trail in order to throw the 
[followers off, the expert trailer does not at- 
jtempt to follow these turns, but goes directly 
o the landmark ahead and thus frequently gains 
an hour’s time. It is only when the pursued 
lis very closely pushed that he will abandon 
the landmarks and endeavor to throw the pur- 
suers off by striking out independently across 
the country. 
Sometimes a large party finds itself so hotly 
\followed that it is compelled to scatter and the 
jmembers take devious ways across mountains 
or plains to a point some hundred of miles 
jaway. Then the trailer finds his work cut out 
for him, for the trailer cannot proceed so 
rapidly as he who makes the trail. The Indian 
lon a raid pays little attention to his front. He 
|knows that his weakness is in his trail and he 
jalways carefully guards the rear of his march. 
|His knowledge of his ability to find the trail of 
jhis enemy makes him afraid of the discovery of 
hat left by himself. 
| Reference is still made to the “Cheyenne 
jraid,” which took place in Kansas in 1878. This 
|nemorable event was not a raid in the true sense 
jof the word. The northern Cheyennes had been 
rounded up and transported to the Indian Terri- 
tory, where they were held on a reservation, 
much against their wills. Wild Hog, one of the 
most famous chiefs of the tribe, led the tribe in 
an effort to break away from the reservation 
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