General Crook and the Fighting Apaches / Treating Also of the Part Borne by Jimmie Dunn in the days, 1871-1886, When With Soldiers and Pack-trains and Indian Scouts, but Employing the Stronger Weapons of Kindness, Firmness and Honesty, the Gray Fox Worked Hard to the End That the White Men and the Red Men in the Southwest as in the Northwest Might Better Understand One Another

by Edwin L. Sabin

However, Nah-che, standing erect, was not at all pleased to see him.

“Why are you in here?” demanded Nah-che.

“I came down from Bowie to look at some mules. Now I was going back to Bowie.”

“Did you know that some of us are off the reservation?”

“Yes. I saw a signal fire last night, in Mexico, and I read what it said.”

“What did it say?”

“It said that they would wait two days.”

“That is right,” replied Nah-che. “I am sorry we met you, chi-kis-n, because now you will be killed.”

“That may be so. But why do you kill me, chi-kis-n?” challenged Jimmie. “I have done you no harm.”