The latter stood apart.
Curumilla pointed out in this way nine in succession, and then rejoined his comrades.
"Is that all?" Valentine asked.
"Yes," he answered.
"Disarm those men, and bind them firmly," the count commanded.
His orders being obeyed, Don Louis then walked up to the Apaches.
"My brothers may take their arms and mount their horses again," he said. "They are valiant warriors. The palefaces have appreciated their courage, and esteem them. My brothers will return to their villages, and tell the old men and sages of their nation that the palefaces who have conquered them are not cruel men, like the ferocious Yoris, and that they desire to bury the hatchet so deeply between themselves and the Apaches, that it may never be found again for ten thousand years."
An Indian advanced from the group, and saluted majestically.
"Strong Heart is a terrible warrior: he is a jaguar during the combat, but he becomes an antelope after the victory. The words his breast breathes are inspired in him by the Great Spirit—the Wacondah loves him. My nation was deceived by the Yoris. Strong Heart is generous—he has pardoned. Henceforth there will be friendship between the Apaches and the warriors of Strong Heart."
The redskins, according to their custom, had, with that poesy which distinguishes them, given Don Louis the name of Strong Heart.