Great Bear cried out, and the hand hung limp.
"Ha, ha! Reached you, did I?" gasped Jesse in triumphant tones.
Great Bear snarled like a wounded animal.
The hand though useless, slipped about the outlaw's neck and the savage's arm pinioned it in a grip of iron, while with his free hand he showered blows on the bandit's side.
Jesse fastened his teeth in the redskin's cheek and when he pulled away there was left a great gaping wound, and the bandit spat out his toll of human flesh.
The Indian's grip on Jesse's neck was released and Great Bear with his free hand dealt his antagonist a frightful blow on the side of his head.
Jesse sunk down and all grew black about him.
With a muffled yell of fiendish joy Great Bear sprang free of his antagonist, throwing Jesse with crushing force to the ground where he lay for a brief moment on his back.
The redskin scrambled for his knife.
It was but the work of an instant for him to secure it.