“I reckon Running Water is about right,” said Buffalo Bill to Wild Bill, as they rode onward.
“How was he on the wrestle?” asked Wild Bill curiously.
“A mighty good man. If it hadn’t been for all that drink that was in him, he’d have been the toughest proposition to handle that I ever ran up against. As it was, he was not particularly difficult to throw.”
The fort was reached safely, and soon afterward Hare, the rescued captive, returned to his relatives, quite cured of any desire for further experiences of Western life.
CHAPTER XLI.
BLACK PANTHER’S END.
Buffalo Bill had not seen the last of Black Panther.
Two months after the encounter in Running Water’s village the commandant of Fort McPherson ordered him to go, with a small band of his scouts, to the village of the Bear band of the Sioux nation.
They were threatening to cause trouble, the officer said, and they must be looked after, warned, and over-awed by a show of force. The famous Company B of the Third Cavalry, under command of Captain Meinhold, would go along with the scouts.