“He could stand behind a rock or a
cactus within a stone's throw of the
whole regiment of cavalry seeking him
and laugh their efforts to scorn, or he
could run his pony till It dropped,
seize another —the whole of Arizona is
his living stable—or, If no other was
convenient, he could, without troub
ling himself in the least, walk seventy
five miles in twenty-four hours, which
is more than a cavalry horse can do, to
say nothing of a white man. These
Indians are wonderful.
“We know of one case where a man
and his wife made eighty miles in elev
en hours—walking—and started back
the next day. They scoop out sand in
places known but to themselves, find
water, put back the sand, and no white
man suspects its vicinity. They live
on the wild betins and certain roots
which they dig. and so do not have to
carry food, cooking utensils or betray
themselves by a tire. A cavalry horse
has to carry the rider, carbine, ammu
nition, blankets, overcoats, canteen,
cooking utensils and rations; then an
other has to go along to carry forage
for the horse. Indian ponies live off
the country, so that looking for the
“Kid,” with every Indian on the reser
vation his friend and not yours. Is
worse than the proverbial needle in the
haystack. Every rock, bush and moun
tain is likewise in league with him."
—Minneapolis Journal.
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