On the Trail of Geronimo — page 84: what you’re looking at

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76 ON THE TRAIL OF GELONIMO. warrior standing near him and said something 1 a low voice. The second person was an interpreter, and the leader must have told him to address the white person, for, to the astonishment of the latter, the second Apache, with the others watching the scene, spoke good English. “ Who be you?” “Tieutenant Richard Whitcomb, of company G, Sixth United States Cavalry, stationed at Fort Grant.” The interpreter translated this reply to the chief- tain who gave him other commands in his own tongue, for the examination was immediately resumed. «Where come from?” “T was on my way to Fort Grant when I fell from the road over the rocks. I was making my way up the gorge, and saw the light of your camp, just before the bear attacked me.” It struck the lieutenant at this moment that un- less very circumspect, he would betray the presence of the thousands of dollars in gold lying not far away in the gorge. If the Apaches should learn the truth, they would be quick to seize the plunder. CoONnniclooo (C(O)