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Show Indian Cunning. C. II. Russell, an old resident of Arizona, Ari-zona, speaking of the trouble among the Indians, asserted that in his opinion tha most intelligent and at the same time the most cunning of the western savages sav-ages are the San Carlos Apaches. To them, according to Mr. Russell, is due the invention of the centre fire cartridge, "During the outbreak some eight or nine years ago," he continued, "their arms were all Winchester rifles of the rim fire pattern, and they soon exhausted exhaust-ed their supply of cartridges. They had plenty of powder, bullets utid percussion cups, but they were not available for breechloading guns. The cunning rascals ras-cals had saved their brass shells, and, with surprising ingenuity, they altered the hammers of their guns, drilled holes through the center of the shells for tha caps, loaded them and used them during dur-ing the rest of the war. It was discovered discov-ered when they wero captured. They were, I believe, the first of the kind in use." San Francisco Call. |