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Show INDIAN A8 nUNNCllP. H Instates of Tlialr Il.uiikbl I'nwarl Oencral Cook Is quoted by Edward S. H Ellis as having seen an Apache lope for 1,500 feet up tho ildo of a mountain without showing tbe first signs ot fa- H tlgue, thero being no percoptlblo sign H ot Increase ot respiration. Captain IL H L. Scott, of the Seventh Cavalry, boa H related somo astonishing feats per- H formed by tho Chlracahua Apaches H forming Troop L ot bis regiment. He BBH tella how nine of these Indians, after H a hard day's work, by way ot recrea- H Hon pursued a coyote for two houn, H captured tho nimble brute and brought H It Into camp; how, on another occasion, H tho scouts gave chase to a deer, ran It H down some nlno mllea from camp and H Tetched It In alive. Hence I see no H good reason for doubting the word ot H an old-timer I met In tho Ilocky rnoun- H tains, wbo told mo that, In the days H beforo tbe Atlantlo and Pacific rail- aVatVJH road waa built, tho Pima Indiana of OtsssssM Arlxona would recover settlera' stray IsssssssH horses, along tha overland trail, by laVAW walking them down In the course ot uVflW two or tbreo days. After this ono may HflE1'- begin to txllevo that "Lying Jim" HEBV Ilcckwourth, whoto remarkable adven- BRasaV tures early In this century aro pre- HfltQ served In book form, wot a much-ma- lul llgned man and that be spoke no mors H than the truth whon ho said be had autssssfl known instances of Indian runners ao IH compllahlng upward of 110 mllcu r. ouo day. Ltpplncott,1! Magazine. lassssssVJ |