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Title: The scout and ranger: being the personal adventures of Corporal Pike, of the Fourth Ohio cavalry. As a Texan ranger, in the Indian wars, delineating western adventure; afterwards a scout and spy, in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas, under General Mitchell, Rosecrans, Stanley, Sheridan, Lytle, Thomas, Crook, and Sherman. Fully illustrating the secret service. Twenty-five full-page engravings
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Pike, James, 1834-1867
Subjects: Texas Rangers Indians of North America -- Wars 1815-1875 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Scouts and scouting United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives
Publisher: Cincinnati, New York, J.R. Hawley & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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riors riding along at a walk.Instantly the foremost of them strung their bows and unslungtheir quivers; but I rode deliberately and boldly up, till withinthe length of a lance of them, when one of them made signs forme to stop, which I did. Four of them tried to ride behind me,but having seen them string their bows, I refused to let thempass; at the same time throwing my horse around so that agigantic forest tree covered my back. They affected not to understand me, when I drew my pistolfrom my belt, and said to them in Mexican, ■■parreti, amigos. ^and immediately they stopped, with a cunning laugh, and turnedto their chief, as if awaiting orders. The Chief, whose name Ilearned was Placido, and who v.as afterward my firm friend,seemed to regard me with suspicion. Eyeing me from head tofoot, he asked me some questions in his own tongue; but I toldhim I did not understand him ; but he went on, delivering alengthy discourse, still speaking in Indian; and seemed to re- * Stop, friends.
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.^..;;v^ry^^i A NEW ACQUAINTANCE. 55 gard me vvith an air that said, I know very well what I amsaying, and you must understand it. I now said in Mexican—«o enfiende—I dont understand.He then looked at me, for some time, and inquired my name,speaking in Mexican, and I told him my patronimic. He thenaccused me of being a Texan and an enemy. I understood himnow perfectly; his eyes fairly blazed with malicious an-ger, as I deliberately eyed him from head to foot. I began tothink it was a mixed case as to whether or not I passed furtherinspection. The savages stood around me, in a half circle,seemingly determined to know, for certain, all about me; andat the same time, the lack of a medium to convey ideas, ren-dered our situation peculiarly embarrassing, particularly asthey had already begun to show unmistakable signs of hostility.They held a short consultation in their own tongue, after whichthe Chief again asked me my name, speaking in Mexican. Iagain favored him with it, but it was

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