Hualpai

Approached in accordance with Hualpai views of table etiquette, the

Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Charles King 1888

Briggs laughed and pointed to the tray on the steps, but the Hualpai shook his head and drew back shyly.

Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Charles King 1888

"Hualpai 21," the only designation he would own to (the real name, in the absence of some tribesman to speak for him, one could rarely learn from an Indian), was given his fill of food and rest, then, with a despatch to Turner, was sent forth

Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Charles King 1888

A runner, Hualpai, had come in from the far north-east, with despatches from Stannard.

Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Charles King 1888

One of them brought his back with him, and the third -- Hualpai

Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Charles King 1888

Hualpai 21 took with him one of those cheap little disks of looking-glass, cased in pewter, at that time found at every frontier store.

Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Charles King 1888

"Ask him, if you can, where the first fight came off, and who was sent with the despatch," demanded the general of the new-comer, upon whom the Hualpai looked in recognition, but with neither light nor welcome in his piercing eyes.

Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Charles King 1888

He had discarded his linen coat and trousers in favor of a pair of brown cord breeches with Hualpai leggings and light spurs.

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Six of the men and two Hualpai scouts had been more or less severely wounded, four of them being borne from

Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Charles King 1888

Presently he turned and, using such signs as he thought might be comprehensible, asked the impassive runner if he knew where the first fight took place, and the Hualpai, as would almost any Indian partially gathering the drift of a question, began a rambling reply, pointing as he spoke, with shifting finger, all over the range to the south-east.

Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Charles King 1888