down and mounted in a moment, but there was to be no great
battle that day. The Apache "council of war" lasted until it could hear
the cavalry bugle and the distant whoop of the Big Tongue. It could not
hear the howl of One-eye, for that brave animal was sitting in the very
entrance of the barrier guarding the notch, all alone except for the
squaws. It was better to go upon any reservation, and to promise any
amount and degree of good behavior, than to spend the remainder of that
fine day in being shot and sabred. So the council decided, and so, in
due and dignified form, they announced to Captain Grover, before he had
an opportunity to bid his veterans charge.

The official duty of the captain, after that, was to disarm his
captives, the weapons to be all returned upon reaching the reservation,
and to order them at once into a camp by themselves, under a guard. Word
was sent to Garry and his men to move the quadrupeds down the river as
fast as possible, the prisoners there being untied and sent to their
main body. Rapid orders were given, and were mingled with as rapid
conversations with Judge Parks, Yellow Pine, and Long Bear.

"Where's that messenger?" suddenly exclaimed Captain Grover, after he
had listened to the facts as to the sending of Two Arrows. There was a
glow upon the brave soldier's face, and he was unbuckling the flap of
one of his holsters, for he was yet in the saddle.

Two Arrows was summoned and came forward, and a great many eyes were
upon him.

"Young brave!" said Captain Grover emphatically. "I never heard of a
pluckier volunteer in all my life. Take that; keep your head level,
that's all. You've more courage than you've any real need of."

"That" was a handsome silver-mounted army revolver. Given in that way it
was a mark of distinction for a great chief to be proud of, and Long
Bear, indeed, was nearly as proud as was Two Arrows.

"There, Sile," said his father; "see that you do as well with your
advantages as that Nez Perce boy has done with his."

"I will, father; but why could he not have some more? What is to hinder
him from going to school? There's all my gold, now, in the wagon; I'd
spend a good deal of it."

"Sile, my boy, I've been thinking of it. We will do it. It's a good
thing. The girl too."

It was time now for Captain Grover to ride in and see the notch and the
mine, and to get the best dinner the miners and Ha-ha-pah-no could cook
for him and his men. Then it was time fo