With the Indians in the Rockies #269748

He was destined never to finish the task. An old bullet wound in his lung had always kept him in poor health, and when, in the winter of 188 5, he contracted pneumonia, the end was quick. His last request was that I would put his notes in shape for pub lication. This I have done to the best of my ability in my own old age; how well I have done it is for the reader to judge.