On the Trail of Geronimo — page 99: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

ON THE TRAIL OF GERONIMO. 91 man, who thundered to the spot at that instant; “he has dodged under your horse!” “Catch him if he comes out on that side!” called a third rider, who checked his galloping steed at the same instant on the other side of Sam. The scene which followed will scarcely be cred- ited, and it is impossible to describe the particu- lars. Three United States cavalrymen had come to a sudden halt for the purpose of cutting down a dis- mounted Apache, who carried his knife in one hand and his rifle in the other. He had escaped the first stroke by whisking under the horse of the soldier, and while in that desperate situation, a second horseman took position on one side and a third on the other. All three were skillful swords- men, and on the alert to let him have it the instant he could be reached. Just as he shot under the belly of the first steed, the Apache made a quick flirt with his knife, in- flicting a cut on the horse like the violent thrust of aspur. The frenzied animal plunged a dozen feet away. The act swept the roof, as may be said, from over the hard pressed Indian, and left him exposed comic DOO S (C(O) mM