Chapter
8
GERONIMO AND CROOKCRAWFORD'S SCOUTS WERE preparing to ride with the coming of the new day when there appeared upon a little eminence near their camp the figure of an Indian. Silent and erect it stood — a bronze statue touched by the light of the rising sun. Slowly, to and fro, it waved a white rag that was attached to the muzzle of a rifle. A scout called Crawford's attention to the flag of truce; and the cavalry officer, bearing a similar emblem, went out alone. and on foot toward the messenger, who now came slowly forward until the two met a couple of hundred yards from the camp.
Crawford recognized the Black Bear and nodded, waiting for him to speak.
"Shoz-Dijiji brings a message from Geronimo," said the Apache.
"What message does Geronimo send me?" asked the officer. Bot
