It seems odd, Ned, that you should have been used as a target for the opening of the war." "I'm proud of the honor." "So would I be in your place." Others came, drawn by the shot.
"Was it a Mexican ?" asked the Ring Tailed Panther eagerly.

"Tell me it was a Mexican and make me happy." "You can be happy," said Obed.

"It was a Mexican and he was shooting with what the law would define as an intent to kill.

He sent a rifle bullet across the Guadalupe, aimed at our young friend, Edward Fulton.
Ned did not see the bullet, but his sensitiveness to touch showed that it passed within an inch of his face." Now the Ring Tailed Panther roared, but it was not between his shut teeth.
"By the great horn spoon, I'm glad!" he said, "All the waitin' an' backin' an' fillin' are over.

We do our talkin' now with cannon an' rifles." But not another shot was fired that night.