Whether he really deserved that reputation or not was never accurately ascertained.

At all events, he was the lucky possessor of one scalp, and that gave him prestige.

There is no doubt that he acquired the trophy in a legitimate way; that is, he had not stolen it.

Once upon a time a war-party of Navajos infested the avenues to the Rito.

They succeeded in killing a defenceless Indian, who had wandered from the bottom of the gorge, and whom they found on the mesas somewhere wending his way back to the homes of his tribe.