to take a bloody vengeance…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

to take a bloody vengeance. It was then that Roman Chiquito accompanied the writer to the frenzied Mescaleros in their White Mountain fastness where they were preparing for a gen- eral massacre. Through his earnest persuasions they were induced to abstain from war, return to the agency and rely upon the good faith of the government to redress their wongs ; a hope, it is perhaps needless to say, that was never realized.