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climb back, but the slide rock gave way under
her, giving Hugh time to get his gun and send
a ball through her brain. He sank back bleed-
ing and exhausted, lacerated and bruised from
head to foot, his left arm useless and entirely
denuded of flesh and not enough clothing left
on him to even dress his hand. His companion
hearing the shot came over to see what occa-
sioned it, found him and assisted him to town,
where his wounds were dressed. Hugh was
never the same man after the encounter, and
seldom mentioned it to any one. He gradually
declined in health and died at St. Vincent’s
hospital, Santa Fe, the summer of 1885.