Finally, after a consultation with Mc-…
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on the pack-
mule train going or coming from the mines;
but Kirker was so successful in repulsing them
that he soon acquired a reputation as an Indian
fighter, and some of the principal men of Chi-
huahua held out inducements to him to raise
a company to fight the Apaches.
Finally, after a consultation with Mc-
Knight, he went to work and raised a company,
composed of Shawnee and Delaware Indians,
and some select American and Mexican fron-
tiersmen. This proved to be a very efficient
company, but as the Indians always took to
flight at the sight of them, and would not stand
to make a fight, Kirker found it necessary to
change his tactics and trail by day and attack
them in their camps at night, and thus suc-
ceeded in killing a great many. His name,
“Santiago,” as he was called, became a terror
to the Indians all over the country and he be-
came widely known to fame and to the Mexican
people as a dashing, fearless Indian fighter.