the
title of a book written by Charles Marion Russell (1864- 1926), one of the most popular painters of the
American West. The book contains many humorous stories, including "Some Liars of the
Old West" which features a
plainsman,
Old Man Babcock (
Old Bab), who tells of being pursued by
Indians. With the bullets and arrows
flying he is chased into a canyon with no exit, and when asked by one of his listeners what happened next, he replies, "They killed me."