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."