Soon a fierce looking warrior atop a galloping steed burst into view from among the rocks.  Jeffords told Howard and Sladen that this was Cochise's brother Juan.  The virile Apache quickly dismounted and embraced Jeffords, clear testiment to how fully he had been embraced by Cochise's people.  Only a moment later came another rider, sitting his horse tall and regal, face painted in vermillion to mark the formality of the occasion.  Sladen was instantly impressed, as we can see from his journal:
 

     Cochise immediately dismounted before Jeffords and, with obvious warmth, embraced him.  Jeffords then introduced the Chief with these simple words, "General, this is he:  This is the man."

     General Howard makes a point in his newspaper article to note that no one ever, during the entire time of their stay, referred to the Chief by name.  We can probably assume that when involved amongst themselves in discussion, away from Apache ears, Jeffords might have used his name, but otherwise it seems it was the custom to use such terms as "the old man" or simply "the man".  Apache custom dictates that one does not address another by the given name, except in times of danger or during battle.  To do so is considered rude or worse, and that rule would apply ten fold when in the presence of someone as important as Cochise.

     Howard's impressions were preserved in the Washington Daily Morning Chronicle article, written, as has been mentioned, barely a month after the fact:
 

     Cochise then turned to engage Jeffords in quiet discussion, asking him if he thought General Howard was sincere.  Jeffords would later confide to Howard that the Chief had also asked incredulously, "How did General Howard dare to come in here without troops?"  Jeffords had replied, "General Howard does not fear anything."  It was the one reply Cochise would accept with respect, and this Jeffords knew well.  It most likely set the stage for the meeting of minds that was about to take place.