The Comanche Indian in his village is the idlest, laziest being in existence, a sluggard and a glutton. His sole and only pursuits are war and hunting. His wife, besides attending to the domestic duties of the tent, plants his corn and reaps it, cultivates his tobacco, tans his buffalo...
Stampedes were a great source of profit to theIndiansof the plains. TheComanchewere particularly expert and daring in this kind of robbery. They even trained their horses to run from one point to another in expectation of the trains coming. When a camp was made that was nearly in range, ...