The Red Cloud chief., 1878-07-25
NA.HU. I ASH.
WHY an Indian Princes, Vas Restored 10
Her Tribe.

A.H"N q.
revolution Of ISIS there are Indian lr.
ycud, and stories Of the gentle redskins
enough still uilos, to make volume, II
matter. more sensational than All th"
imaginary hciIou> oi yellow covered
dime novels. cine of these + connected
with t.c early history OF thr % thrlN-
inc r.lriur city of Waco. contra, I,Na~
In ls,Sit va, bat "A small frontier ham.
let. It'll subject 10 the inyur>i"ns 81 We
red harharians. ~ ~ Baudrra ana
Mason counties are ~ the present day.
Viii, the settlement of Waco county
Wa going ON. and ia 10 oi thr ir81rnt
-kirmi.hc, between the whites tud lh,Ir
cnpurr.color,l brethren, thor, Eel. into
thu hands of the 'Paic-iacr' an Indian
''I | g. out she va, the daughter Of
the old thicl, or Big Medicine. OF 'hc
Comauchr,. then a. NOW, the most war
liz, OF the rowing tribes "t th" i T
Southwest" In the Indian tongue her
name wa, N,-hu-ta--h but ia" very
respectable family of white settlers r'.
,iding in the u~cighhurhuo| oi the pres
,nt CITY of Waco. bestowed upon TIE
little wllf the more civilized Hpp"liai'ou
of MarN At the time of her caplur"
she wa, hut seven years oi aGr, 'ha'
eHnt having occurred IN lo'N, two
v,or. after the battle of san Jariut", 80
celebrated in Texas history and l"\nN
tradition. The family with whom the
litlc Indian girl found "A home waN "n'
Asomc refinement, II not wealth..
yx6ile under the protecting shadow "l
lie roof Na.ho.ta-i>h forgot her native"
tonruH, learned that Of her captnrN, anu
grew up in all the ways, habits. customs
manners, knowledge and tastes, al Ia"
white pcoplc. At the date 70 "hi'Ii
mi. brief notice refers, and AZ the aG'
of twelve, the lost Comanchr Princess
displayrd all the characteristics ~ face.
form and disposition that belong I" h'i
race. OF figure slight. yet graceful
the coal black trcsSrs in wild pruin-ion,
and AsSed bv the gull winds. nnal',
over her childish shoulders, shading ;
pirlish but imperial brow, her eye
were dark rs midnight, ami IN 'h'i
depths still slept something ~ the say
age ~fcrocity of her proud ancestry ~
auuiline nose overlooked lips bcaut'uI
lycurycd rs those of statues. Hcrs WA
the glance of the eagle, the scowl 81 th
savage and the loneliness of the Ncuu
de Mclicis blended. She hecam
%ongly attached , the family in whic
IA was raised, and wa 10y her whit
friends treated rs "a sister. Blu the ne
of friendship had to he broken and io'
ever.
Gen. Sam Houston. the old here
San .Jacinto. the father If Texas. IN
her Governor at lifetime here indicated
fnuud i, necessary. ~ a matter OF STA
" = go. ..s.,s 80 unnfhtT fl al
eas the ruthless Comanchc>, VIII" we
Am quite troublc-om" To the lnui
and short-livcd republic. Gen. lou
ton, who had himself passed much
his life among the Indians WIN u
usual sagacity, hit upon the eNpcdlt
of returning the lost Indian Princess
her father. who still lived ~ the en-
of his tribe. the Comanches. 'pI
bridge, "A prominent citizen OF the
public, was selected a. Il commission
4 carry ont the design AMI thu, P'
initiate the redskins, Col. fldrlng'
iccted such assistants a. h" deem
necessary. and. seating Na-ho-ta'i'h
"A beautiful little pony with elegant =
die and trappings, procured ,,pc'l'
= for the occasion, the party oil pa
faces and their little prisoner ,'t "
their errand. But it was WITH gr'
C'T,f and many tears I'll" lultl"u
home of her youth. Coming M"
tribe of the "Wacos,' more irIen'
han the ComanChes, an escort :
Guides were obtained from the FORM
After a Journey of two weeks
marty arrived AT the camp Of the
manche chief on the great plains
lerinr ON the Rio Pccos. Col
bridge. having in view the object OF
expedition. caused the prisonrr 10
a,tirc( Il, elegantly a. possible III a
loo dress. while her face wa stan
with red paint and atiara Of prairie r.
surrounded her fair young head IL
n State occasion and a councll was !
in the wigwam Of the old chlcf' W
arravcd in all the Sol"mnitN "i ih"'
u sins. silver earrings, snahr-n"n' IN
q laces. feathers, tattoo n pant
amid a circle of grim-viHaged warn
IN pale-facrd chief, through an lIi
orrter, informed the august a>-clh'
Of his purposes and presented 10
chief his own long lost daughter.
Na.ho-ta.ish. who, like her WHITE
tiers, had been raised up Ia lear
dread the Indians, shrunk from
savage parents with deep, childish,
"a wuf.irued horror. She shrank Dacl
M hind Col. Eldridge, screamed, viii
"a tears rolling down her girli'h che
and sought the Colonel TO take her
EH IN her home among the pale Il
Nj The old chief leaned up against
Nh poles OF his lodge, his brow Ike a
EE Aier cloud, while hi. warriors shru.
their shoulders. and grunted with
cal Indifference to the evident dis
of the daughter of their chief
The old Comanche chief MO
Col. Eldridge he had better taSe \
ta-ish back with him if she ia not
10 STAY. But the commissioner
Sthat would defeat the designs OF
Houston, and he informed lhe~hl
must and would leave the GIRL Us