The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-05-25

made no reply. He offered the pipe
70 the Indian 70 smoke. bat he shook
his head, and by signs asked for tobac>
Co The enthusiast laid his stock b.
fore him, and the Indian seized IL with
q grunt of satisfaction. He then
pointed 20 the giver. saying, srepsnnal
Tehannag which 6Iabari uudersiood
to mean .fexau7 Texany He shook
his head, and put HE finger 10 his
breast, and said, "Englishi~ English
The Indian replied. ''SaveL7 Graham
ruetioaed that be came from long dis,
lance, and the old warrior repeated the
word, save Graham tired TO ask
for the chief. but could no, make him>
sell understood. He saw little savasc
with u bow AMI arrow. and taking taern
from him. showed them that he per-
feetly understood the use Of the weapon.
The s9uaws set up shout Of astonish-
niepf, and the Indians began to crowd
around him The Use of the how seemed
10 smooth the way 10 their hearts. An
, Indian. by sisns. offered TO trade = pony
for tirahafns gun, 5ut the Engli-hman
shook his head. After looking Al their
/ guns, shields of buffalo hide. aud savage
requirements. he rode back TO the fort
I lie says TO tell tine truth. I was too
formidable. They did not seem 20 care
much about me. / saw / va. not
creating the right impression"
He camPed that night under a tree
az tort sill The next morning he saw
Mr. Evans, the post sutler. who ha.
since become famous by the develop
men's in the Belknap case. Graham
applied for employment, but was told
that ne Gould be OF no service unless
he spoke the COmasiche language. That
day he saw troop Of young C0manchc
braves sweeping over the Hats on their
ponies. The sight filed him with nj.
mifstion. tie halted them and gave
them the tail feathers of a gray eagle
that he had shot a short time before
They were delighted, aud braided the
feathers into the manes of their horses
But Graham could not gain their conf.
dence. They called him Texan ana
looked upon him with suspicion.
For months he hung around Fort
Sll and its environs. trying 20 learn the
language and scrape an acquaintance
with the chiefs. fsncying that he would
be allowed To ioIn the band. The more
he saw OF them, however. the less he
wanted TO see. At one time be had a
plan 20 retaliate upon the Mexicans
ana use the ComRnches for n grand cat,
tie raid beyond the Rio Grande The
hIowas took more OF fancy to him
than than the Comanches. aud he be-
came quite intimate with the celebrated
chief Kicking Bird. His dream. how
ever, began TO dissolve One day while
at Fort Richardson the bodies OF q man
named Walker and his little son we're
brought in They had been waylAid
and scalped on the dead line by his
idols. the Comanches. The sight shat
tered his enthusiasm. The msnrled
body OF the innocent b0v broke the
spell. His feelings Of admiration chang
ell to hatred. lie glanced AZ his past
life and shuddete,l. lie Joined the
rangers, wss with General Davidson in
his raid on the Nocunees. and spent
several years killing buffalo and poison.
ing gray wolves for their hides.
But life on the plains began TO lose
It's glamour. The old taste for the stage
returned, Graham became a reporter
for THE DALIhs HER,LD, and began to
write Indian dramas He Travelled
through Texas, representing them in
various towns. came to this city "A week
ago and Is nor playing an engagement
IN the variety theatre on Houston
street His story is taken from his own
lips, and bears ON its face an imprint OF
truth.