Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-29
BIG MIN.
=. Rig Chief of the comanches Cor
nered by Reporter.
a. Frontier Fights With Gen. McKen.
~ ae-The Indian Problem,

s,af of the Comanche Indians
,onAndah Parker-was in town, the
INT of THE GAZETTE was sent for
"A nut ON his trail. He ran him
AVN in the Plckwick hotel, whittier
and his braves-four In number
N built their compfires for the
isht The party was In charge of
sis Iohn Howard, the bloated land
En,der of Wichita Falls, who intro
'sred the scout to the chief. They
1sre ali squatted in n lump on the
eor of the room talking about the
,on,iers they had witnessed in the
/, ,rd OF the palefaces. Parker, the
Mai who is son of Cynthia Ann
b,ylser whose life is so well known to
N students of Texas history, was toe
#nly one who had deigned 10 sit on a
Nhsir. The rest were coiled up on the
eor or stretched at length on the car
IN They were wicked-looking set,
#nd the sight of them recalled to the
tTont all the yellow-baeked litera-
nre he had ever read. They were all
rsssed la fantastic war costume
lin profusion of leg and head gear
Inn innocent of breeches. Howard
Hated to leave the scout with the
raves but the lion heart of the news
sper man failed him.
aYou are not going to leave me with
hese ruthless, untutored savages, are
ou?n he asked.
certainly said Howard "they
On't harm you"
aBut this fellow with the polo rings
his ears and the dragons teeth on
4 belt lookslike as il he wanted to
n me,n pleaded the scout.
mo danger" said Howard, 81 have
hst fed them on box of live rattle
akes; make Chief WhuopJem-
!. BelvR-LOckwood open his
outh and you will see lot of rattles
iggle In his throat
The savage grinned immoderately
lowing supply of teeth sufficient
grind the stern Off of q British man
-war, but made no demonstrations
bward lifting any hair. so the scout
box heart and opened an agrees
fe campaign with:
II "Parker, you are the great chief OF
Il the Comauches, are you not?n
"Yes, sir.n
"You are the gentleman who enter.
ained Gen. Mckenzie some years age
% the frontier? ?"
Eyes, l had several fights with
Eaim.p
where was your principal fight ?n
well, we had many; | fought him
u over Texas, but l think the biggest
ght was on the Pecos river when |
stacked him. He had 500 men and /
/. lad only $50. All told 1 had five
ben shot, but none killed; we killed a
n Of soldiers and routed the entire
Pree, but / do not know Just how
Nlany. My men were better marks
7 Den, better horsemen and much
Faver than the soldiers. We We're
i. Nghting because we wanted to, and
hey were fighting because they
Z lldn't help themselves. 1t makes
AZ big difference. / can tell
1 Dn men will fight harder for their
ghts than they will for few dollars
month and suit of blue clothes
Have you ever seen Gen. McKen-
eslnce the Ratchet has been buried?"
s.I"0h, yes, we are good friends now;
IL a first-rate man,
Fl You have been to Washington, l
hRderstand.n
Yes. | went there with several of
~ braves. We were we'll treated
81 had a good time. My young men
II to ride on the cars.n
lWhat did you do about the pro-
#sed opening up of the territory to
ttlement?n
D II saw the commissioner and think
probable that an effort will be made
n open up our country.n
I will you resist it?"
4 He paused awhile and looked at his
+ ostrate braves as though consider
: rs whether or not to call them t.
ms, then said with much feeling anC
!, Emphasis:
live give our lands up we will
I ave no way to live and nothing e
PC for; we must fight; there is NJ
Tentative. We will be defeated, o.
urse, but we can hold our own fol
Fhile.n
!, This was war talk and the scou
Il not care to furnish the subject fol
War dance, so he prudently changed
ae topic. Parker said he haC
zen to Fort Worth seventeen year
l#o when 1t was small place. M
~ some of the history of the earl.
Rdian battles, but when questioned
IS TO his mother evinced decided dis
ke to discuss the matter regarding he
urn to her white friends as an In
In defeat. He is q man of perhap
years, Of fine physique and extra
llnary intelligence. He speak
gllsh tluently, and while friendl.
the whites he will not tolerate an,
yasion by them. The scout shool
Rnds with the party and tore himsel
Fay. in 2:40 time. He was no
Hred, but the atmosphere was mor'
Z aci4g on the outside and 1t seemed
althier place to live. The brave
10 Dallas in the morning and vii
urn to Wichita Falls in q day o
ait. Howard tells of a newspape
~ who spent half day in making
liseif solid with dusky maiden a
i rails, who turned out to be
Anketed buck.