The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-16

would let him take the SRI. paint. moe
casins and all. for forty PONIES. Then
the young man would hold Up his hands
IN holy horror, and protest that he vas
too POOR 10 pay any such a price. that re
was given TO understand thai he eoald
get Broken-Nose's daughter. or Sllt-Ear.s
ueice, FOR fifteen ponies "Ah." the old
man would say. but look at my girl.
how sick and round and healthy she is
Why, she can dress three buffalo robes
day" After considerable chanering the
price would probably be hxed at twenty
ponies. II the young man had onIy ten
ponies, mis- relations frequently made up
the remaining number necessary. OFT
times. however. he could not make Up
the number, IN which case the girl fear
full that the match might De- OF. ani
insugated BY her father, would gat one
OF her aunts 70 bring the young man 70
her, when she would tell him that she
thought her father was going % give
her in marriage 10 another warrior who
had offered him twenty ponies. but she
preferred to be his wife and she wanted
aim to DO al be could 10 satisfy her
father. She would not tell him she loved
him, in her aunt's presence. and she had
no opportunity elsewhere. bat the young
folks understood each other. Thus stim-
ulated, the young man took some 81 his
young warrior friends into his confidence.
stated the case. and soon found ready
companions 20 go on a raid 70 Texas
or Mexico. I must state that no young
man is considered a warrior until ne has
been in a hazardous enterprise. In oldsn
times It was required that he should Be
participant in q fight. but Of later yesrs
a raid counted. Prior 90 that time he
had his ooyish name-sho-t Legs Curley
Head, or such name given him ny HIS
mother. but after becoming q warrior
he took a name for life. generally CON
nected with some incident or peculiarly
about himself or something that attract
ed his attention. The medicine man was
generally consulted before the name was
adopted. So this young warrior with his
comrades would ride through the jnage
next morning. all painted and panophed.
and the spokesman Of the party would
call on all who wanted 20 join in an ex-
cursion to Texas or Mexico to fan in.
soon al the young fellows desirious OF
being warriors. as Wen as others not
old enough but ambitious 10 be. would
get their ponies and join the procession,
and when the party got beyond the Wiz
lage a consultation was held and the
day fixed for starting. The intervening
time would be spent in getting ready.
not forgetting to have a medicine meet
ing where the chief medicine man would
hocus pocus and give them charms 20
preserve their lives. etc. always for a
small consideration, however. Then the
raiding party would set forth. generally
successful. The young warrior would
turn over the twenty ponies 10 his father
in-Iaw, and lead his blushing bride to
his tepee.
"The Wichita and Comanche spouces
were generally very faithful the custom
being that If a married woman went
off with another man. her husband cut
her nose of when he caught her. I have
seen one thus mutilated. on another ac-
casion I saw a woman who had ran
away from her husband On her return
he placed her feet one over the other and
shot a ball through them She was Grip
pied for life 'Peah- H0op-lght'' CTall
Tree, a ferocious Comanche brave, ran
off with the wife of another COmanche
warrior In 1863 He said she was a great
medicine woman; this is. lucky in every
thing So he took her with him 20 the
Double Mountain forks Of the Brazos In
Texas on a raid on the herds az horses
running in that section. and was very
successful. It is the rule when wife
has been run OF for the injured husband
10 20 and take all the eloper's horses,
Tall Tree had provided for this by os-
tensibly giving all bis stock away 10 his
relations. When ne returned from his
foray the other bucks with him rejoined
their band near the headwaters OF Red
river. near the Staked Plains, but Hall
Tree hung around the agency. II the
injured husband caught him he could at
tack and perhaps XIII him. but n he could
get into the medicine lodge before he met
the injured husband then the affair was
over, for no ni viii could be held az the
medicine lodge OF after. The medicine
lodge Of the Comanches was to be held
In August, which was close az hand.
and Tall Trees scouts would % On the
watch SO that he could Join the gather
ing and enter the medicine lodge before
being seen by the incensed husband, 50
he felt easy regarding himself but the
woman had trouble threatenins So
Tan Tree had one o. his party %
negotiate a sale Of the woman. and
the injured husband was finally induced
to part with her for twenty ponies. red
blanket, a frying pan, and pound o.
ralsins
There are many instances o. Indians
az one tribe marrying into another. but
az a rule they generally marry IN the
tribe. and nearly always in THE band N
some tribes there were families a ~
whom retained the same surname Thus
in tho Klowas. the leading families were
the Bears and Eagles. and the.r principal
chiefs Tor the years ~ their greatest
devnmeut we're sat-tau-ta (Hhte HoarI.
Set-ta-noro poor Bear. set-arn-ge ~.
stumbling Bear. GueEen-a-1 araesf
Clickur Eagle, ard Gnesn-a-seer-q9a te
CBack Eagei The Caddoes. among
whom are the remnant of the old KAT
chez tribe. are aiso divided into families
called after animals. George Waehirg-
ton who was Cazaoe chief for q Trsat
many years and spoke some EuE ~.
vas telling me about THIS a. ore tine
lie concluded Pr saying. 1Hs. woif. my
wife. hes bear