. In the bosom of the Comanches;. xas,and lived there from 1879 until 1898, when we moved toClarendon, Donley county. We resided in Clarendonuntil 1906, when we moved to Amarillo, Potter county,Texas, where we now reside. Knowing the Panhandle asI do, I am firmly convinced that Amarillo is the futuremetropolis of the great Panhandle country, and destinedto become one of the large cities of Texas. A great deal has been written from time to time as tothe inner life, domestic traits, habits and temperament ofthe Indians, concerning which there has been no littleexaggeration. My residence and inti
. In the bosom of the Comanches;. xas,and lived there from 1879 until 1898, when we moved toClarendon, Donley county. We resided in Clarendonuntil 1906, when we moved to Amarillo, Potter county,Texas, where we now reside. Knowing the Panhandle asI do, I am firmly convinced that Amarillo is the futuremetropolis of the great Panhandle country, and destinedto become one of the large cities of Texas. A great deal has been written from time to time as tothe inner life, domestic traits, habits and temperament ofthe Indians, concerning which there has been no littleexaggeration. My residence and intimate relations with In the Bosom of the Comanches 101 the Comanche Indians, during which time I observedvery closely, pecuHarly qualify me to speak correctly andtrtithfully on such subjects. In their relations with oneanother they were considerate and tolerant, and did notfall out, fight, and kill each other as do the white only real fighting I ever saw among them was con-fined to the squaws. Occasionally a scuaw would do. 102 In the Bosom of the Comanches something to excite the anger of the others, when theywould combine and give the offending squaw a terriblebeating. Usually this had a very salutary effect, and thevictim of the flogging would rarely, if ever, repeat theoffense. Neither the Indian men nor squaws would whipor bodily punish their children. It was a recognizedtribal custom for the men to have two, and from that toas many wives as they desired. There were no marriageceremonies, and when a girl reached the age of fourteento sixteen she was given away by the father and mother,unless, in exceptional cases only, an admirer would stealthe girl, somewhat after the custom so prevalent withwhite men. Generally the men woiild be loyal to theirwives, and their wives to them; but now and then, justas is the case in civilized communities, a man would findan affinity in another mans squaw and take her awayfrom him. The penalty in such cases was the recognizedright of
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