. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. stumes that may be seen in everySpanish settlement, were loitering around the saw also, in front of one of the buildings, some In-dians dressed in garments of fringed buckskin ; butafter my exciting adventure of the morning, I wasinclined to be suspicious of any savages, whetherKickapoos or not. Wondering that their presencecould be tolerated around Fort Towson, I asked asoldier about the Indians and was informed by himthat they were Delawares who were well advancedin the ways of civilization and who proved of greatvalue to the garr
. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. stumes that may be seen in everySpanish settlement, were loitering around the saw also, in front of one of the buildings, some In-dians dressed in garments of fringed buckskin ; butafter my exciting adventure of the morning, I wasinclined to be suspicious of any savages, whetherKickapoos or not. Wondering that their presencecould be tolerated around Fort Towson, I asked asoldier about the Indians and was informed by himthat they were Delawares who were well advancedin the ways of civilization and who proved of greatvalue to the garrison as scouts and interpreters. PREPARING FOR A STORM It was yet early in the afternoon when we came tothis halting place. We had no reason to complain ofour reception, for the man who appeared to be the PREPARING FOR A STORM 41 leader came out e\en before we were ready to enterany of the buildings and said, while John and Zebawere driving the cattle to what seemed good pasturage,that it would be better for us if we herded the stockinside the This caused me some surprise, for I could see no rea-son why the cattle should not be pastured outside aslong as they were near the fort. I fancy that father,also, was astonished at the mans advice. Seeing that we hesitated to follow his suggestion,the leader pointed to the dark and threatening cloudsthat were rolling up in the sky. Its going to be a bad storm, he said. Your 42 PHILIP OF TEXAS cattle may be stampeded when the wind comes unlessyou have them corralled, and there is not time for youto get the wagons in position. Since early morning the air had been so calm thata feather would not have blown from a tree top, andthe weather had been warm and sultry, so the cool-ness that would result from a hard thunderstorm wouldbe most agreeable. I noticed that father ran to giveorders for John and Zeba to turn the cattle into thefort, and as he went he shouted for me to herd thesheep there also. The man who had bidden us welcome aide
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