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A BAND OF COMANCHE INDIANS WHO CAME FROM CACHE TO SEE THE BISON. 



cotton, lay on every side basking in the mellow 

 light of the early fall. We reached Oklahoma 

 City at 11.30 \\'ednesday evening, where we 

 remained until noon the ne.xt day. 



The station at Oklahoma City was thronged 

 with interested people who crowded the cars 

 on both sides ; and in fact these visits devel- 

 oped into ovations, the farther toward the 

 promised land we progressed. At Lawton, 

 we were surrounded by citizens who pined 

 to see the bison, and as our hunger had 

 by this time superseded all other considera- 

 tions, we left the car in charge of a strong 

 man who had kindly volunteered his services, 

 so that we might satisfy the cravings of 

 healthy appetites. After a ride of seventeen 

 miles from Lawton, it was a relief to arrive at 

 Cache at last, and know that our railroad 

 trip was at an end, just seven days from the 

 leaving time at Xew York. 



Mr. Rush and Air. Alattoon, the Acting 

 Forest Supervisor, met us here upon the ar- 

 rival of the train at 7.30 P. M. We commenced 

 early in the morning to transfer the crates to 

 the wagons provided, and by ten o'clock Fri- 



da\- all were safely loaded. The entire popu- 

 lation of Cache turned out, together with a 

 band of Comanche Indians, resplendent in their 

 gayest clothes. At eleven o'clock we started 

 for the Reserve. One small bull persisted in 

 thinking that liberty was the only thing he 

 desired at that moment, and played a perfect 

 tattoo against the ends of his crate, but aside 

 from that, the caravan moved away without 

 a hitch. 



Mr. Rush had planned every detail with 

 the greatest care, and the success of all the 

 arrangements at Cache and the Reserve, was 

 due to his tireless interest and forethought. 

 We rode three miles over a flat, sandy road, 

 bordered with prosperous farms, and through 

 prairie land, studded with mesquite, and all 

 along the streams with oaks, elms and various 

 hard woods. The line of the Reserve is just 

 within the borders of the Wichita Mountains. 

 Once inside, the road was more uneven, and 

 except for short distances became fairly rough, 

 making the progress of the wagons rather 

 slow. The direction was almost due north 

 for a matter of six miles as far as PattersSns. 



