4 GEN. R. H. PRATT : 



had a number of children, forgot her mother tongue, and was 

 lost to her people for many 3'ears. Finall)^ she was discov- 

 ered and induced to return to her childhood's home. She 

 spoke only Comanche. Her habits and dress were entirely 

 those of the Comanche Indians. Her relatives were very 

 kind, and dressed her in the garb of civilization and treated 

 her with every mark of affection. She was not long with 

 them before she showed discontent, and finally disappeared, 

 and alone traveled the hundreds of miles between her rela- 

 tives' Texas home and the Comanche camps, to be with her 

 husband and children. These facts I had from Horace P. 

 Jones, a most reliable white man, who lived with the Coman- 

 che Indians from 1856 until his death in the late eighties. 

 I have known the son forty years. 



Among the first students brought to an Eastern school in 

 October, 1879, was a light complexioned boy about sixteen 

 years old, to whom the school people gave the name of 

 Stephen. He was in blanket, leggings and moccasins. His 

 hair was long and matted. He was as dirty and as much 

 covered with vermin as any in the party. He spoke no word 

 of English, but could speak the Indian language with as 

 much fluency as the others. His teacher found, as he devel- 

 oped, that while he had a good mind he learned English with 

 less readiness and made slower progress than many of the 

 Indian boys who came with the same party and under like 

 circumstances. When he was presented at the Agency as a 

 pupil, inquir}' developed that his father and mother were 

 white people, and while crossing the plains to California their 

 party had been attacked by Indians. His father was killed, 

 and his mother captured. Stephen was born just after this 

 event. His mother married an Indian, by whom she had 

 other children. When these facts became known, a message 

 was sent to the far away camp, asking her to come to the 

 Agency to see the School Agent. She sent word back that 

 she was an Indian now, and did not want to come into the 

 Agency, but that she wanted her white boy to become edu- 



