‘34 COMANCHE INTERVIEW. 
brother and myself set out towards him, but 
on seeing us approach, he began to manifest 
some fear, and therefore my brother advanced 
alone. As soon as he was near enough he 
cried out “Amigo!” to which the Indian re- 
plied “Comantz !” and giving himself a thump 
upon the breast he made a graceful circuit, 
and came up at full speed, presenting his 
hand in token of friendship. Nothing, how- 
ever, could induce him to return to his ani- 
mals with us, where the rest of our party had 
remained. He evidently feared treachery and 
foul play. Therefore we retraced our steps to 
the wagons, leaving the Indian’s property just 
as we had found it, which, we subsequently 
discovered, was taken away after our de- 
parture. 
In the afternoon of the same day, five more 
Indians (including a squaw), made their ap- 
pearance, and having been induced by friend- 
ly tokens to approach us, they spent the night 
at our encampment. The next morning, we 
expressed a desire, by signs, to be conducted 
to the nearest point on our route where good 
pasturage and water might be found. A 
sprightly young chief, armed only with his 
bow and arrows, at once undertook the task, 
while his comrades still travelled along in our 
company. -We had not progressed far before 
we found ourselves in the very midst of ano- 
ther large ‘ dog-town.’ 
The task of describing the social and do- 
mestic habits of these eccentric little brutes, 
has been so graphically and amusingly exe- 
