A Modern Comanche Indian

In the ’nineties the Comanche of the Fort Sill region was considered a good type of the Indian of that day. Not only was he the most expert horse-stealer on the plains—a title of honor rather than reproach among Indians—but he was particularly noteworthy for knowing more about a horse and horse-breeding than any other Indian.

Illustration from
SOME INDIAN RIDERS
by Colonel Theodore Ayrault Dodge, U.S.A.

Originally published in
Harper’s Magazine, May, 1891