The Texans (2013)
“The four of them sat in the dim light around the ashes of the fire pit.
“Is this Iron Shirt a big chief, or a little one?” the commissioner asked.
“I got the impression that the Comanches here set quite a store by him. I think he’s a big chief, maybe a head chief,” Captain Jones said.
Red Wing laughed out loud at their ignorance. “There is no warrior who speaks for all the Comanche, or even most of them.”
“Well, for someone who claims she isn’t a Comanche, you sure know a lot ab...out them,” the captain said.
She noticed the slight tremor in the Captain’s hands. “I know that you’re fools if you think getting one camp of the Comanche to come to sign a treaty will mean peace. They are a scattered people. Sometimes camps come together at certain times for dancing, raiding, or for big hunts. A respected warrior may have a great say among his own camp, or even his band, but every warrior is his own boss.”MoreLess
“Is this Iron Shirt a big chief, or a little one?” the commissioner asked.
“I got the impression that the Comanches here set quite a store by him. I think he’s a big chief, maybe a head chief,” Captain Jones said.
Red Wing laughed out loud at their ignorance. “There is no warrior who speaks for all the Comanche, or even most of them.”
“Well, for someone who claims she isn’t a Comanche, you sure know a lot ab...out them,” the captain said.
She noticed the slight tremor in the Captain’s hands. “I know that you’re fools if you think getting one camp of the Comanche to come to sign a treaty will mean peace. They are a scattered people. Sometimes camps come together at certain times for dancing, raiding, or for big hunts. A respected warrior may have a great say among his own camp, or even his band, but every warrior is his own boss.”MoreLess
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