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Many seasons passed away, however, before the hills were all clothed with trees, or the dense cloud of leaves hid the bosom of the valleys. The earth was re-peopled from the loins of Sakechak; from him, from one family of Caddos, are all men descended.
There was, in the land of the Caddos, a good and devout hunter and fisherman, named Sakechak, or "he that tricks the otter." He dwelt with his family upon the little hill Wecheganawaw, on the border of the lake Caddoque.
They said that over one hundred and fifty angry Indians Tawakonis, Wacos and Caddos were on the same trail, to kill every Texan that they found. No stranger should be permitted in the San Saba country. "But if you will turn back," added the Comanche chief, "I and my men will go with you and we all will fight them, together." "No," Jim Bowie replied.
So far there had been no regular enlistments in the Texan army, and volunteers came and went pretty much as they pleased. From the storekeeper Dan learned that several bands of Indians had been seen in the vicinity, moving to the west and north. Some were Comanches, and others friendly Caddos. "Well, I don't mind the Caddos," thought the boy, "but I don't want to fall in with any more Comanches."
Each member of that small society took a little ball of soft bread in his hand. This he was to drop, without saying a word, into a vessel called caddos, which the waiter carried upon his head. In case he approved of the candidate, he did it without altering the figure, if not, he first pressed it flat in his hand; for a flatted ball was considered as a negative.
Among these Indians were War Bonnet, Lean Bear, and Hand-in-the-water, chiefs of the Cheyennes; Yellow Buffalo, of the Kiowas; Yellow Bear, of the same tribe; Jacob, of the Caddos; and White Bull, of the Apaches. The little wiry chief known as Yellow Bear had killed many whites as they had travelled through the "far West."
On the way they had fallen in with a small band of treacherous Indians, but they had been saved by the timely arrival of some friendly Caddos, under the leadership of Canoma, a chief well known throughout the length and breadth of Texas. On reaching the Guadalupe River, a stop of two weeks had been made at Gonzales, and then Mr.
And if but one such was found, the person was not admitted, as they thought it proper that the whole company should be satisfied with each other. He who thus rejected, was said to have no luck in the caddos. The dish that was in the highest esteem amongst them was the black broth.
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