In 1871 Henry Strong “went to Stephenville for a load of flour . . . near the head of Blanket Creek, the Indians ran on to me. I stopped the mules and tied my lines around a small live oak tree. The Indians kept up a continual fire with bows, arrows, pistols, and old guns . . . I finally cut one mule loose and jumped on him and started for a small bunch of brush on Blanket Creek.” Having only one shot left, Strong waited until the Indians left, refusing to fire, although the Indians taunted him by holding out their hands as if to shake, saying “me good Comanche.”

Henry W. Strong, My Frontier Days and Indian Fights on the Plains of Texas. Waco: 1926.