“I heard a few days ago that Lone Wolf, the Kiowa chief, carries a bit of stone that looks like iron ore, and says that when he has that he cannot be killed and that some years ago the Great Spirit above had a tussel with him but that his ’medicine’ was too strong for Him. He was in a tent and it was struck by lightning, killing his wife and child and left him senseless for three or four hours but his ‘medicine’ finally got the upper hand and he got well.” “The Indians, like the whites, had trouble in their married life. Big Bow stole Satanta’s wife. Both of them were leading Kiowa chiefs. After remaining in hiding for about three months, Big Bow decided to go to the Agency, where he arrived about the same time that Satanta did. Page 496 Each of the two chiefs, with a band of followers, had come in for rations. Arriving from different directions, they came in sight of each other as they approached the commissary building. Each was heavily armed, their weapons including bows and arrows, revolvers, carbines and knives. Fully expecting that a tragedy would follow, we employes remained in the enclosure to witness the results. Just as the conflict semed imminent, Horseback, a Comanche chief, rode between the combatants and raised his hand, whereupon the uproar and tumult ceased. After conducting a diplomatic interview between the two chiefs, it was agreed that Big Bow should give Satanta five ponies for his wife, after which the former friendship between the two was restored.” The Agent asked Kicking Bird about the origin of the Indians. He said, “There was a big tree with a hollow in it and only one hole out and a very large man came out, not like common men, so large. He got tired of being alone, so he struck the tree four times and lots of men, women and children, boys and girls, run out and he said, ‘Them’s all Kiowas—Them’s all Kiowas !’ This big man is the father of all of them and he went to the moon one night and we can see him every night; he watches by our camp-fires and some day (don’t know when) he will get tired of watching and kill them all, and white men too, may be so by water, maybe so by fire, I don’t know how.” 11th Month, 28th. “E. Hoag, Dr. Nicholson, Edward Earl, B. Darlington, J. J. Hoag, and our Agent held a council with our Indians to promote peace and induce them to attend a general council of all the Indians of the Indian Territory at Okmulgee, to begin 12-5-1870. It was only partially successful. At the close they made the chiefs some presents. A great day.” During the summer and autumn I served as a general roustabout—there was hardly anything going on but what I helped at, especially in issuing rations to the Indians. I helped on our school house when it got so we could work at it. 12th Month, 13th. “George Washington, the Caddo Page 497 .