Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879 : title: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians author: Lehmann, Herman.; Hunter, J. Marvin publisher: University of New Mexico isbn10 | asin: 0826314171 print isbn13: 9780826314178 ebook isbn13: 9780585225616 language: English Lehmann, Herman,--1859-1932, Indian captivities--Texas, Apache Indians--Social subject life and customs, Comanche Indians--Social life and customs, Texas--Biography. publication date: 1993 lcc: E99.A6L44 1993eb ddc: 973/.0497 Lehmann, Herman,--1859-1932, Indian captivities--Texas, Apache Indians--Social subject: life and customs, Comanche Indians--Social life and customs, Texas--Biography. Page i Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879 Page ii Latest photo of Herman Lehmann Page iii Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879 The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians Herman Lehmann Edited by J. Marvin Hunter Foreword by Dale F. Giese UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS ALBUQUERQUE Page iv First published by Von Boeckmann-Jones Company, 1927. Foreword © 1993 University of New Mexico Press. All rights reserved. Fifth paperbound printing, 1999 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lehmann, Herman, 1859-1932. Nine years among the Indians, 1870-1879: the story of the captivity and life of a Texan among the Indians / Herman Lehmann: edited by J. Marvin Hunter: foreword by Dale F Giese.1st pbk. ed. p. cm. Originally published: Austin, Tex.: Von Boeckmann-Jones Co., [© 1927]. With new foreword. ISBN 0-8263-1417-1 (paper) 1. Lehmann, Herman, 1859-1932. 2. Apache IndiansCaptivities. 3. Apache IndiansSocial life and customs. 4. Comanche IndiansSocial life and customs. 5. TexasBiography. I. Hunter, J. Marvin (John Marvin), 1880-1957. II. Title. E99.A6L44 1993 973'.0497dc20 93-3032 CIP Page v Dedication TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF MY COUNTRY, THAT THEY MAY KNOW HOW THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS LIVED, AND THE UPS AND DOWNS THEY AND THE INDIANS HAD TOGETHER, THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR Page vii Contents Foreword ix Dale F. Giese Introductory xxi J. Marvin Hunter I 1 My Captivity II 7 We Travel On III 10 Willie's Escape IV 13 Indian Tortures V 17 We Reach the Village VI 20 I Become an Indian VII 23 Attempt to Escape VIII 28 Narrow Escape of my People IX 33 I Go on a Raid X 38 On a Raid XI 44 I Scalp a Mexican XII 47 Battle with Comanches XIII 56 Some Adventures XIV 61 Back to the Reservation XV 67 Trading with Mexicans and Raiding XVI 77 We are Kept on the Move XVII 80 Glimpses of Indian Customs XVIII 84 An Exciting Ride XIX 87 I Find a Gold Mine XX 92 Capture a Herd of Cattle XXI 98 Fight with the Rangers XXII 106 The Fight on the Concho Plains XXIII 113 Lost in a Snowstorm, Raids, Etc. XXIV 118 We Run Away