Kill the Indian A Killstraight Story

"His Arrows Fly Straight into the Hearts of His Enemies was the Comanche name given him when Daniel Killstraight was young. The name change came after he was sent to Carlisle Industrial School, where he joined other frightened Indian youths-Lakotas, Cheyennes, Kiowas, and Pawnees. Agter his return to the teservation, Killstraight became a native police officer, called a Metal Shirt. Now Killstraight and another young Comanche, Charles Flint, are told by the Indian agent that they are to go to texas. Their presence has been requested by Captain Pratt, who will be giving a talk on the excellence of the transformations wrought by the Carlisle Industrial School, of which Killstraight and Flint are shining examples. They will be joining a Comanche delegation led by Quanah Parker, who will be negotiating leases for the lush grasslands of the Comanche reservation coveted by Texas cattlemen as graze for their herds. When the gas lamps in Quanah Parker's room are blown out, rather than turned off during the night, killing another Comanche chief and putting Quanah Parker in a coma, Daniel Killstraight believes it was not an accident..."--p. [2] of cover.