This is an update to the discussion about Mark Twain & Native Americans. First, thanks to Larry for the kind words & to those who privately emailed me, too. THE NOBLE RED MAN Something was at the back of my mind & I couldn't figure it out till just now. There are at least two different articles by Twain titled "The Noble Red Man." The first one I can find was published in the Buffalo Express August 21st, 1869, which is subtitled in the article "A Day at Niagara. Concerning the Falls. The Tamed Hackman." "The Noble Red Man" in this article starts off, "The Noble Red Man has always been a darling of mine. I love to read about him in tales & legends and romances..." The Indians in this article dwell in the Niagara Falls region. I don't think this was the article everyone (myself included) thought was being discussed on the Forum this past week. See "Mark Twain at the Buffalo Express" edited by McCullough & McIntire-Strasburg ISBN 0-87580-249-4 pages 14-17. A year later Twain had a different "The Noble Red Man" published in the Galaxy Magazine (subtitled under "Memoranda" September, 1870). This article deals specifically with the Indians "on the plains and in the mountains." And, more to the point Twain wanted to show another side of the Indians not usually considered by those who "always look at the matter from the abused-Indian point of view, never from that of the bereaved white widow and orphan." Comparing these two different articles yields worthy information. OUR WILD INDIANS Yes, I was referring to Richard I. Dodge's "Thirty Three Years Among Our Wild Indians." Twain's copy is tucked away in a safe deposit box, and the notes will probably be made available to scholars after the information is used to finish his sequel. I'll post a notification on this forum once the notes are made available. DAN DEQUILLE'S FIGHT WITH AN INDIAN The account starts from DeQuille's taking cover behind an uprooted tree because an Indian is after him. Both he & the Indian had a gun. The Indian climbed a pine tree to get a better angle to shoot, while he was doing so DeQuille crawled around the other side of the root of the tree & used a sharp stick to make a hole in the soil between two roots of the upturned tree. Through that hole DeQuille saw the Indian with gun ready watching for him, and DeQuille put his "rifle in hole and tumbled the red. Made him good." Twainiacally, Bob Slotta