He was something of a genial boaster, was this man, and he was known up and down the Texas border as the Ring Tailed Panther although his right name was Martin Palmer.

But he had lived long among the Osage, Kiowa and Pawnee Indians, and he was renowned throughout all the Southwestern country for his bravery, skill and eccentricity.

An Indian had killed a white man and eaten his heart.
He captured the Indian and compelled him to eat until he died.

When his favorite bear dog died he rode sixty miles and brought a minister to preach a sermon over his body.

A little boy was captured on the outskirts of a settlement by some Comanche Indians.