Had it not been for the precaution of hobbling the horses, probably every one would have been lost in this attempted stampede.

What is usually called good luck, is almost always the result of wise precautions.

In reference to this adroit mode of horse-stealing adopted by the Indians, it is written: "These stampedes are a source of great profit to the Indians of the Plains.

It is by this means they deprive the caravans of their animals.
The Comanches are particularly expert and daring in this kind of robbery.
They even train horses to run from one given point to another, in expectation of caravans.

When a camp is made which is nearly in range, they turn their trained animals loose, who at once fly across the plain, penetrating and passing through the camp of their victims.