He wore his hair long without any head-dress, held in place by a band of gold which I suppose represented a crown.

On his forehead was a large white scar, probably received in some battle.

Such was his appearance.
He looked at me with great curiosity, and I have often wondered since what kind of an impression I produced upon him.

My hat had fallen off, or I had knocked it off when I fired my last cartridge into his people, and forgotten to replace it, and my intractable hair, which was longer than usual, had not been recently brushed.

My worn Norfolk jacket was dyed with blood from a wounded or dying man who had tumbled against me in the scrimmage when the cavalry charged us, and my right leg and boot were stained in a similar fashion from having rubbed against my camel where a spear had entered it.