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IIRC Herman Lehman never did adjust completely back to White society.

In his account, after leaving the Apaches and living up on the Panhandle he grows desperate from isolation and the lack of human contact. No Indian friends, alienated from White people.

So much so he just walks in out of the dark on a small Comanche camp one night, the Comanches initially scatter in alarm. By this late date the Comanches were fugitives in their own home range, the frontier was closing in. The big surprise being that no one killed him right off.

Recovering from their surprise, IIRC one of the Comanches spoke Apache and they piece together his story.

Here’s another surprising part in light of pop history; Comanche warmth.

Taking an interest in the desolate young man, the Comanche leader says “You’d better come with us”.