members of the party remembered it and later came back to settle. If it hadn't been before, that particular slice of Comancheria was now familiar ground."
I was surprised to find traces of old water wells dug right smack in the middle of what have been dry draws as long as I can remember.This practice allowed the earliest settlers to avoid settling right on the Rivers,which would have made them a lot more visible to a greater number of Indians.
These shallow,hand dug wells would supply plenty of water for one family year round.
