The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 14, 1993 Page: 10 of 24
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Comfort School Centennial...
Origin of Village Band
credited to professor
chief accepted
with a noble
unknown to them, for they
all squatted around the fire
and with visible interest
watched the progress the
Family Dentistry
Mon.-Fri. 8-5 • Sat. by Appt.
After that, they began to
eat the meat, all raw, of
course, They were now for
awhile left to themselves.
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attracted the attention of
everybody who met him. His
nose was of extra-ordinary
shape and equally large in
size, which as he had been a
drummer for a wine house in
Germany, was held as an
advertisement for that busi-
ness. His beard, which was
the color of flax, was so lono
Indian left in sight. Soon
after, the U.S. escort came
along and inquired about the
Indians. The escort had pre-
ferred to noon at Wasp
Creek, three miles in the
rear.
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yelling and running their
horses as if no one wanted to
be the hindmost man.
We then lived between the
Guadalupe River and the
Sister Creek on the main
road in a little house built on
a hill called Bellevue, and
our family numbered four
persons. The Indians, in a
dash, galloped up the steep
hill and dismounted in front
of the house, calling “pan,
pan” (bread). They gazed at
everything about the house
and mistrusted things where-
of they had no comprehen-
sion.
I must admit that no less
rather eating them, for she
was a setting hen and the
eggs consisted of flesh and
bone almost. However, much
satisfied, he returned to the
crowd.
About this time, they began
to scatter off along the road
to San Antonio, and about
the time the last one left, the
U.S. escort came in sight.
Father accosted the officer in
presents obtained in San
Antonio.
The dinner bell called us to
the house, but dinner was
scarcely over when the yard
was crowded with Indians.
They acted very lazy now and
would drop down anywhere
in the shade to rest.
One chief, a big fat man,
seated on a stump, pointed
to San Antonio with his hand
and said, “heap,” then point-
ing to his mouth and with
without food and not suffer
much, but when real hungry,
he eats like other human
beings, and perhaps worse.
That hunger was their ail-
ment. I had a chance to see a
little while thereafter.
Command was now given
in Indian language to strike
camp, and before long, the
flat in front of the house
resembled in liveliness a pic-
nic ground.
The cow was lanced and
the meat cut up in small
Spanish language, to which I
noted Mr. Behr always shook
his head, yet the chief not
being satisfied, drew forth
from a dirty buckskin bag a
piece of paper and with great
dignity handed it to Mr.
Behr, who, after reading it,
again shook his head.
At this instant, a work
hand of the place drove up
with a yoke of work steers
dragging a log for firewood.
The chief, hot having a lance
himself, grabbed one from
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Boerne Star Historical Series
The Indians
looked awfully
ugly with
scarred faces
and their
bodies half
naked...
WADE HUNDLEY, JR., DDS
128 Medical Dr. • Boerne • 249-3531
although they wore their
parade dresses. My parents
turned pale and my legs
trembled of fright, and my
younger brother cried and
demanded us all to run off to
the nearest neighbor.
Mother had her washing
done that day and the cloth-
ing hung on the line. The
Indians appropriated it at
once with such unconcern as
if the matter had been of
mutual understanding. They
entered the house without
invitation and the cooking
stove occupied their curiosi-
ty. Everything in the room
was examined and taken
along, and my parents only
saved their beds by sitting
down on them. Still the
Indians tried to pull the bed-
ding away from under them.
The Indians were very fond
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919 N. MAIN • BOERNE
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singular habits and peculiar work was mostly performed
In the years from 1849 to
1854. I lived with my parents bread was undergoing by lift-
EDITOR’S NOTE: The fol-
lowing article was pub-
lished in the Thursday,
September 29, 1949 edi-
tion of The Boerne Star.
The author was not listed
but he gives a colorful,
though often shocking,
account of a band of
Comanche Indians in the
area.
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By ESTHER WIEDENFELD
■ Special to the Star
In all of the history books of
Comfort, we find that there is
a mention of two teachers:
Herbst and Fischer. Much
can be found on Professor
Herbst, but very little on
Professor Fischer.
Due to the detail research
for the Centennial School
gazing was done on our part, charge and complained of the
for the Indians looked awfully wrong he suffered and the
ugly with scarred faces and clothing he lost, which
their bodies half naked, wouldn’t have happened if
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have made,use of.it by force both outstretched arms cir-
in case of need. cumscribed his belly, thus
in Sisterdale, and during that ing the lid off the skillet every
time it occurred often that minute and taking a handful
them our “amigos” (friends)
as they called themselves,
and after a little while, moth-
er had dough of com meal in
a skillet, and the Indians
helped to kindle the fire.
The process of baking
bread must have been
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been filled up in San
Antonio. Then he said, “Me
Comanche grande capitano,”
to which we nodded in con-
sent.
Another old worn-out look-
ing man sat on the ground
and behind him squatted an
old squaw. She wore nothing
on her body but a red flannel
apron which reached halfway
down her thighs and tied up
with strings behind her, and
was not unlike a scarecrow of
oak-tanned leather.
one of his warriors, stopped chunks and divided out This noble dame eagerly
the team and aimed with the among the crowd. The gall of searched the long hair of the
old man, her husband I sup-
hen left scream-
ing when he
reached for her,
but he content-
ed himself by
sucking the 14
eggs left, or
The Indians now began to 1 .
sad
the greatest chiefs and fami- of the hot dough for a test
lies, with a number of their and distributing all around
warriors of the Northern Finally, they shook their
Comanche Indians, were heads and left the bread
taken to San Antonio by a undone.
squad of U.S. cavalry for the I watched one
purpose of making a treaty. young Indian
One day in May, 1851, a going behind
party of the Comanches, the house
numbering about 200, came where he dis-
in sight up the road in a covered a hen
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FRITZ FISCHER
gives credit to its beginning
through the teachings of Fritz
Fischer who taught his
nephews, Ottmar, Arthur and
Oscar Behr their Instru-
ments.*” These three young
men were in the Boerne
Village Band at its beginning.
When Professor Fischer
passed away, “his former stu-
dents requested that they
honor him by erecting his
tombstone.*” It was granted.
★From a letter by Ellen
Fischer Saunders, Fischer’s
granddaughter.
the escort had been in its
place
The officer seemed to be a
little aggrieved for having to
stop his noble horse in his
speedy gait, and having to
hear a reprimand besides,
answered very unconcerned-
ly, that he could not prevent
that and that father had to
make his claim before the
proper board. These claims
and others for stolen ani-
mals, the people of Texas
claim yet.
The Comanches, on their
return from San Antonio
about eight days afterwards,
arrived at Sisterdale a little
before noon. I happened to
be at the place of Mr. Ottmar
Behr, when they arrived.
There was a great change History, information on
in their appearance. They Professor Fischer has recently
were decorated with all kinds surfaced. His descendants
of bottles, even of empty of brim brass, red and yellow have come forth with a pic-
ones, and bottles were lying flannel, children’s toys, ture and also a story of his
plentifully about the house, pieces of soldier’s uniforms, life.
and in the thicket close by, stovepipe hats and ladies Fritz Fischer was born in
for the few settlers of underwear, mostly all mixed Wangleben, near Mageburg.
Sisterdale knew very well up on the wrong sex. Germany. He received his
how to mix their solitary life The whole outfit resembled education in that part of
with happy hours and merri- more a masquerade proces- Germany. After his arrive in
ment and whiskey was cheap sion imitating the follies of Texas, 1868, he met and mar-
in those days. fashion in life than anything ried Jennie Von Behr of the
Attracted by the bottles, else. However, all this indi- Sisterdale Behrs. He began
the Indians left the room, cated that the U.S. his teaching career in 1870 in
which gave father a chance Government and the peopi" the Comfort school.
to close the door and lock it. of San Antonio had been gen- He taught from 1870 until
This was done by tying a erous in their gifts. 1881 and again in 1887 until
buckskin string from the This time, they road Indian 1895. Records show that he
door to a nail in the frame. fashion, in single file, headed was the teacher in Sisterdale
They now demanded by by a chief. Mr. Behr stood in from 1896 until 1899.
motions and word “pan,” that his yard. The chief rode up to Fischer’s contributions fur-
we should bake them bread, him, dismounted and both thermore reached into Boerne
Scared as we were, we would shook hands. The chief had a since he was gifted musician,
have done anything to keep great deal to say, all in the -The Boerne Village Band
point of the lance to the the cow was carefully poured
shoulder of one of the steers, out in the cavity of the rock,
while casting an inquisitive and the entrails which were
look back at also cut up into short pieces
that on windy days he buck-
led it under his pistol belt
when out deer hunting. ,
This man had been off to
some neighbor and on his
return, he appearance cause
great excitement among the
Indians. They all ran up and
surrounded him and looked
at his beard in amazement
and felt it with their filthy
hands, and pulled at it to see
whether it was really grown
to the chin.
The old many was very
much perplexed at such a
reception and showed dis-
tinct signs of fright, as likely
having to give up as a scalp , )
his beard, his greatest pride
on earth, when one of the
chiefs took him by the nose
and exclaimed “Capitano!
Capitano!”
This was just enough for
the old man, he looked at us
and cried out: “I see no rea-
son why to laugh here, as
you all do - not the least rea-
son whatever - none at all!”
Trembling, he made his way
to his room and showed him-
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Mr. Behr who and cleaned of their contents
understood the with a slight stroke though
situation at a the fingers by the individual
glance and who had been lucky enough
quickly point- to get hold of one, were
ed to a cow dipped in the gall and con-
outside the sumed with apparently great
yard which the relish.
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as we all witnessed, her
pains were well rewarded.
The mode of exterminating
them were simple. As fast as
she could pick them out, she
threw them between her
teeth and we heard a brisk
smacking and cracking. At
this sight, Mr. Behr turned
pale in the face and hastily
reached for the comer of the
house where he relieved him-
bow and course, They were now for self of the dinner he had
ordered the awhile left to themselves, eaten half an hour before. self no more,
workman to occupied in digesting the beef At this time, there lived
drive on. and admiring the beautiful with Mr. Behr, a man of very
I now learned that the
chiefs negotiation with Mr.
Behr had been to get a beef
for his men to eat, yet on
refusal, he presented an
order from the quartermaster
of the military post at San
Antonio, who promised to
pay for what beef the Indians
might need on their trip.
It seemed, however, that
the chief was aware of his
power in the lonely little set-
tlement and no doubt would
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Tuma, David & Priddy, Travis. The Boerne Star (Boerne, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 14, 1993, newspaper, April 14, 1993; Boerne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1579361/m1/10/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.