i Told in The Colt and the Sabre and The Rebel Spy

ii Told in The Ysabel Kid

iii It would be many years before oil became a factor in the Texas economy.

iv Told in Comanche

v

Dusty Fog’s youth prevented him from qualifying for the title ‘Colonel’

vi Described in Trail Boss

vii Told in Godnight’s Dream

viii Texans did not use the word ‘string’ for their work-horses

ix Bayo-cebrunos: a dun color, shading into smoky-gray

x Nemenuh: ‘The People’, Comanche Nation’s name for themselves

xi Kweharehnuh: Antelope band of the Comanche Nation

xii Naivi: unmarried Comanche girl

xiii Told in The Fastest Gun in Texas

xiv

The reader can supply the missing words.

xv Bayo-lobo: dun approaching wolf-gray color

xvi Told in .44 Caliber Man

xvii Told in The Devil Gun

xviii This is proved in The Wildcats and Troubled Range

xix Knobhead: generally an exceptionally awkward mule

xx Blow-fiddle: An empty whiskey jug used as a kind of wind instrument

xxi Chisum’s solution is told fully in Slaughter’s Way