How to Play Indians

This "How To" guide is just like the Indians are in the movie The Searchers. "Never attack immediately: make yourself visible from a distance a few days ahead of time, producing easily observed smoke signals, thus giving the stagecoach or the fort ample time to send word to the Seventh Cavalry." The Indians in The Searchers produce a fire to make a smoke signal so they let the family or whoever they are trying to attack know they are there. They don't attack right away to make sure they get away with their crime later. "Attack by circling the wagons, but never narrow your circle, so that you and your companions can be picked off one by one." The Indians surrounded the wagons but never came very close so that their victim couldn't get away. However, John Wayne aka Ethan and Martin got away from the Indians by going through the river which the Indians were not fast enough. "In preparing to attack an isolated farm, send only one man to spy on it at night. Approaching a lighted window, he must observe at length a white woman inside, until she has become aware of the Indian face pressed against the pane. Await the woman's cry and exit of the men before attempting to escape." The Indians attacked the families' house and killed them all except for the youngest girl Debbie. Hopefully she is still alive.