Wee-Chi-Tah

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We visited the Wee-Chi-Tah statue and the river nearby to enjoy the beautiful weather and take some pictures.  This statue is lovely - You can't see the comanche woman in my pic, she is hidden by the grass.  I will have to blip it again from a different angle another  time.

About the statue - from the Wichita Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau:
This marvelous life-sized sculpture features a Comanche family crossing the Wichita River. The actual legend of their crossing defines where Wichita got its name. This multi-part piece of art is of a Comanche woman, her child, two braves, their horses and a colt set in the natural beauty of rock & flowing water. The woman is testing the river’s depth, as the legend tells, and describes it is “”waist-deep””, which is how “”Wee-chi-tah”” is translated. I hope that everyone who looks upon this sculpture will see a people who loved their own, the land, the horses, things that The Great Creator gave, not to be sold or owned, but a way of life, free, free to enjoy, free to live. Jack Stevens, Artist.