

John Reid then tells Tonto that he intends to hunt down Cavendish and his men and to bring them to justice. According to the television series, Tonto gave John a ring and the name Kemo Sabe, which he said means "trusty scout". In some versions, Tonto recognizes the lone survivor as the man who had saved his life when they both were children. He discovers one of the rangers, Captain Reid's younger brother, John, barely alive, and he nurses the man to health.

Later, a Native American named Tonto stumbles onto the grisly scene. A posse of six members of the Texas Ranger Division, led by Captain Dan Reid, pursued a band of outlaws led by Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish, but are betrayed by a civilian guide named Collins, who was secretly working with Cavendish, and led the unsuspecting rangers into an ambush at a canyon known as Bryant's Gap. The Lone Ranger is the sole survivor of a group of six ambushed Texas Rangers. While details differ, the basic story of the Lone Ranger's origin is consistent in most versions of the franchise.

Trendle or by Fran Striker, the show's writer. He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show on WXYZ (Detroit), conceived either by station owner George W. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto.

Above-average athlete, horseman, hand-to-hand combat, and master of disguise
