<P> The Lone Ranger was named so because the character is the only survivor of a group of six Texas Rangers . While details differ , the basic story of the origin of the Lone Ranger is the same in most versions of the franchise . A posse of six members of the Texas Ranger Division pursuing a band of outlaws led by Bartholomew `` Butch '' Cavendish is betrayed by a civilian guide named Collins and is ambushed in a canyon named Bryant 's Gap . Later , an Indian named Tonto stumbles onto the scene and discovers one ranger is barely alive , and he nurses the man back to health . In some versions , Tonto recognizes the lone survivor as the man who saved his life when they both were children . According to the television series , when Tonto left the Reid place with a horse given him by the boy Reid , he gave Reid a ring and the name Kemo Sabe , which he said means `` trusty scout '' . Among the Rangers killed was the survivor 's older brother , Daniel Reid , who was a captain in the Texas Rangers and the leader of the ambushed group . To conceal his identity and honor his fallen brother , Reid fashions a black domino mask from the material of his brother 's vest . To aid in the deception , Tonto digs a sixth grave and places at its head a cross bearing Reid 's name so that Cavendish and his gang would believe that all of the Rangers had been killed . </P>
<P> The Lone Ranger was named so because the character is the only survivor of a group of six Texas Rangers . While details differ , the basic story of the origin of the Lone Ranger is the same in most versions of the franchise . A posse of six members of the Texas Ranger Division pursuing a band of outlaws led by Bartholomew `` Butch '' Cavendish is betrayed by a civilian guide named Collins and is ambushed in a canyon named Bryant 's Gap . Later , an Indian named Tonto stumbles onto the scene and discovers one ranger is barely alive , and he nurses the man back to health . In some versions , Tonto recognizes the lone survivor as the man who saved his life when they both were children . According to the television series , when Tonto left the Reid place with a horse given him by the boy Reid , he gave Reid a ring and the name Kemo Sabe , which he said means `` trusty scout '' . Among the Rangers killed was the survivor 's older brother , Daniel Reid , who was a captain in the Texas Rangers and the leader of the ambushed group . To conceal his identity and honor his fallen brother , Reid fashions a black domino mask from the material of his brother 's vest . To aid in the deception , Tonto digs a sixth grave and places at its head a cross bearing Reid 's name so that Cavendish and his gang would believe that all of the Rangers had been killed . </P>
why did the lone ranger wear a mask
why did the lone ranger wear a mask
To conceal his identity and honor his fallen brother
To conceal his identity and honor his fallen brother