Tonto's Scout Every man needs a friend, even The Lone Ranger, and there was no truer friend than Tonto, the Lone Ranger's faithful Indian companion, who rode into The Lone Ranger series aboard his colorful Paint horse, Scout. Scout was the perfect ride for Tonto, a beautiful, kind-eyed Paint horse with an unflappable disposition. Together, the gentle and dignified Tonto, a Potawatomic Indian, and Scout, rode side-by-side with The Lone Ranger and Silver, on a shared quest for justice and desire to bring law and order to the West.