It’s been years since I’ve heard the origins radio story, but that’s what I remember.
Just found it on YouTube. My friend was very slightly misquoting for comic effect, but close enough. I never knew that Tonto tells him explicitly that “Kemo Sabe” means “Trusted Scout”!
Famous Monsters of Filmland published a Lone Ranger vs. Werewolf story in the 1960s
What was his horse’s name?
Victor, who was sired by Silver.
Interesting to note that “Tonto” is Mexican slang for “dummy”.
Johnny Carson beat him by at least a decade.
I liked it, too; probably helped that the movie came out when I had been playing Red Dead Redemption. At least one scene, the one with the train-mounted gatling gun, would not have been out of place in that game.
I remember a Hunt Emerson comic in Fortean Times that did this.
Early drafts of the 2013 film apparently had a werewolf subplot.
Cecil answered that-
That was funny. Never saw it before.
Tonto thought Cavendish was a Wendigo, which is kinda-sorta werewolf adjacent.
True. Also it’s the name of a National Forest near Phoenix, and the name of a particular tribe of Apaches. IIRC, Tonto (TLR’s Pal) was supposed to be an Apache, although I doubt that Apaches wore fringed buckskin shirts and pants.
In the original radio shows, made in Chicago, he was a Potawatomi. That name was familiar to audiences in the Great Lakes area, but it tends to mystify people elsewhere. Since the Ranger’s backstory is set firmly in Texas, other writers have made him an Apache or a Comanche.
Traditional Potawatomi and Apache clothing looks rather different from the Great Plains-style buckskins he wears in the movies and comic books.
It’s comfortable, practical, and above all, stylish.
And it could be cultural appropriation. 
In the movies, TV, and comic books, he wears plain buckskins, with no bead-work or quill-work, or any decoration which might indicate a tribal identity. A Native American would probably say that he dresses like a white man. 
The primitive dress of the men was deerskin shirt, leggings and moccasins.
What was Tonto’s headband for? His hair wasn’t long enough to need one and it had no decorative value; not even a feather.