Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-07-02
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MAJOR BEN. M'cULLocH.
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+; Major McCulloch was born in Rutherford
county, Tennessee ID 1Sl4*& His father,
Alexander McCulloch, was. Aid.de.camp to
General Coffee, and fought under General
Jackson at the battles Of Tarageda, Talla.
hassee and Horseshoe, during the. Creek war:
His father emigrated to Georgia while Ben.
was very young, and Ben. was kept at school
in Tennessee until he was fourteen years old.
.After.this Ben. was kept hunting until he
was near twenty-one. Atthat time the, bears
were so bad in Tennessee. that the settlers
could not raise their hogs. Hunting bears
in the cane required much caution, and if
a mans gun snapped he lost his breakfast,
Young McCulloch frequently killed as many
as eighty bears during season, and never
less than twenty in the course of winter
This life gave taste for wild adventure, and
when he became of age he determined to go
on an expedition to the Rocky Mountains,
and left his home, for St. Louis, to join a
company of trappers. He arrived too late,
however, and likewise failed in joining a
company of Santa Fe traders. -..,
He returned home, and soon after called
on Colonel David Crockett, who was making
up an expedition to go to Texas, to take part
in the revolution. The whole southwest at
that time was alive with feelings of sympa-
thy for the Texans, and men were daily flock
ing to their standard. Nacogdoches was ap-
pointed the place of rendezvous, from which
the expedition was to start, and Christmas
of the year 1885 was named for the day of
meeting, when, as "Old Davy" expressed it,
they were to make their Christmas dinner
off the hump of buffalo. McCulloch again
arrived too late, and finding the party gone,
he proceeded; on by himself to the river Bra
zes, where he was taken sick, and he did
not recover until after the fall of the Alamo.
McCulloch's disappointment was very great
at not being able to join the gallant band
.of patriots, but it afterwards proved very for
tunate for him, for Col; Travis, after having
sustained siege of 13 days, with only 1870
Texans, against Santa Annals army, fell
With bis brave little band, after having kill
ed 900 of the enemy!
Major McCulloch, on joining the Texan
army under Gen. Sam. Houston,- was assign
ed to the artillery, and made captain of a
gun He served gallantly at the battle Of
San Jacinto, where Santa Anna was taken
prisoner, and his army of 1,500 men killed
or taken prisoners. McCulloch afterwards
settled in Gonzales County, Texas, and was
employed on the frontier surveying and To-
eating lands. He frequently led the wild
border scouts against the Indians and Mexi-
cans, which service he entered before the
celebrated Jack Hays. He also distinguish
ed himself at the battle of Plumb Greek in
a fight with the Indians, who at the time
burned and sacked the town of Linnville.-
He joined the expedition against Mier, but,
not agreeing with the plans Of the leaders,
he returned home before the fight, and es-
capped the cruel hardships and Imprisonment
of that command, which had surrendered to
the per6dious Ampudia.
When the war broke out with Mexico, he
rallied band of Texan warriors on the banks
of the Guadaloupe, and set out for the seat
of war on the Rio Grande. The company
arrived four days after the battles of Palo
Alto and the Resaca. His company was &C.
cepted by General Taylor, and he was after
wards employed in the daring scouting ex-
pedition toward Monterey, in which battle,
as we'll as that of Buena Vista, he won i'm
perishable renoWn. He afterwards joined
General Scott's army, and continued with it
to the conquest ofthe City of Mexico. For
his gallant services, General Pierce created
him Marshal of Texas, which Office he now
holds.
Major McCulloch is a thin, spare man, Of
great muscle and activity, and is now about
43 years of age. He has pleasant face,
and is mild and courteous in his manners,
with an air of diHidence: He is very cool,
and of determined bravery, is yet,a bach:
elor, and is the very man for Governor Of
Utah, which it is hoped he will become.
Neac York Times.
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