New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-09

The muscles of She face to relax, he approached
| gentleman with whom was standing, and said,
with an air of chagrin and ppolnfment, y nat
do YOU think sir I only broke his arm, though
| haa those fine pistols Of (Angusl McNeills
! There were altogether some six or eight on a
side. Two were Killed, one On each slde-Gun}y
1 ana Wright--and two wounded also, one on each
side, Blanchard and Bowie, besides DR.. Denny.
1 Col Crane, notwithstanding he was the target Tor
many pistols. wholly escaped being wounded nus
party, after the fight made Their heaaquarsesss
! milo 81 two below yidaiia; think az Arnaudlia,
! while Gen. Cuny - assembled at fidalla 10 avoid
further collision and the officers of the law, Col.
Crane, to whom loaned my horse, rode ont to
Church Hill Id Jeiferuon county, Miss.
The peculiarly shaped and formidable knife used
nv COL Bowie on this occasion, then received its
frsf appellation of the e Bowie Knife Probably
a drawer or more gentlemanly set of men have
never met on the field since the days of shivalry.
In fact we are reminded by this fight of those sud
den ARRAYS of which we read between chieftains
and their respective partisans after years of soth
cred wrath. On one side we have the polished the
brave and gallant Crane on the other the fear
less. cool and powerful, but generous and kind
hearted, Bowie. who were really the leaders of The
two factions adtd either side by several of the
choicest men and brave spirits of the parish Of
Rapides. Peace between the leaders, who yet en-
tertained profound respect for each other, was
not declared for many years after. They carried
arms for each other though neither felt Inclined to
make the first assault.
have been told, and believe the story TO be
tiuC, NUuCuilS iOT us correctness, t1db
some years after, the two gentlemen met at one of
the hotels in New Orleans. That Colonel Crane
aceosted Colonel Bowie and invited him to his
room, which was in the third story, Colonel
Bowie accepted the invitation without hesitation,
showing distrust of the honor of Colonel Crane,
and no fear for himself, On reaching the room,
Colonel g. locked the door and took of his large
pistols and laid them upon the table, addressing
Colonel Bowie as follows: s We have been carry
ing arms for each other for several years. Our
friends are kept in uncertainty and some excite
menf. It is d duty that we owe to them, if not to
ourselves, that the difficulty between be settled.
propose that you take choice of one of these
pistols and that we fight across the table, or that
which prefer is, that both disarm and that all
hostility cease between us now and for ever.t The
latter proposition was accepted without hesitation
by the noble Bowie.
My first acquaintance with Col. Bowie was on
the day of the fight but saw him often after and
learned to admire him for his intelligence his SUI
ayity and gentleness, as well as for his bravery
He exhibited 50 much kindness of heart and mild
ness of manners, that a stranger would have Sc |
lected almost any other man in crowd of strang-
ers, if the eye and powerful frame were disre-
garded, as the renowned Jim Bowie His brave
~ and GOODNESS were conspicuous in that won
derfnl fight on the Texas prairie, where he and
his equally brave brother Reason, with eighteen
others, fought two hundred Indians for twenty-four
hours and defeated them. Sick in bed, he was
finally massacred with Milan and Crockett and
their band Of heroes, including my young friend
and correspondent, Parker of Natchez at the
taking Of the Alamo. Peace to his ashes.
4 Natchez, March, 1860. WEN.
+Hrotber.in.lav to Gen, Edward Snarro,