The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-02-22

ing-the weather still damp, dark and
foggy Putnam came in with my old
head shepherd, TAFT Going to the spot
where the former had seen the Indians
the body Of the poor boy, Fcchler was
found. stripped naked, pierced by some
seven arrows, and his head doubled IN
der him and resting against a tree His
SCALP bad not been taken, nor h;s person
mutllated save by his many wounds !;
yet the dreadful spectacle called up
mingled feelings Of deep pity for the
unfortunate lad, boiling indignation
against his brutal murdercrs, and deep.
rooted disgust At the majority Of our
rulers who have never bestowed a sec.
oul thought upon frontier protection.
Poor Johns dog, which had been lying
hy his lifolcss body through the long
watches Of "A mid.wutcr night. gave the
first notice Of his whereabouts by hor
barking From the clcanness Of his
wounds, faithful Fanny-for that is the
SHUTS namc-had evidently been licking
away the blood as it flowed IN vain
attempt to revive or rcsuscitatc her un-
conscious master How ioyously she
would have waggcd her tail had he risen
t. give her one single pat of rccogni-
tion, can understand, for | know the
dogs and their ways When we came
away, after covering the corpse as well
as we could, Fanny still chung by; and
when we left she refused all cntreaties
10 call her way we started 81 while
she was still keeping watch and ward
over her master, determined TO protect
his romans against any birds or beasta
OF prey that might dare approach
Would that she had had The strength to
protect him against his ruthless murder.
ems she did not lack the will nor the
courage, Fanny did not
But o. return To my narrative BY
this time many Of the neighhors had
gathered from BoorGc aud the vicinity /;
tHry stated that nothing had been seen
or heard nf ~chiosser but that man
named Rhciuhlrt aad bpru lilled the nf
terloou previous. within three or four
hundred yard and In plain sight Of the
town while his body had been mutila.
ted ia "a way | cannot describe ! tie
had drawn one load Of wood TO Mr. II
c King, gentleman living in Boerue
with bis family, and had gone out into
thc adjacent post oaks H.. another load
where he must have first got sight of The
Indians That Dc attempted 90 escape
ly running was evident by the fact shat
his wagon WIS found next morning with
tbo hind axigtee broken. After this be-
attempted 10 escape ON foot, and bad
ran some 80 yards before be was over
.nkcH aud butchcfed An awful fate tor
the strong man. when housos and friends
were alan ST with'na stones throw, His
horses hal been cut from thc harness
and taken %, while other animals were
missing 90 The vicinity. Such was the
sad Hutail .orcc from Boerue
We were now set % work. after send
ing III two trusiy men to the military
station 81 ,smp Verde. g. find the body
e Bopusic, for il was certain be too
had been massacr,d Taking the trail
of ihe Indians AZ the spot where Fechlcy
had been killed, we followed u down
g. the rough crossing af a rocky reviuc,
which carries the ,np'Is waters Of Post
Oak Creek O. thc Niholo in rainy sea-
sons. The trail spread among the rocks,
often crossing the favinr. and we final.
Is lost it without seeing any trace of
Bapuelc Coming back To- the starting
point. closer search along either bank
e the r4viuc was made and finally the
q < was seen We heard near % point not
previously examined Hero, lying par.
TALLY u the water, the body OF the poor
shepherd was found. four arrows still
sticking FOO his back. and with a fright
ful cash in his throat Pink his faith
fu dog, had rcwmucd by him for nearly
tw,utyf us hours, and had proved an
uposrjuE gu.le.board to ihe corpse Of
bis master The body had not been
stripped, uar were the pockets rifed ;
his belt aud knife sheath were still there.
but the knife was missing 1t was
thought hy men Of tl.a party that Bap
;ste might had cut his own throat, after
finding himself mortally wounded He
had a rifle ,,iih him. and was good
shot bot whether he had discharged IL
OF not we can never know The damp
ness II the day may have prevented a
cap from exploding or be- may have been
fallen upon so suddenly that he had no
time % turn upon his dastardly foes
Melancholy most melancholy was 1t
to see his poor dog watching our move
ments as we dug . grave. by the bank
If the r8ypc, and buried his master out
Of sight Nor even would he then leave
the spot without great reluctance, and
more than ordinary ceaxipg
/ Our next sad duty WAS TO bury the lad
fcchler At the spot whore he was