The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-06-07

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clotbe. N " hin and thea eauss1 him V RIA,
snd shos him Ave times With AK sAoctsr. ~. h
supposedly The other boy ND fos While ID souls
brush. then pulsed n NJ shtss (ssesfsi that IL
Indians woeA re hin. J hid his szn and rnp isio
the morning, and short time Amer tAh. near one
hoat, Nr. james Rshef and fafniiy were attached
On the phAhtom Ifitl road. hsdinG from sns:lA,
near eight miles fram th.J place. VI. BSkeI u
an old TexiaE aud Ia generally Wi known IN all
this eonutry be has li~~d on onisr Creek. WITHIN
eight nsics of Aastin. for ioaK while, md many
of bis old fr,snsis would Ike 10 hav, SHARED With
him in the nght. BAKER speaks spanish very sen
and when the Indians cAne up aroubst them le
asked what they wanted and Who was esv,an.
and After being iuiormed who was caStaip. alta
they wahted his horses he told them u take ~
ing them 10 run there the thicket VA several
hundred yards a. 1hry made for The Ticket, and
directly they began 10 shoot VI them. Mixer hAd
a shot gun. and bis iather-in.law a nae. hu: ,h<
old mans gun ma empty, and Bakrs was loaded
with small shot,
They run from tree TO ,r~s, dodgiac the test
they could, aud The arrows we're t}ag IN stream
At BAKER. He remained behind while his ~iie and
fath~r-in-iaw we're making their why for TIRE thick
- lie was very active, not lsing -iiil 4 ,tnslt
moment. When he woaid -e" an laiian ,a the
act OF shooting, Ire would present he gun n him
and they wcnIi rcsr.a, Instantly, They motioned
10 his wife to Ne out Of the way. not wishing 70
shoot her She extracted one uf The arrows from
her husbands back and snapped ! n two before
them
The Indians asmouutcd vhrn the fight con-
mcuced. They gained !nc Thu kct a.a.t all alive
In the msantlIne haktr received i've wounds tive
were yery slight, one severe IN the lrft arm inss
above the vldow JOINT, ouc IN the bach Jus. below
the left shoulder blade. ranging up 10 the spin,
ncar the neck. During this time he had no. dis.
ChaTgei single sho'. fhny continued to a.h,
coming ap very close. h0p,Lx to kii him On.
arrow sirneh 'wir s,id CHANGING struck his llitle
bate, which 4 would have killed had u no, h.en
wrapped IN hlanke, with -r.rn folds arnund it
The arfnw sr istg the right br..-' nesrly cutting
toihc as-h.
The indian came pespirg into the ,hichet g. get
another shot, and i1kei shot him In IN. lace and
throat When ne tarred roand and ran oct 81 sight
The other Indians came and beowcd over him
Ike herd VI cattle, ~ evidently vas killed.
Fourteen holes werr shot through his coat Que
Indian followed The horse and buggy, which ~
mile from the place o. attack near house where
a young MAJ VA staying With herd Of sheep II,
saw the lDdlansad mounted his horse and run to
.ir neares. Eense \ abort distance further and
met four men coming mp the road. who went rs
Fast A. they ccnlc 10 the place Tho iad,Ans made
one or two charges, And the men stood their
ground. Ny some tcc.. And discovering the whit.
loix In the ta'cket, vent u them. The iudiAo-
then Immediately resfrat.d.
There was joyou. little meeting. The psrty
cried for Joy all alive, aud they bad relie..
TIE Indians seen BY Nr. Hikcr were dressed
-im',aF 70 white men. They wore hats and the
U :. uniform coat.