Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-06-24
IadIan News.

r Ihe following Is an extract from letter IN
d Lampassss to the Houston TelegrapA:
i On the 9th Of last month 4 little bov par.5
e James Gracy, was killed BY the indians 10
tsther lives IN this place. The Door how was r1s
looking for some horses, in companv VIII q n
other boy. One OF them had a oun Tkv
separated one went 10 shoot a turkey. and ~
: other started to bell that he heard. They had
not been separated long till the one that had ina
gun heard the other begging " Please don't In
me-" he looked Immediately and saw tbrss
Indians, one on each side of the boy and ia
poor little fellow had his hands up begging flr
his lie They stripped the clothes off of bfp
snd then caused him 10 run, and shot him fgs
times with six shOet (as IS supposedly Tie
! other boy hid for while ia some brush. tbea
/ pulled off his shirt (fearfal that the Indisgs
would see him. bid his gun and run into Il
I nearest house. This was about ten o'clock IA
| the morning, and q short time after this, near
| one hour, Mr.. James Baker and family were q
! tackled on the Phantom Hill road, leading from
AustiR, near eight miles from this place. NJ.
Baker Is an old Texian, and is generally vel
known in al this country he has lived o.
| Onion Creek, within eight miles OF Auetin for
long while, and many Of his old friends Woult
Ike to have shared with him in the fight Be.
ker speaks Spanish very well, and when the In.
dams came up around them, be asked whse
they wanted and who was captain, and aher
being informed who was captain and they want
ed his horses, he told them 10 take the horses
the captain motiOned to a thicket, directing.
them to run there; the thicket was several hun
dred yards of. They made for the thickst. and
dlreclly they began 10 shoot at them. Baker
had shot gun and his iather-in law a rife, but
the old mans gun was empty, and Bakers was
loaded with small shot
They run from tree to tree, lodging the best
they could, and the arrows were flying in a
stream at Baker. He remained behind while bis
wife and tather-in-law were making their way
for the thicket. He was very active, not being
stu single moment. When be would sea an
Indian in the act Of shooting, he would present
his gun at him, and they would retreat instant
ly. They motiOned to his wife to get out Of the
way, net wishing to shoot her. She extracted
one OF the arrows from her husbands back and
snapped it in two before them
1he Indians dismOUnted when the fight con
meEced. They gained the tEieket at last sH
alive. In the meantime Baker received five
wounds two were very slight, one severe in ths
lett arm, Just above the elbow Joint one N the
back Just below the left shoulder blade rang
ing up to the spine near the neck. During this
time he had not discharged single shot They
continued to light, coming up very close, hoping
to kill him One arrow struck tWig and glsn-
eing, struck his little babe, which it would have
killed, bad it not been wrapped in a blanket
with seven folds around it, the arrow striking
the right breast, nearly cutting to the flesh.
The Indian came Peeping into the thicket to
get another shot, and Baker shot him in the face
and throat, when he turned round and ran out
Of sight The other Indians cana and beloved
over him ike herd of cattle; be evidently was
killed.
Fourteen holes were shot through his cost
One Indian followed the horse and buggy. which
ran mile from the place Of attack near house
y there syOung man was staying with a herd OF
sheep. He saw the Indian and mounted bis
horse and ran to the nearest house, short DIS
snce further, and met four men coming up the
Dad, who went as fast as they could 20 the place
The IL disns made one or two charges, and the
men stood their ground, by some trees, and dis
covering tt white folks in the thicket, went 10
hem The Indians then Immediately retreatsd
There was joyous little meeting. The party
,ried for joy; al alive, and they had relief
The Indians seen by blr. Baker were dressed
imilaT to white men. They wore hats and the
United States uniform coat.