Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-08-27
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GENILFNus-ia loeking oFer ihs pta-
I ian Mentor VI ile sub alt discover az
article "a pliielial lealci "iaiisns,
2 ia which Ihe eliiaT lfgs his exchanges 10
90 Liia az favor 10 siaie thal heni0n
eouniy has net, dunhg lAe last iso ysAns
. teen ,isitel hy lnlisns, csFRsinly very
cool aEl malsst Teanesl ~ the iTsss ~
. North IeHas, Indeed, 10 holl slill ahd don Z
. publish AHy TeIsn u indians visiting
/ hsuion county, virtually ssgiug lst ne
/ rat lhs gag Ia your mPniAs, - ths' yel
all nal say anything about iniisrs ia
. Denton eonhiy-lie slill anl keep silshl,
I yon misht say sameihihs lhai Neull s0n-
. dict Niih nany ihings that have asserted
10 bs false eg lsnirl lhgughis thar nap bs
shoEn te etetine. iNant yea iusit0 ielsip,
silent aud lei me IA Ihis matter up Ia ny
ONn way, OF la ease you DO say snllhinE,
LEI me dioiais 10 you what 10 say, leaVe
| that question Tor the Mentor ani the Pres
Of North Texas to settle 70 suit ihensslyfs,
u does really aPpear sranse ihai NJ,
| Gees continues 10 be 50 afflicted With Ia
/ diahs on tie brain outside 0f nenion e9nn-
~, aud has got himself 50 badly out oI
/ gear that am aPPrehenslye that he viii
not get himself IN gear sufficiently TO SET
nj, head level enough TO ever tell the ,raih
| again on the Indian question 20 FAR as
| benton county Il concerned, and fearing
that the truth will out that the ealls upon
| the Press pf Northern gexss not 10 fay
Anything abou: Indians visiting Denton
county, fearing, presume, that bis denial
will not be believed unless be eau prevail
/ Oh the Pres OF tie surrounding counties TO
rally To his relief, which he will likely fail
10 40, unless they have stronger proc! or
what lac desires them TO say, than his own
base sIaiemenis. Now, 90 far as regards
,he REPORTS hy other counties THAT lac
speaks or that the Indians had visited
| denton county, we, OF Wise county, have
heard nothing said concerning II, except
| what the owners Of the Of the stock Ia Den.
ton have said, and chat he published him
self In the Monitor, as coming from Capt.
Hale of Wise county, In which Captain II.
states, viz: that the citizens Of seeouniy
! had intercepted the Indians, fought aud
WHIPPED them, aud re. captured upwards OF
| one Hundred head Of horses from them, and
citizens of benton county that many of the
captured horses belonged in their county.
| That notice 10 tho people of Denton was
coming a little too close home TO suit the
oft-repcntcd assertion OF the Monitor, that
| the Indians do not visit Denton county,
nor trouble her citizens. lie, II seems, did
not at first see the bearing Of the communi-
cation from Capt. Hale. which he had pro-
| lishud, but as soon ns Mr. ueers discover
cd that ha lial got out Of gear again aud
could see no WY that he could get in again
without help, he commences calling upon
his neighbors of the Press TO help him out
of the trap that he had so iinwittingly fall
len into by publishing truihful statement
of facts, before he had discovered that
| Capt Ilale's notice to the citizens of Den
ton county that many Of the horses taken
from the indians by tic people of Wise, be-
longcd to them, would conflict with his re-
pcated assertions in the Monitor that the
| Indians had not troubled the citizens of
Denton county; and knowing that II lad
been proven to the contrary, and could be
| agnin'a any time, he then comes dcwn TO
within the last two years and calls Justify
TO the Press of North Texas Ito help ME or
| | perish) do help me, Kind ncighbors, out
of .his scrape by saying to your readers
| that the Indians have not troubled the peo-
! pie Of Denton county; equivalent to saying,
| gentlemen of the Press, do come to my re-
lief and | will cheerfully reciprocate the
favor whenever opportunity may oher.
| nm much surprised that the Monitor should
call on the ncighboring Press 10 sustain
| him, when he claims the Monitor to be the
most popular and influential paper in
| Northern Texas. 1t might be presumed
! from his repeated boastings that he felt
| himself strong enough to manage IRON
| tier county like Wise without help; but
| suppose he feels like most men who feel
that they are engaged in wrong cause,
! Tint they need all the help they can get,
either by foul or fair means. 1t may be
reasonably presumed that the Press, upon
whom lie calls, will hesitate to do his bid
| ding when the facts are made known which
he appetr5 to be SO much afraid will come
TO light. Now for the facts in relation to
Indian raids into Denton county. Some.
| four or five weeks since beef drovcr 60
| ing North, camped at or near the mouth of
| Oliver creek, in Denton county, and was
there attacked by party of Indians who
| stole his whole outfit Of horses, numbering
some thi, t. five or forty head, beside citi-
zcns' horses; aud were pursued by citizens
of Denton county, who failed to overtakc
them and returned by this place and re-
ported the facts to our citizens, and some
of them seemed to blame the people Of W Use
for not pursuing them; but their report
being the first intilnation We had of the
Indians being ia Denton county, we Of
course could do nothing on that occasion,
but we resolved in case they did attempt
| TO trouble the citizens of Denton any more,
that we would catch and chastise them if
possible for disturbing our neighbers of
Denton county, and as soon as we discoy-
cred another Indian trail leading in the
direction Of Denton county, we rallied our
forces and intercepted the Indians on their
way out, and am happy TO be able to
state that our citizens succee ded in whip
ping the Indians and re-capturing the sto-
len horses and several Indian ponies and
rigging and have reason TO believe their
| riders were either killed or D6rtally wound
ed during the fight, and among the horses
taken from The Indians were a number Ia
ken from Denton county, which were
known TO run in that county, the most OF
them being identified by citizens Of the
same County, not attempting TO deny that
their horses we're taken from Denton coun-
ty by the Indians. The foregoing are the
leading facts in relation to that Indis n
raid, but should the Monitor attempt to de-
ny the facts as stated, further evidences of
the facts can be produced. IL is also q
well known fact that some week or two
since that occurrence, that the Indians did
attempt 10 steal horses in Denton county
from two gentlemen, citizens Of johnson
county, and we're shot at by them while the
Indians were in the act Of untying their
horses, which had the effect Of scariag
iAem Of. Those gentlemen are known in
WISE county 10 be truthful and reliable
men. All these oocurrences took place in
Denton county within month pasi, and