Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-07-27
INDIANS.

On Friday the 18th inst, George
McClusky, living in the N. W. part
of this county, was killed by In
dians. Mr.. NJ. was at the house Of
Mr.. Bumgarner and while saddling
his horse at the yard gate he was
shot in the back by four Indians
that had slipped up behind him.
Thus it is our best citizens, their
wives and li.tle ones, are being
ruthlessly, brutally murdered by
Indians that are fed, clothed and
armed by our own government.
And thus it is that the innocent
blood of our fellow citizens is trac'
ing lines of eternal disgrace upon
our national escutcheon, that the
lapse ofyears can never efface. Can
the son whose father, mother, bro.
ther, or sister has been brutaIly
massacred by these Government
ours, ever entertain one emotion Of
even respect for that government?
and especially when these outragos
have been long and fully known to
our Government officials. Ours is,
indeed, a poor thing Of yankee
Nation" if it cannot protect its own
citizens and territory from a few
rowing bands of hostile Indians.
Since the above was in type, we
have received, through the kind
ness of DR.. S. NJ. Tucker the follow.
ing additional particulars:
On Friday last, George McClusky
of Rock Creek, seventeen miles N.
w. of Weathcrford, was standing
by the door ofhis father-ln-law (Mr.
Bumgarner) just getting ready to
start to Tarrant Co., when shot
was heard from the stablc-lot near
by. McClusky fell, and MIR. Bum
garner and his son Hubbard rushed
out, thinking probably McC. had
accidentally shot himself. They
were soon iearfully undcceivcd, for
futher shots from the stable issued.
They picked up McC. and carried
him into the house. Hubbard Bum
garner then began rapid fire on
the indians in tho lot, who broke
and ran.
McClusky was shot through the
left lung, and died in less than an
hour.
The Indians had crept up behind
some oat stacks, intending no doubt
to omurder the whole family. Hubbard
Bumga.ucr's conduct was most GAL
lent and praisworthy. The Indians
dropped quilts, blankets, moccasins
and spears in their fight. A party
was made up within two hours
which unavaiIably followed the In
dians in the direction of Black
Springs.
George McClusky was Master
Mason, q man of rare nerve and
courage, of extra intelligence and
great usefulness. His loss is seri-
GUS one to the Frontier settlements.
Thus it goes: our people are daily
being murdered by the savages,
while the Government is indifferent
to it all.
We cordially endorse the article
in the Times of last week concern
ing the way the Government is act
ing in our Indian matters; and
while the Signet is no partisan or
political sheet, we cannot but believe
that our contemporaries structures
on the Washington Government, in
this matter, are just and truthful
The brutal, unheard of manner in
which our frontier people are treat
ed, is a burning shame, an eternal
disgrace on any Government. 1t is
q sin as dark as Erebus and as high
as Heaven, and will ever stand out
in bold relief, a stigma and reproach
upon the officials of our Govern
ment, whose duty it is to right such
wrongs and put down such outra
ges.- Wedtherford Signet.
The father of boy whose veraci
- IL nof marked on his hack asked