The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-01-08


occasions, surrendered = tie enemy, were
decemated ut Salado Tor attempting TO es-
cape, and finally ihcafccrted in the dun
gcous. inssoal of .'rcTcliDg, as some Of
them boasted, -.ii ~ fElk - TIE Eoatszi,-
alss,-rnd hHggiEg fazirg eliclr tes,rsS las they
style the golden images of the NeAicansl 70
their lorisg bos0zas
Many brave and gallant gentlemen left
Texas in the unfortunate expeditions Of
Santa Fe and Mier, who never returned 10
their homes or families, while others glad
dencd the hearts Of thousands by their re-
turn. two of whom, Gen. Z. J. Green and
6. " Kendall, wrote histories Of these ex-
peditions, the former Of TIE Micr aud the
latter of the Santa &c expedition.
Sam Norveli, q nuted sport-whO after
wards went ta California. whiie several
indictments Tor gie1iins were pending IN .he
courts ofTexas against him. and " DO wrote
out, published in the ilta Cstiitoraiqa. aad
sent back TO all his friends, and most par
ticuIarly the district attorneys, an account
OF his death and burial, thereby causing a
dismissal of all prosecutions against him
was also Of the Mier expedition.
Hon. Alf. Thurm0nd, wh0-Hsed to amuse
his fellow-prisoners at Perote, while work
ing on the Notifications, by acting horse and
running away with the wagon, was Of the
Mier expedition.
Capts. Fisher Cameron, Eastland, Ryan
and Pierson were also members of this ex-
petition, but Capt. John c. Hays, who was
commonly called Jack Hays returned from
Guerrero with Gen. Somervill 10 San An
tonic, and afterwards became famous as an
Indian fighter with an independent com
mand which ranged the frontier and did eff
ficient service in protecting the settlements.
Generals Tom Green, Ben NcCulloch,
Sam Walker. Al. Gillespie, W. ". Wallace
(Biqfo00, Kit Aeillin, Mike CheyaEer,
FIal3rl. AILeC,illoeh. Rabt.- -NeinhhonEz,- lin
hudson noted Tor bis wit and hnmarA -la-.
sides many others since distinguished, did
service on our frontier as officers or anna
teurs, Bho.would visit Hayss camp in quest
of adventure or amusement, and perform
service without pay until they got tired,
when they would return to the settlements
and their different avecations
Often around Hays's camp fires were heard
quotations from the original Greek and
Latin while many of them spoke French.
Spanish and German fuently.
Shortly after Capt. Hays commenced his
distinguished career, the Cemanelies came
down on the settlements west of San
Antonio, and after killing and robbing the
defenseless, Inhabitants, started back with
their booty to their prairie homes, when
Hays, being Informed of irraid, started in
pursuit and came mp with them on the Frio,
west of San Antonio.
The Comanches numbered between two
and three hundred and when they saw the
small number of their pursuers, who were
but forty-two, they stopped, drew up in line
of battle and waited to be attacked
AS the Rangers came up they commenced
firing, as they approached, and advanced
without stopping to form In line.
Hays was ridinga mule, and when the
firing commenced WAS in the rear, but has
tenlng to come up, he saw one of his men
holding back his horse instead of letting
him 90 ahead, as tie horse wanted TO do,
when he exclaihAed: aa $500
''Why d-n itaman, what DO you meanl
Why not let-hiut go-to the 'FRONT.'"
The soldier answered: Captain, he wants
to run away with melr F'Then" said Hays,
''let me ride your horse and you ride my
mules ~ ~ 3
The man eagerly agreed to the PROPOSE
ton, and they exchanged animals.
AS, soon as Hays mounted, he put spurs
to the horse and was soon in the front
whepe the deadly balls and feathered mes
sengers of death were flying thick and fast.
As he approached the line of Comanohe
warriors, all his efforts to- curb, the horse
were unsuccessful, when, drawing his five
shooter, being joined by the Indian chief
Flaoco, who rode fleet charger, the tioo,
yelling and firing, actually rent through the
enemy's line of battlel
The Comanches opened a way for them to
pass, which they did amidst shower OF
bullets, when the rest Of the company be-
holding the brilliant charge of their COM
mander and one Indian, charged after them
right in among the redskins, each armed
with two tive-shooters, and, firing with
Although Capt. Hays was a man of un-
doubted courage, this brilliant charge with
the gallant Flacco was entirely attributed to
the runaway horse.
Soon after this Capt. Hays with fifteen
men, including I'D Gillespie, Sam Walker.
Sam Luckie and the famous story teller.
Kit Acklin, fought his celebrated and most
desperate battle with yellow Wolf and
eighty COmanche warriors at the Pinta trail
crossing of the Guadalupe, between San
Antonio and Fredericksburg; and, after a
hand to hand contest and two charges. de-
feated them, killing and wounding about
half their number, with loss of one killed
and three wounded, but without taking
many spoils,
Hays's report of the efficiency OF the five
shooters used in these battles caused BIr.
Colt to produce the six-shooter and to en-
grave on the cylinder the ranger on horse
back charging Indians.
Before or after this engagement, a ranger
named James Dunn, whose hair remark
ably red, was captured by the Comanches
and led away a hapIess prisoner to their
fearful camp. Strange to say, the murder.
Gus, bloedthlfsty sarages neither tortured,
killed nor ate him alive, which he imagined
they would do, but actually took a fancy to
him, treated him with great kindness. and,
as jim afterwards related, came within an
ace OF killing him with kindness, or, rather,
drowning him in the Rio Frio while at
tempting to wash the red lpaint) from his
hair.
The Lipan chief, Flaeco, was large, fine
looking and symmetricaly proportioned In
dian, who lived mostly with the whites and
delighted to go with them on. their raids
into the Indian country He was killed
and robbed OF his horses near Sar Antonio
by some blanketed, thieeiHg HSricaas
There were two chiefs of the Lipans
named Castro, Que Of whom in company
with his squaws visited President Lamar at
his Office. who contrasting the age of old
Castro with that Of his young sqdaws said
These arc your daughters, I suppose,
Castrog''
.'So, theyare my wives, answered the
Did. chief.
But they are very young and you arc an
Did man, exclaimed President Lamar.
'Yes," answered Castro, IAN me telle
you, ole woman, younge woman, any kind
Of woman is good fof yoaBec man, but
Tounge woman IS good for ole man. "
The Presidents Of the Republic Of Texas
md their terms of Office were IS follows:
David G. Burnet served from March IL,
1886, to October -, 1886; Sam Houston. /
irst term, served fron October %. 1885, to |
0, 1888; n. B. Lamar served |
rom December 0, 1888, to December 13,
lS41; Sam Houston, second term, served I
rom December 13, 1911, rs December ..
81; Arson Jones served from December D:
1874, to February I 9, 1916.
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