The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-12


mon were Ia the renr bringing NJ AMI
mnls from the bottoms Of Plum creek,
nlld ~ we advanced NJ half speed, a
few OF our men, elegantly mounted,
darted from the ranks 10 cllt them of,
The scene stirred every heart, Warriors
rushed back 10 cover their relreatlng
follows, aud soon the contest was pell-
nell aud hund 10 hand, | cannot re-
member all, but In that handful we're
Hen McCulIOch, Henry McCullocl,
Andrew Noill NOW of tialyeston), a,
II. Sweilzer lkilled In lSIl), Aruh Glib
son, G. G. Dewitt, the writer hereof,
Reed, of BasIrOp, and Others. The
writer knew them all and saw them
all,
The Indians were rpprdly formed w
compact mass, and We had Np,
pr0nchcd within about u hundred 10 u
hundred aud iifly yards OF their front,
when, 10 the ns(unishpnt Of every In
dian tighter, General Huston called n
halt and ordered us TO dlsmoupt la our
hollow square form. This wnB the
fatal error Of the day, There We re-
mnned for thirty or forty precious
minutes, In which time the warriors
were dextcr0usly engaging ~, while
their old mon, suiIuws aud One.urmpd
men were pressing forward ~ the
mountains Of the RIO Blnnco aud San
Marcos their immense cnynlCadc of
pack animals aud loose horses and
mules. At the same time their sharp.
shooters, from II near pont of post Onlis,
were lnhicting on us and our horses So
rlous damage. In this short interval
SweItZer, Nelll, Ben and Henry Ne
Culloch, Gibson, Reed, Dewitt and
placId0, the ranchun chief of glorious
memory but. the keen eye Of Ben
McCuIoch quickly drank in the
situation, aud galloping M to Felix
Ilustn, bare.hended and eyes spark
ling, he said, in presence of the writer,
"General Huston, this X no way TO
fight Indinns-thcy are fooling with
us. They IRE running or all their old
men, women, children and pack ami
mails order "A charge and we can kill
hundreds and recover our women -
The reply of Houston was substan-
tially IA these words "All rirht, Ben :
charge II Isl Men, mount your hor-
Sos ,-t'hurpe - - dintiuctly sounded
In n stentorlan voice.
Then commenced a ,upninp FIGHT of
| llfteen miles. All order was speedily
abandoned and groups Oc men pursued
and fought proms of Indians. In
numerous eases sharp and bloody
contests occurred between few ON
each side and in the grand
melee many heroic actions were
performed. The Indians abandoned
all their immense booty aud only fought
for life. They scattered in all diTec.
lions and were followed accordingly,
The grand feathcrcd chief having been
killed early la lhc net ON, the second
or bunalu.horncd chief remained. He
wore Il can of the bullhlos head, sur
mounted with dressed horns of the
same animal and had been conspicu.
Gus throughout the action. II was thc
priv ilego of lhe writer several miles
from the commencement of the action.
to kill that DISTINGUISHED chief i'm a
running contest, ia the presence
of Adam X,lmwalt and Ben duncan
two old citizens of Gonzales. soon nr.
ter the huilalo.horned cnp was deposit
ed I'm the museum of Cincinnati Inv tho
Hon. John HAYES. and for thirty. Coiir
years. | understand. Il hns remained
there with an inscriplion something
like this, scan of an Indian chief
killed by II TcXns bow nj the battle of
Plum creek. August IL, lSN.u
Thc trlunuh of the 'rcxnns was mr.
rrct--tho defeat of the grand nssocio.
tiou of Indians under Meyic,n no-
tronuge. was rounllv norfect Dut fnr
the mistake of General Huston. In mr..
derinr half half the Indians would
have been killed As If was. their loss
in life was heavy--in suoils oll thev
had. They murdered Mrs. Crosby dur.
inc the ilnht and badly wounded Mrs
Watts and her negro woman. inf wa
recovered them and the negro how.
Mrs. Watts NOV Mrs. Eretweln vol
lives in I.nvucu. Texas.
or the prominent men in tbot ficht
General Huston, General nnrlpson
Colonel Caldwell. CAPTAIN Swnitlnr
CAPTAIN Bird, Ben Mctullocb. Monroe
Ilnrdemun, Captnins Word and nirI
Lieutenant Addison, White, and most
of the officers and douhtIess mn.t NJ
the men, are dead
A thousand or more mon were clos.
by, rushing forward, when the battle
occurred, but failed to rel n, in time.
The most prominent of these were the
brave old Colonel John II. Moore and
his men, of Fayette, who Joined us IN
the afternoon, on our return 70 the
battle ground
Hundreds of incidents are omitted
Illustrative of details and individuoI
prowcss Ii would be unilst hownver
not to saw that the Tsnchuo chief
Hnci,Io. won fine admiration If evcry
one by his reckless daring While az.
mo,nted and fine sl,irmishinU wns un-
inp on Tncj,io md his hrSves la
ing come with Rnrleson on footI.
mounted n milk white horse tran,
which n Comnncbe Ind heen shot nnd
know inc the diiiicnltv of nnr '' dio'