The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-12-01
Tnr lAsT iADlAy flGaG
Texas Rangers on The War raln,


prom our special Correspondent
Bn0wNWonpi lHAAsl
November ~ ihiii
As We have been lately visited ny
the Indians, report Oi which, no
doubt, has already reached sou, ! take
the liberty OF writing you tho lfulh
about H. moro for Va, benefit Of lmml'
grafton Than anything else, hnd hope
you will give II room Ia your weekly
On tho 18th Instant, about lofly
COmanches aud kl0wah, IN delarll
menis, entered our county on tie
northwest, the west nnd norm bnrdels'
The main body, numbering helWeeu
twenty and twenty i've, passed near
Captain Maulthy'h camp OF Brown
Burnett aud Coleman county fAliBrfa'
Two OF the rangers out hrlulllHi llh'
covered the trail about three o'clock =,
NJ, aud reported the fact lmmedlHlelA
IN camp 10 lieutenant u, y, Best, whu
was commanding during the captain
absence,
lie was la Drownw0od on company
business, In few moments olglil
men, under HE Lieutenant, were IA the
saddle aud on the trail, " led lnWAlllH
Br0VnwOod, but oircuilously - stun
nOrlher was blowing, accompanied
with rain, snow nnd slecl, They fol-
lowed the trail In u gallon for lllleen
miles and within nix mllea OF town.
when they came upon The Indians
The rangers never checked up their
speed, but charged right In among
them As they were forming for the
fight The Indians fought desperately,
wheeling, cirGling, aud counter chhlg
ing, but giving away before the ran
gers all the time. For i've miles they
contested the ground like white men,
Darkness closed IN aud put u stop to
the fight The rangers ecNlppd the
only two Indians they could mud and
rode Into town for refreshments
and rest. The next morning
Captain Mnultby rode out with his
company, aud struck n fresh trail Que
mile and half from town, which led
20 tho battle field OF the previous even
Ing, when II merged Into tho trAll OF
the main body Of Indians, who had re-
turned back over the ground. The
trail then took u "bee-llne,p for the
Santa Anna mountain aud the reser-
walton. Asmall party under Sargent
Mather pushed on rapidly after them,
expecting 10 overtakelhem every min
ute, while Captain Mault6y went by
camp for fresh horses aud mon. lie
overlook and relieved Sergeant Mather
ut Santa Anna pass, IN Coleman
county, and pushed on In n gallop only
fifteen minutes behind them. Wehave
not henrd from him since. The rang
ers stripped their horses of saddles,
threw away their ovcrcoats, and thus
lightened were In rapid and determ-
ined pursuit.
The Indians have not stolen u
horse nor woundeda man on this raid,
and II Is the heaviest one ever made
by them into this country. All This IL
due to the vigilance, galluntry aud Of
fectiveness of our Texas rangers, aud
should be IN assurance to persons de-
signing TO come here Of protection. II
IL the prevailing opinion here that the
like will never occur again. l can,
therefore, In all candor, assure any lm'
migrant into Texas, who wishes 10
look at our country, or settle among us,
of protection both for person and prop
erty. While we depended upon the
United States army / could not say so
now, that we have our own citizens in
the field, / can do 40 candidly, There
Is more danger walking from the depot
In Dallas TO the public square after
dark, than there is here in II twelve
months scout on the frontier.
Our country is settling up rapidly,
and with the right class of settlers,
Dallas gets large share of trade from
this section. Your friend
IIGN0SKI.