The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-07-17
Fighting Indians in Texas.
:. "A letter To the Galveston NteS froi
j 0AksOnboro', Jack County. SAYS.

- "A letter to the Galveston Ntps from
JHAf<sonboro', Jack County, says:
Early on the morning of the Sth inst,
messenger arrived mt Major Jones' head
quarters with the intelligence that the H.
tuans had stolen some horses in Lost Vail
4 ley the previous night. The Major with
portion of his escort and a small de-
~ lacllncnt Of Lieutenant Longs company,
Immediately started in pursuit. The
trail was found IN the upper end of Lost
valley, where the Indians had assembled
alter committing the theft. 1t led over Il
rough mountainous country, yet could
lie easily distinguished, and was followed
with astonishing rapidty, considering TIE
nature of the ground. Up rocky noun
tam sides, down steep dcclivitics, over
~ iullen 'tin.hers and deep ravincs, the de-
NJ. :, ttermincd- little band, nothing tlauntcd,
b;fS continued upward of five miles, when sud-
denly, aS We rose a Steep Hill, the Indians
WE'RE discovered 4 short distance AHEAD.
Lieut.. Long fired the initial shot, and
Killed an Indian ut seventy PAGES with
his pistol Then the fight began. There
Was no marshaling into limo with military
precision, no precautionary commands,
no dreadful adjustment of acc0utrcmcnts,
no pomp, no parade. We simply herd
tho Major say, "rhe ball is opened, Eoys
snil ip.''s Suiting tic action TO the word,
shc piled spurs TO his horses TANKS, and
Nthc men followed his example, all rushed
down upon tho Indians, who fought with
- - savage desperation, shooting and dodginS
by turns riding Hat upon their horses
backs, hanging TO their sides, and carly
ing themselves in all conceivable shapes
to cludc the aim of our carbincs 1t WIS
irregular running fight, 'sucl rs frontiers
linen are familiar with. Each man sim
glcd out his foe and event for him. {"
= - Nt,rlVatc Eancs charged u stalwart savage
who had been brought to bay, and, hav-
ing emptied his pistol without Dispatch
ing him, seemingly found himself ut the
- = mercy of the Indian. BY some means or
~ S0thcr Eancs' horse refused to bulge an
inch, notwithstanding that lie Piled the
spurs to him vigorously. The Indian was
not moro than six feet distant aud at this
distance fired two shots Mt Eanes with
Spencer carbinc. BY this time another.
man, attracted by Eancs' imminent peril,
$50 dropped 10 his knees and took deliberate
aim ut the Indians breast; but the gun
snapped, and 1t now became question of
who would get his gun loaded first. For
tunately for Eancs the cartridge hung in
.the1ndian's gun, which caused him fatal
delay, for at this iuncturc bullets began
to rain in upon Him from cevcral dircc-
tons. 1t was all done in half minute
but the intense excitement made il seem
ii very long time. Tho Indian continued
10 present his gun and work vigorously mt
~ tho lever, growing, meantime like some
E-a-- wild beast, his flaming eyes glaring with
lconine ticrccncss upon lis enemies
around, and il was not until his body
had been penetrated with eight bullets
that he fell over, Kissing defiance Though
= Ills clinchcd teeth as he expired Another
Indian who had been conspicuous during
-. the fight now fell, badly wounded. One
2 ~ OF the rangers raised his gun to finch the
work, when she disclosed the fact that
she was, a sQuaw. Tile ranger lowered
his gun, and was in the act Of receiving
her surrender, when bullet from an,
other part Of the field relieved him of the
"a disagrceable necessity and she lay n
: corpse at his feet. About mile further
on another Indian was killed, and the few
remaining scattered and bctoOk them
selves to the mountains, where it was next
to impossible to follow them. The CHARGE
had continued for about. twelve miles,
and both men and horses were pretty we'll
exhausted, SO VIC returned slowly along
the trail to secure trophies. Five ucalps,
Gyy,, several guns, pistols, bows and arrows,
:. sshields, etc, were tho fruits Of our VIC
tory. One of the shields was ornamentcd
with womans scalp of long, rich auburn
,hair,. slightly 7intcrspcrscd with gray.
3 Our loss WINS one man slightly wounded,
one horse killed and two others wounded