The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-15
LITE MoCABE,s. EIGHl.


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Whips Them IN Running .Hght-N'
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The New York Sun has the following
from Fort Griffin; Texas, under the date
of February 25th:
Lutte McCabe lives about fifteen miles
above here at the "Stone Rancho, on
the Clear Fork ofthe Brazos River. Yes,
terday afternoon he was out as usual
grounding up" the cattle, and was riding
along, little dreaming that a band 0l
blood-th!rsty and savage Indians were
concealed in cluster of brushes just be-
fore him, eagerly awaiting his approach
They were seven in number, four on foot
and three mounted, Awaiting until he
had come within twenty or thirty PAGES
of them, Lutte was startled by the sudden
discharge of their guns, the whistling OF
balls and their demoniac warwhoop The
splinters torn from the breech of his car
bine flew up into his face, his horse, ut
tering q LOUD groan, sDrang up high IN
the air, and then wheeling, ran; while
Lutte himself was fortunateG enough to
escape with only flesh wound in the
leg. With that swift instinct which u
sudden danger often inspires, Lutte in an
Instant had his pistol drawn, and half
turning in his saddle, began applying its
contents at his pursuers, The mounted
Indians were dashing after him at full
speed, and firing their revolvers MS they
came. The other four had ascended Il
small eminence, and were firing with
their rifles. A ball from one OF the for
mer scraped Lute's head and carried OIL
his hat. Lutte says he at first thought
the top of his skull had been torn open,
but was satisfied on that point when,
after feeling for his brains, he failed to
find them. ,1l,.
In the meantime his own firing had
not been without effect. He first shot
down two ofthe horses the Indians were
riding, then as he fired again he saw the
belt around the third mounted Indian
fall from mis- body, andimnediately after
the Indian fell himself The other two
Indians ran to his assistance, while one
of those further behind caught his horse.
During this time as was afterwards as
certained, he had run about three hun
dred yards, had emptied his pistol, re-
turned it to the holster, and had just
drawn his Winchester Carbine, when Il
shot from one OF the Indians on the
eminence went through his horses loins
and brought him down. Lutte lost no
time in seeking shelter in an eXcava'
ton among the rocks.
His dog, during his flight, had kept
close to his horses heels, and now fol-
lowed him to the edge of his place OF
shelter, where he took up his position
and began to furiously bay at the In
dians. No amount of persuasion could
induce this hithfulanimai to come doH II
and share his masters shelter; but he
kept at his post, exposed to a constant
fire, until shot from one of the Indians
ended his guard duty forever.
Four of the Indians, having secured
places of shelter within about one hum
dred yards of him, kept up pretty con-
slant fire, which was returned by Lutte
for an hour or more, until the approach
of night, when the Indians disappeared
and Lutte, cautiously creeping from his
hiding place, made his way home. The
spIinters of rocks torn up by the balls
striking near his head considerably lac
Grated his face, r,. .tt,
The next morning an examination OF
the ground was made by several parties.
Thelthree dead horses were found; the
trappings on none of them had been dis
turbed, showing that the Indians must
have left hurriedly, as it is their custom
to secure these things whenever possible.
The belt mentioned above, with pistol
holster attached, was also found where
Lutte had reported he had seen it fall.
In front it was but narrow strip OF
leather, and bore the mark of the pistol
ball which had rent it in twain. Under
the river bank bloody blanket was
found, on watch the wounded Indian
had evidently been lying; also several
cloths and bandages saturated in blood
From all these signs there can be but lit
tie doubt that the In Iian received amor
tai wound, and died under the bank
while Lutte was being held in his hiding
place to prevent his going home to give
the alarm. From the empty cartridge
hulls found on the ground, it is evident
that the Indians were supplied with nee
die guns and Smith q Weston pistols.