Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-01
TIGH rs ON THE FRONTIER,
The Campaigns OF Regulars and o
Texas Rangers Against Preoa-
tory Indians.

IA lcbbcE iIOlh DhNIby 1cA., bhNb.
The Texas Indians have always had a
thorough contempt for the blue coats.
The state needed railroads and invited
the investment of capital to establish
these great highways. In 1876 the
railroad boom began. With q pluck
and enterprise that Is Enthusiastically
American the great railroad builders
rae their lines through the mountain
wildernssses and across the desert
pisins, with an army of determined
meu IN advance to drive back the In
dIvps. The railroads have done more
SO aub6ue the Indians In Texas than
any other influence. Lo can't stand
u,eam. The state In 1874 began to
prepare for the immigration ipf1x
whica followed. Dsspairing of pro.
tec'ion against the Indians from Uncle
SAN, the Legislature appropriated the
necessary funds and Adjt. Gen. Steele
organized, armed, and EQUIPPED the
f'oatier battalion of state rangers.
Under command of the gallant Moi .
Jones this handful of brave acouts at
tackled the Llpons, the Comanches, the
Kiokspoos, the Apaches and the Ton.
kswas wherever they were found, and
did in SIX years what the United States
troops had attempted for twenty years
drove out the Indians. Recently,
ia company With a newspaper friend
from the states, l met one of these
gallant scouts. He had been In all
the great Indian fights, and had killed
one of Victories band when the rem
nsnt of chat dashing chieftain's fol.
lowers made their final stand in the
Sierra Diablo.
EWhat do you rangers do out here2'
inquired my friend.
1--WE protect thefrontier," answered
the ranger.
"Bat," e1postulated the newspape,
man, II thought the United States
troops were sent out for frontier pro.
ten''on2"
So they were, and the rangers
come out to protect the troops"
He was not far from right. The
rangers have borne the brunt of the
battle In advance. The blue coat.
have very discrsetly brought up the
rear. When Viotorio dashed along
the frontier at the head of ESQ chosen
warriors, superbly mounted and
armed In the most approved manner,
he showed great contempt for the sol.
oilers, and had more real fear of Gap,
tains Baylor and Newill and their Ia.
significant force of rangers than Of
the whole United States army.
"Carrajo!' he would say when any
one spoke of the soldiers. II shall
sweep them away o the sun dissolve,
the morning mists on the mountainl
After his death in the Chandeliers
mountains what was left of Victoria,
band made their way across the Rlc
Grande, and, being holly pursued by
the rangers, took refuge In the rocky
canyons of Ell Sierra Dlablo. The
rangers followed them, and hunting
out their hiding.place boldly attacked
them. The charge was made early In
the morning. Some of the ranger.
wore the regulation blue uniform,
| When the Indiana first saw them, al
they came running down a rocky hill
toward their camp, they thought II
was q party of soldiers and prepared
to make fight, no doubt considerable
surprised that the troops dared attach
them 30 openly. When the rangerl
were two hundred and fifty yards dig
tant one of the bucks recognized them
He dropped his rife and took to hi
heels, shouting as he ran:
Them no soldiers! Big Texans
UGH"
In conversation with a very intelli
gent colored sergeant of ore of tn,
troops of the 10th cavalry the othel
day l asked him this question:
"Why don't your command 90 Int
the Gaudaloupe mountisns and hun
for the camp of the renegadesl"
"De Lawd Dress you, ssh!" he guf-
fawed; "we haln't los no renegades
VIVA for you sskin' me hunt for emf
Lieut.. Bulllss, when he was on tn,
frontier, did some good service Will
his Seminole and Tonkawa scouts. HI
was of an adventurous spirit, enjoyed
splendid health, was Injured to hard
ship, and brave enough to face an,
danger. He was a hard rider, messed
with his men, carried no superfluouI
baggage, and was mainly guided b,
the advice of "Bowlegs," the Tonkawi
chief, who knew the Rio Grande coun,
try perfectly and had mapped in hl
min eyarv trail naaa watar boIa ~,