Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-25
!, WARS In TEXAS:
pide Of Ad Lawrence and
r gs,ybreadth Escape.
c...c,picrs Left sOslped on the
\; y .gss Ar, Of Mustanging.
l.,,ips Of JOSIAH wilbarger-
,ouarl,ion IN a Dream

lin the infancy of frontier
ara often clothed with
49,. and are long remem'
,ss contemporary settlers %
a.,cel Of their own or their
.,sood's history. To save from
,ne knowledge OF sush events
.,onser days Of the Lone Star
Ing been the desire of him
.thtse "reminiscences.
hen the lot of the writer to
,quaiuted with some Of the
,,,rs OF this state and to hear
l.e many thrilling narratives
sdth escapes, wonderful ad-
,rd horrible tragedies, n lew
re will here relate, and as
ndeayOr 70 strictly observe
Of history in their relation
mo reader will pardon US for
,t.ion nom the subject.
rswil give the reader an &C.
Ad LaArence's famous ride.
iAd" Lawrence settled near
waters Of the Trinity IN
lS.g. No man could be by
uer adapted TO the profession
Aoen. Athletic in body and
Ia Ia 81 iht, he WAS especially
risk the dangers and
incident 10 frontier life.
me the writer first became ac-
wi h him, IN 1863, he was
,oiseventy years Of age, rough,
I'd ia manners ana wholly
ied IN lang iage.
and uhlearned as he was, he
lid heart and was noted for
ruth and honesty. He was
ID Of renumerating his past lie
would often SIT FOR hours at =
naung his many adventures
bresdth escapes in the wilde
But Of his many deeds OF
anal wonderful e=cEpades the
hg bsrralivC, which bears the
q "Ad'sH simple, plain and
shed Style Of recital, Ia, rs Ad
ay, "hsrd TO beat"
esummpr Of 1882 Ad Lawrence,
hne Of his nearest neighbour,
on the prniries mustanging
expert rllera, mounted upon
and fleet horses and each pro
Eilh astrung hair or leather
hsging discovered q caravan Of
s4 gsl would gradually approach
tln bort distance OF tnem and
nskt elm ultaneOus dash among
Esch would throw q Iasso over
b Of one, and, after q vigorous
1tliiDg contest OF half 40 hour
n, would generally succeed ia
Big bis prize These mustangs,
kllg once conquered, are easily
and by kind treatment sUOn
Perfectly gentle and docile.
them are beautiful animals,
toi them being natural PAGERS,
icellent ridiug-horses. I'm
absIas Of these Wild horses
Hwill over the broad prsirles
bat the time of this incident.
JeaTs they have gradually IRE
-like the Indian and the
before the approach Of the
nan to moro distant wildB,
about ten miles from the
teytlement and far out in the
snirie, Lawrence and his COM
discovered IA herd OF mus
tding a mile or two distant
ipproaI he'd them cautiously,
came nearer the horses, about
hdied in number, showed nC
lear, and when noticing thil
y circumstance the long gTasi
Prairie suddenly became alive
ldians, The remainder OF th'
III sound better in Ads OWL
g. Said he:
re w. an Indian 10 each pony
y al mounted ut "A jump Ant
iof Us at full speed, cOillnl
sTials "a they rode. There VIZ
Ae FOR swapping horses
all turned tail anC
inightshoot for the nearest eel
1on the Trinity, about ten mile
u animals were all fipe, but th
sAs on was a black mare, q littl
anything in that country 10
md bottom. We rather lei
Inc first three miles, but the
aales began TO show Themselves
% you have no ides how muc
IN can get out of their mui
instead of being q weight :
y seem TO help them alenG
kept up such a pOTerit
Pears like you might has
~ TO Red river. We notice
divided, Ons-half striking 0
and we sooh found out Ii
lor We quickly came 90 II
deep gully OF ravine, whic
ee headed; 1t couldn't
they knew every inch OF Il
ald one party made stralgl
head of it, while Il
struck in below Us
or ia that directi0l
y use talking, We had to rit
aarter of "a mile to the lei
'neir very faces and head tn
my nag was still tolerab
~ others were beginning
nt smaTtly. / rode just Ia
v Keep in the lead. 1 dIdL
,lllcularly about getting {
aAlowing what became Of II
Ins Just as | came 10 h
~, nHe hollow, the Indians we
NJ yards and yelling awful
sueht they had us Sure.
msfe the rein and Just touc
en,nalIh my spur and turn,
'nsf with about iii
..pel rhlEzing about my ca
~ ~ ~ my bucksISin Jacket Al
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