Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-29
VARS IN TEXAS.
.n.us Of wacoes and Te-
E EDl. Sui Surprised near the
~. ma n tic San Saba.

n,nioiled in an Indian VII
I, v Ds-aer near the Falls
q the Brasos'
-. sprlng and summer OF
. 'lv Indians became
IL and continually com
y, upon the frontier
~ small marauding par
\ come in, kill stock and rob
md leave for their noun
hsfore they could be pun
als ,rSs quite annoying to
W.. and they determined
sls~ them TO their
.,sce and punish them.
ls, ,,ose Capts. Abner Kuy-
VA Henry s. Brown con-
a .nsauIIpg party of 100 volun-
CaIorado. Near the mouth
ls OSsba they found an en-.
~ u about one thousand
y Tsbuacana Indians. The
y mrprised and retreated,
w, women and children be-
,plssaa,nsIt impossible 10 pur-
..l,saiIpg red.ekins, the disap-
'isStsers returned to the set
-ebout molesting the help
.'nspd children or destroy
,i..lso letter, written by one
-r'py after his return, gives
s.ipr and truthful account
u,litiOn:
.opo RIVER, Tx, Jan. 2. 1880.
rgtrNp During
.smer there have been con-
.-astlons committed on the
aements by the Indians.
mrHes have been constantly
n. killing stock and
be settlers, and then
,sare they could be discovered
lsbed. This has troubled us
elv. At last we heard
M Of the Wacoes and iowa
Tsbuscanas) had encamped du-
SIMMER at the mouth of the
river Tor the purpose of rails
Dofoorn. A call was now
iahundred volunteers, which
,ed In the course of two OF
hi Abner Kuykendall was
aptain. We obtained the
1.-Two guides, n Mexican and
i1 WbC knew the route to
souih OF the San Saba
and also where the
we're encamped. We then
travelling up the east bank
seventy miles, when we struck
lng the dividing ridge between
ondo and the Brazos rivers,
the YegDa, Brushy, and Lit
We then travelled up on
Of Little river to the noun.
he Colorado. For several
continued our course through
ntai0s TIL our guides informed
they thought we were wirffin
miles OF the Indian encalnp.
I'VE halted for a couple of days,
our guides with two men to
any them to search and spy
lliuation Of the Indian camps,
scond day they returned and
lnlotmatiOn that we were
rsliy miles from the Indian
ueni, that they had spied
and had found q cross
tie river, They also gave
their opinion that
y get to the Indian village
gAt We remained where we
sle TN dark, when we set out
adlan village with the expec a
iflying and attacking the In
lafe day. The night was very
ldour course lay over noun
foek and through cedar brakes
lmpeded our course and be
our guides that at daylight
ourselves near the Colorado
aiglorant OF our distance from
an village.
vas q deep ravine running
lseeh the mountains and hiC
eye OF the Indians by lofty
lleh lowered their heads II
toward the deep blu
Above. Rocky hills lay oil
soi the ravine and, by theiI
sllg cliffs, promised a SAT
'u'e hiding place from th,
should they be nea
we're Into This ravine vi
w our horses. We tied on
lAe trees and seereted our
stImlning to remain here Ill
Nea IN upon US and then max
. The Indian encampmen
4enee an attack.
wv sent out four men to fin,
swe did not know hoy
ssle from il. They ha
rue about half a
leh they were SUI
forty Indians, we
sa completely armed an
taey surrounded our me
a -ag urOn them. Findin
Si,aed intent ON going in
5as,,s9n the Indians forme
lSSciele around them, lea'
,sv' Js hde towards which the
bol knowing that the
Io,O There by themselves, bt
ovs5 70 some party, the Ind
raNa mem, hoping to fall upo
lSsn nient and do us moi
f6s .ney could by killing OF
NJ, 'p ,, came on, followed b
bve,s WI they reached a eli
lbse our place OF concea
os, lhey raised a cry. "
Tie bank. " III instant al
mum uians, knowing as SOC
Npn hallOwed That thf