Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-18
WARS IN TEXAS.
|, nsranehuas Surprised BY
!. Colony, aDo Nineteen
Bucks Killed.
H. Undertakes to Scalp e
4. = bnt Fails a skrmish
~ Head Of Bay Prairie.

, had Otth
! 70 obtain corn which had
i here. The manner IN
s,oupd was prepared was
men burned OIL the cane,
-, noles In the ground
ll',ikes, where they planted
H. land being very rich q
~ qss raised in this
ny THE Caranohua In
Ia come up the
g ,,S encamped at the mouth
nu sbont fifteen miles be.
|'s,,,l,,nent. They saw the
' ~ ,hsv returned with their
4 a n corn . and lay in ambush
|whsn they we're sufficiently
1nS,sus hred upon them,
.oAMr 10y and Nc. Ally.
y, 10 onl, one then remains
a Into The river aud en-
v .se.ne. which he succeed
lrg not. however. until he
~ seven severe wounds. He
I n escaping from them by
INTO 4 very heavy canebrake,
I,ysll night, being unable
I'M lhe loss Of blood.
IN man by the name Of
bsd left the settlement
! ,y,nlng to go down TO the
ss,il creek ON horseback
.Sepdlng any danger from
N M rode up TO the creek
IN the evening, where he
,oundrd by the savaRes
tbenl TO be friendly Iudlan-
"A In the DeighborhOod,
feared not. he had dis
from his horse when nm In-
al no 10 him aud took hold
asifhe wi he'd TO look AZ IT,
M di.covtred them ts be- a
whom he was unacquainted.
yoTed 10 retain possrssiOn OF
atihe Indian succeeded In
h irom bim. The Indian at
n shoot him but the GUN be-
4 Fingered he WIS unable
He threw down the gun
blng up his bow shot Broth
he back IA he was running
sm. The arrow entered htt
doing no material injury
1 his escape into the timber
lev hours succeeded in reach
5ltlement. .
IlHtsly n company Of fourteen
his q, am ny whom W n MIR
v,ts anu d raw Eugiirhman
ldnit lat they arrived ut thu
btre Brother on had beer
ave there dlsmounted, )
Il. Devices, VIII ~
we quote, land five OF vi
garch out the encanlpment o
ns. After learning the situa
cir encsmpment we returned
nrades. Here we remained
~ half an hour before day.
ar har.es, which We left IL
the L gIishmnn, and pro
the ludlanb' encampment
AZ p,Blble we crawled int
about ten steps behind tn
laelng ourselves about four O
apart In q sort OF half-circle
Ielely cutting of their retTea
swamp. The light of da.
q strong enough TO enable u
sights OF our guns, We ft
efltcily silent. The Indian
And buslly engaged apparent
psIlng break fast. When ia
sufficient for us TO see elearl
ne nothing III the indiana
commenced talking 1
diaw them from their VIII
snd In this we succeeded
he'd out as II greatly alarmed
upon them, Killing niue upo
The rest attempted TO II
having no way 10 run exceI
open prairie, we rushed upo
killed all but two, who ha
elf escape, though woundel
liist lire. The number kllle
lsen II may seem straDl
Should be 80 successful in xii
any Indians without any
8 wounded We can only q
Il hon the fact OF the j
ing 70 greatly alarmed tn
mol even attempt To ii o up'
The fatiRues OF the mig
Tolls OF the morning, We, beil
nsly, entered the wigwam
lpund plenty Of provision
made u hearty breakfa'
Y loaled our horses with ",
" isnud In their wigwaI
ilsa 10 the settlements.n
An INCIDENT.
lnls DHttls, and the on
Alen says Devices, "that
y fealp an Indian. The
va Remarkably long, beau Il
palf ! ftcollect hearing L
'iing Of the manner In viii
~ Used 10 treat their vietil
nls' settling OF the Unit
au q Their taking the seal
w Women and childrS
inTwhat by a spirit of rell
0pnuluded that | would u
81 ~ Indian home ~ a /
we bNltle, but the skin
was 80 thick and the sig
ua.tly that the very though
.ps1 made the blood curdle
a''et the above encounter
" q these Indians cane
mead Of Bay Prairie, eros
' t,,,i aud did some misen.
Aliilug sock, etc. Signs
'ls "a the neighborhood "
e oy a couple Of men by
s~'kton ana Clark who "
TUG atthe time They lnir
a the river 20 learn II
ssie still there. The Indii
y item and Tired upon th,
"NlI ANEnua at.taaN. - =.