Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-23

Colorado ana ABOUT ten miles below
the old La Bahia road, we saw large
company OF Indians coming
towards the cabin. They marched no,
though not In a hostile manner. We |
soon Ascertained them to be Wacots
and Towaconies. They numbered one
hundred and eighty, all armed and |
equipped in war-like manner. There |
were in the company two sQuaws, the
wives Of two OF the chiefs. The In.
dams toll us that they had not come |
to disturb the white settlers but were |
I'm pursuit OF the TOncoways They |
seemed to with us to show them |
where this tribe was, but we in |
formed them that we did MOI |
know where they were. They then |
informed us that they would remain |
where they then were till they |
found the Toncovays and that thrS
wanted meat Williams Immediately J
drove up what few milch cows he had, !
as he did not wish 20 irritale them,
since there were but nine white men
in the settlement. He then went to
kill one, but they told him to stop for
them to select one. They chose one
that suited them and made him
kill IL. We afterwards Rscertained
that they had been in the settlement
at Rabb's the day previous where they
had conducted In the same name
We were obliged to submit to their
wishes at this time, our number
being so small, but this was very
| hard thing for us TO do. They en-
camped about one hundred and
| fifty yards from Williams cabin,
where they said they should remain
until they found the Toncoways
They then sent out two spies In a
westerly direction TO find the Tonco-
ways, camp. AS we wished to keep
on friendly terms with them we told
them we would send for our big
captain who would form a treaty with
them, We cent round the settlement
and got together what few men there
we're in the settlement, which in
creased our number To nine. Among
these was Col James j. Ross. He being
a large, fine locking man, and some
what acquainted with Indian custom,
we told them that he was our "big
captainn They then agreed to enter
into treaty with us. Williams wife
and daughters having gone to one OF
the neighbors' cabins mile distant, we
occupied his cabin as counuil-roum
Having no confidence in the treaty,
we now tried to think of some manner
in which we could destroy the Indians,
lest on their leaving they should at
tempt to commit depredations We
first thought that we would make a
large dinper-pRrty in q sort OF fort
which Williams had bui around his
house, to which we would invite them,
and when all engaged in fessting we
would fall upon them and de-
. stroy as many rs we
could. But on further r, Election
WE decided that the difference in our
, numbers was 80 great that we could
! kill but small portion of them, and
e women and children would be eX-
posed to their fury. We therefore
J abandoned this p oject At night
! they built large fire about fifty yards
! from thair encampment, where they
held a war.dance. This lasted al
/ night. The temptation To cut oil theil
retreat TO their wigwan, where
: they had left their arms, anc
I then fire upon them, wa
almost too strong To be resisted Blu
: knowing that we should at LAST b'
: obliged 10 retreat on account OF thei
e number, and that the women anI
a children would then be unprotected
e we gave up this also
III w
h ing an attack on the Indians, but L
/ aot entirely upon the defensive. Thi
a we did for three days and nights. Ol
II the morning OF the fourth day tn
a spies returned. Having to cross n larg
n prairie which lies on tn
4 west Of the Colorado the.
v were seen when two mile
. distant. When they were discoverei
:. the whole army commenced singing
v war song, which they continu d unit
II the spies were within two hundre
l. wards. They then seated themselve
d In large circle upon the ground Th
n spies on dismounting from their horse
"a walked into the midst of the circl
n and seated themselves before
II word was said by either party. On
1 of the spies then commenced tall
Il ing. His speech lasted bout tiftee
X minutes. We supposed him TO be tel
n ing what he had seen in his absenc
AZ After this they all rose and CON
y menced making preparations TO leaV
n This they did without giving us an
Iv further disturbance. We then, all
or us, returned to our respective hom'
ii. feeling very thankful that the lndiaI
q had gone vii hout committing an
10 depredaiions, though m9rilttd TIL
q. we had been unable to destroy then
It. Your affectionate friend,
,a w. b. DEVICES.
W sfhe Tonkaway Indians have always NIL
IN tanned friendly Citations with the EeAeI
ie and thew were their best friends la the va
~ ~ tbr-stened invasi ms by other trlbt
nc Their PRINCIPAL chief, Plaildo, was tmpllcll
w trusted by BurlCson and ether IeAane WI,
ne ,lB; he"s J.r. 10
~ CLEBURNE.
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