Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-25
WARS IN TEXAS
hi Clouds Among the Set
how an American De-
|ded his captOrs.
sure on the oaranohua In
| Thrilling Adventure on
San Bernard River

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snewed hopes for Austin's
immigrants were daily ar
everything seemed to i'm
,sperity and peace. Life
ow, was q mixture of joys
j The little colonies here
were frequently greatly |
ching eagerly at every little
1 that made their prospects
,rable. Oftener, however,
. over the camp.
4 office was opened for the
giving grants to the orlgi-
hundredn settlers Of Aus
- and sill busted themselves
~ nni and locating lands.
Il, Z engaged, tidings came that
mont was likely to be invsd-
u Caranchua Indians. The
bediately lett their work I'M
and armed themselves in
4 10 protect the defenselees
ma children. An old
N by the name of
called Blanco by the
who resided at la Bahia on
Antonio river, some sixty
.m the coast, hearing that corn
rsIsed among the cane-brakes
|Golorado, IN company with
Fans had coasted around in a
M mouth OF the Colorado.
\ we're taken prisoners by the
IA Indians who had en-
there. These Indians were
with the Mexicans and con-
set them al liberty again,
hey held a war
and determined upon
White 10 death On learning
'Iexicans begged for his life,
hem that White was their
d lived upon Mexican lRnd,
replied that White was an
l, and they should kill every
b that they could find. White
them that there was corn for
Ne Colorado, and that if they
him go up there he would
J and come back and trade
%. lie also told them that
turn, as he would not know
ley would be encamped he
the prairie ON fire two miles
, mouth of the river, where
ay, and they would come and
h him. This had the desired
!, thinking that they could kill
9 returned, they lei. hlmgo. He
the Indians and proceeded to
'.ican settlements, where he
'ormation OF the manner in
. had been treated by the In
Immediately a company OF
men collected and elected
3nrnham commander, and
down to the mouth of the
IN arriving at the place where
I'D left the Mexicans with the
le Mexicans informed them
Indians had either encamped
Mouth of the river or on the
Ia across the bay. Capt
n, not knowing whether they
'ome to this place to trade by
water, ordered his men to sepa
} two companies, fifteen TO e
the river about a mill
iete themselves while fifteen
d where they were and sci
IRE on fire. The men WHIT
Mt down the river secreteC
yes in the bushes about sil
N the bank. They had no
re long when they saw a larg
lied with Indians about half
ow them coming up the river
3 were ordered to keep perfect,
I'D they had come up abreas
, when they were to receive or
ire. Just as the .canoe arrived
them they received the order
With a steady nerve and I'M
im they obey and sueceede,
y all but one, who iumpe,
I'd. Another volley and ihi
red the fate Of his unfortunat
Is.
Iileen men then got into th
nd went up the river to joil
lef party They then divide,
nee parties of ten men each
lle one party remained at tn
|meht the other two got int
and canoe to go down tn
70 the bay and cross over ON t
|lnsala When they had 90
y miles out from land a vic
liln arose. The huge biiloW
mountain waves and file
sie boats with waterway
9 wave. There were but tw
% board who understood Oh
" q boats. Leaving these I
! Iell baTks the Others set
Siue ith their hats, some wit
nO and, indeed, any thin
vouid procure to baI
e wafer But ere tn
accomplished another way
larger than the forml
ofeak above their heads al
% sink them in the rive
ney were lifted high upon rol
Nc, and again they sank b
huge pillows, which evel
threatened to engulf ther
4 ihsuslion was a perilous one /
~ men were almost exhaust
nv storm began to abat
prayers were answeTe
TX that they won
| " . reach the peninsula tn
~ turned their course in d
4 OF their waiting conrad,
worn out with toll and fatigu
ascetded in reaching Ian
w destroyed the canoe OF t.
,saVlng the yawl TO Win
4 s"9 Mexlcans, who started
La Bahia, Having b
~ 'seFenge and adventure for o
'he Americans ieft for ~.