Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-22
TIER SKETCHES.
IT,. a Raid on the Town Of
I1mapche for Horses.
Il s. Anderson Fatally Shot BY
II q his Own Scouts
ann an Early Settler and
old Indian Fighter.

" \ Try., Jan. 2O.-In the
s ga capt. Allen S. Andef-
~, y, then living at Clifton,
county, came to Conan
nj ased property and COM
owing to the town Of Co
,yriying there with a part Of
.ndtwo wagon-loadssof goods
Ssy Of June. The night
',riysl indians came into the
comanohe and stole the
A,,n Of the horses that were
.1nnd town. 1t was a difh.
I'M morning to get up horses
,ncnnt a scout TO follow the
Snaerson's horse, q splen.
y ..ss among the few that |
r. Nv 10 O'Clock the next
=, Getting several horses that |
20 come into town that |
~ wa lad a scout If fifteen !
!, md some of us, the writer |
mi poorly mounted, and |
.tsrt on the trail. Among |
composing the scout were
5ssrson. Capt Cunningham,
IA pave Cunningham, Elias
M writer, Dick , Cox, Bob
Hog. as the boys always
nv. II. Kingsbury, A. Q.
'dolhers. Our object in pur-
tnll, poorly mounted as
we're, was simply to ascer.
br The Indians were going
ssslng down into the
below. On following
Il led west and out.
ssd It all that day, and night
some four or five miles vest
noted landmark, Salt-cretk
here we struck camp. The
rnina we all sgreed in the
IND the Indians had gone out
0untry below would not suf-
em, and Sthere Was nobody
! west or above for them to
upon. So, in OR council of
I'M agreed to return home and
early, and on our return,
o'clock a. m, some fifteen
lst OF Comanche, as we were
riding along, keeping "A
lookout as scouts then
Ia Tor Indians, a horse with
bund his neck and near a
ID OF tees and brush was dis
There Is q horse with a rope
D, ssibly Indians in the
was the instant and almost
HIS exclamation OF the whole
Ia without any consultation,
|all started, Capt. Anderson In
in the direction of the horse
et, which was some five or
bred yards distant. Anderson
bead, as his was the tleetest
he crowd, was soon consider.
I'm advance Of all
st, and on reaching
set, be ran round to the
side, then entirely ont Of sight
e scouts he dismpunted and
ID the thicket, looking for In
)ick Cox and Capt Cunning
e the next getting to the
hd hating to look, the keen
lx caught the shape of a man
center Of the thicket Dense
ush and foliage was, one small
exactly in range with COx'i
y revealed ADdeTson's crouch
and Cox not knowing that h'
ounted and entered the thicke
= & shotgun and fired, with un
I'd fatal effect, a heavy charge
shot entering Capt. Ander
y just under theleft shoulder
rect TO his heart. One death
am from the captain, will
ma'ion, "I am killed, "fell lik
" par lysis upon all. In al
he fatal mistake was discOv
u. Capt. Anderson, after re
be shot, walked some thirt,
le writer caught him as h
q in less than one minute h
d On discovering his mil
Z was frantic with grief, bu
las too late to be remedied;
n was gone. Anderson ha
Of the pioneers of McLtnna
3 well as that of Bosque, an
very RESPECT a perfect gentle
ie left q widow and two chi
ol and daughter. His sol
D., grew to manhood, an
ago he was elected sheriff I
county, being then in h
econd year and the youngel
'he state. He Is now ma
70 one Of Bosque county
ecled citizens. Captain AIDE
lnleT, Flora, is quite an a
y lady, aud now the wife
snp a merchant and high
eiAzen of Wichita Fall
'"oledat Clifton several yea