The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-06-05

adopted her, calling her Lizzie, after
Miss Lizzie Tinsley, who became my
wife. Lizzie Ross married a man who
is now wealthy merchant at Los
Angeles. She died there about two
years ago."
After this campaign young Ross re-
turned 10 college at Florence, Ala,
where he was graduated with honors a
year later. He returned to Waco, and
on application to Gov. Sam Houston
received a commission to enroll sixty
State rangers and give what relief he
could to the settlers harassed by the
confederated Comanches. He estab-
lished a post at what is now Fort
Belknap, and then determined to in
wade the Indian country.
Leaving twenty men to guard the
post, he obtained from Capt. N. G.
Evans, at Camp Cooper, twenty of the
old Second cavalry and started on the
trail.
THE PEAsE RIVER CAMPAIGN.
ave marched into the Indian
country" said he, telling me the story
of the campaign. "and on December
Is, 1860, came upon a large Comanche
village at the head of the Pease liver.
We at once assaulted the village, kill
ing a large number of Indians and
capturing their horses and supplies.
During the fight, while the In
dams were running in all directions,
1 saw one large buck with younger
Indian, apparently a boy, mounted
behind him, making rapidly toward
the hills on horseback. Following
them ON another horse rode another
large Indian. Lieut.. Kelliheir
and myself. both we'll mounted, gave
chase. Kelliheir overlook the Indian
that was riding alone and 1 pursued
the two ahead.
GAS came up within few PAGES 1
fired at the younger Indian, intend
ing to kill both at one shot. The ball
struck the younger one in the back
and pierced the heart, but the Zig
brave was untouched. In falling
from the horse, however, the younger
one dragged the chief off at the same
time, and before could rein in my
horse I was almost upon him. He
proved to be the noted Peta Nocona,
one of the bravest of the Comanches.
AS my horse came plunging forward
Peta fired rapidly at me with his ar
rows. My horse reared so violently
that / could not take accurate aim.
but while hanging from the pummel
of the saddle I let fly random shot,
which struck Peta in the right elbow,
rendering the use of his bow impossi-
BILE.
II dismounted and demanded his
surrender. He refused, and walking
back to a small tree began to chant a
wild, weird war song, when young
Mexican shot him dead. 1 took his
shield, lance, bow and arrows and
beautiful headdress of eagle feathers
as trophies.
CYNTHIA ANN PARKER.
Returning to Lieut.. Kelliheir, 1
found him cursing his luck because the
Indian that he had captured had
turned out to be a squaw.
"Why, Tom," said 1, looking at her,
'this is no Indian squaw, but a white
woman. You never saw an Indian
squaw with blue eyes,
"And she did indeed turn out to be
white woman, and no less famous
one than Cynthia Ann Parker, who
had been captured by the Indians at
Parker's Fort massacre, in Limestone
county, nearly thirty years before.
The State had offered a ransom for
her and the case was celebrated one.
The Parkers are still prominent in
Texas, Guiana Parker, Cynthia AIMS
son by Peta, now being chief Of the
Comanche Indians in Texas.
"This battle ended the Comanche
troubles and compelled them to sue
for peace. Shortly afterward the
whole Comanche confederation was
broken up"
In 1861 young Ross joined the Con-
federates as private, was soon made
major, then colonel and then pro-
NOTED to be brigadier general in 1862.
He commanded the Texas cavalry in
the Army of the West under Gen.
Bedford Forrest and Gen. Stephen d.
Lee. He was in 135 engagements
and had seven horses shot from under
him, but was never wounded in the
civil war.
Before being elected governor of
Texas he was sheriff of McLennan
county and was also a delegate to the
constitutional convention and men,
Der of the Texas State senate.
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