The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-11-28
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THE TEXAS RANGERS STORY,

THE TEXAS RANGERS STORY.
In 1858 | was commanding the 'front.'
Ter battalion OF state troops on the
whole frontier, and had my camp on
the Deer fork of the Brazos. The Co
manches kept ralding the settlements.
They would come down quietly work.
ing well into the white lines and then
so back a-running-driving stolen
stock and killing and burning. I
thought I would give them some of
their own medicine. I concluded to
give them fight. l took two wagons,
one hundred rangers and one hundred
and thirteen Tahuahuacan Indians
who were friendlies. We struck good
Indian trail on a stream which led up
to the Canadian. We followed it till it
got hot. camped my outfit In such a
manner as to conceal my force, and
sent out my scouts who saw the Indi-
ans hunt buffalo through spy glasses.
That night we moved. / sent Indians
to locate the camp. They returned be-
fore day, and reported that the Indians
were just few miles ahead, whereat
we moved forward At daybreak, re-
member, I was standing in the bull
wagon road leading to Santa Fe and
could see the Canadian river In our
front-with eighty lodges just beyond.
Counting four men of fighting age to a
lodge, that made possible three hun
dred and twenty Indians. Just at sun
up an Indian came across the river on
a pony. Our Indians down below
raised yell--they always get excited
The Indians heard them-it was very
still then The Indian retreated slow
ly, and began to ride in a circle. From
where I was could hear him puff like
deer--he was blowing the bullets
away from himself-he was a medicine
man. / heard five shots from the Jag
ers with which my Indians We're armed
The painted pony of the medicineman
jumped ten feet in the air, it seemed to
me, and fell over on his rider--then
five more Jagers went off, and he was
dead I ordered the Tahuahuacans out
in front, and kept the rangers out of
sight, because 7 wanted to charge home
and kind of surprise them. Pretty soon
I got ready and gave the word. We
charged. AT the river we struck some
considerable, but we got through. We
raised the Texas yell, and away we
went. never expect again to hear
such a noise-I never want to hear it
what with the whoops of the warriors,
the screaming of the women and chill
dren-our boys yelling--the shooting,
and the horses just a-mixin' up and "a
| stampedin' around" and the colonel
! bobbed his head slowly as he contin-
| ued
Zone of my men didn't know a buck
from a squaw. There was an Indian
woman on a pony with five children.
| He shot the pony--it seemed like you
/ couldn't see that pony for little 1ndi-
ans. We went through the camp and
| the Indians pulled out-spreading fan
like. and we a-running them. After a
| long chase I concluded to come back
/ saw lots Of Indians around in the
hills. When / got back / found Cap
| tain Ross had formed my men in line
| What time in the morning Is itT
aswked Morning hell!' says he, its
one o'c1ock' And so it was. Directly
| I saw an Indian coming down a hill
near by and then more Indians and
more Indians--till 1t seemed like they
want ever going to get through COM
| ing. We had struck bigger outfit
than the first one. That first Indian he
| bantered my men to come out single
| handed and fight him. One after an
other he wounded five of my Indians
/ I ordered my Indians to engage them
and kind of get them down in the flat
where I could charge. After some run
ming and shooting they did this and
turned the Rangers loose. We drove
them. The last stand they made they
killed one of my Indians, wounded q
Ranger, but left seven of their dead II
a pile. 1t was now nearly nightfall
and ] discovered that my horses were
broken down after fighting all day
found 1t hard to restrain my men, they
had got so heated up; but gradually
Withdrew to where the fight com
menced. The Indian camp was plum.
dered In it we found painted buffalo
robes with heads a hand deep around
the edges-the finest robes have evel
seen--and heaps Of goods plundereC
from the Santa F'e traders. On the
way back l noticed a dead chief, anC
was for a moment astonished to FIND
pieces of flesh cut out Of him; upor
looking at Tahuahuacan warrior
saw a pair Of dead hands tied behind
his saddle That night they had a can
nibal feast. You see, the Tahuahua
cans say that the first one of their race
was brought into the world by wolf
How am I to liver said the Tahuahua
can. The same as we do, said tn
wolf; and when they were with me
that is just about how they lived.
reckon it's necessary to tell you abou
the old woman who was found in on
lines. She was looking at the sun AM
making incantations, accusing US gu
generally and elevating her voice. Sh
said the Comanches would get even TO
this days work. I directed my Indian
to let her alone, but was informed af
forwards that that Is just what the,
didn't do."-Frederic Remington l.
| 70 y-r1or'c Ma zine.