The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13
against hordes Of Indians melted % Y

against hordes Of Indians incited 70 N
ity by the agents Of Santa Anna
position was a desperate zone. for III
fewer rifles and were fighting % Z
far more skilled In border wsnas 4
tie vain Santa Anna. Had they bess N
come the Indians would have been N
attack Houston and Austin. and thtx a,
erals. hemmed In by redskins on OF \
and the Mexicans on the other, votA y
questionably have been destroyed BIT
heroes at Nacogdoches were c,raniss
by a man well fitted for desperate Es|
prise. This man was Kelsey Harris Del|
lass. Tennessee pioneer, who BAT n
tied In Texas In the early part d :
century. Before the war was begun y
a trading post at Nacogdochss IL !
always been fair In his deliinu viii y
Indians and many Of them JOINED
against the allies of the Mexicira \
i few months before the batis q
Jacinto, when the fortunes Of the TIN }
public were at low ebb ihs ~
about Nacogdoches began 10 shcv igH
restlcssness. Hostile bands sufpti'N
tiers whose cabins were situated w
the reach Of the settlement punN
cabins and murdered the Occupant. = u
eral Houston went 10 live vim y i
dams In what Is now Indian lalA.s a
ter he resigned the gcyefnonn'p
ncssee, and he made many friern
them. He was ayerse to stirring Ma
and he urged Douglass not 70 au.ar
retaliatory measures until u ~
" necessary. accordingly poasn.
prepared Nacogdoches for delenn - n
position near the fort from vnl,s Y
clared "all the Indians Out u Us"
not drive him away. -. ,ruy
The Indians came on 10 w Y. -.
from week to week. and 10 tnsI i,, ~
fashion invested Douglass pos'ua AUX.
women and children were placed W. u
old stone fort out Of harms Wy W..
struggle commenced The ilai.A ~
many furious night attacks, pu s,,,
ways repulsed with great sIs wv. s,,,,<
They outnumbered the WINE ,,..u d
and The siege lasted for mary W. I'M
stones of the old forts wan, LANA
off by bullets and the fool ,, ,lss 4
Provisions were almost ss =. bsssa
rho condition Of the besieged ~ ,..,t, q
tns Su rate when the news Of san 's' ~ !
the capture of Santa Anna ' ~ slsr z
dams fled In disnay ana y, Nm VI
raised. Douglass did not icy W, v
unscathed Following the Az y ~
With t5c men he overlook then . y
M.am 'v ,wnlve miles north Of Nl' s,s,
where they turned fierce's X, lrtall
bloody battle followed ana ,,,re sli:S
n ncre routed. Other bands We, .,,rusr, !
and animated in the same = Niss
a rbc settlers returned in lrl Ts9., rssss
doches The Legislature o. y, s.ylpes, !
a sword to Douglass fol ~ r,lli.s d
made him commander Of .ann s
, MoU,sern district Of the RepssII ssa,s y
N1 1,sn ,ndisns became trcueas'sr s,sl
in General Houston's .s'M tehslts
Int HI Houston. still averse - 70 70 II .,
ordered General Douglas y. co,ara's
s o,ues'I nonrlass resign d ~ S,ssss
S siSrust. and the depreciation B. Isp.i !,
came saups' president, and ap .pserssar
n ncv Johnston as bis ss' ,sIs cspsi.
NJ No., class was induced 70 !. ,hep "
a Dous,as' expedition as.in, e,sass e.
r lied the war into 'n ,,,,u. b ~
~
s ssaln, ae,s and harmed 's l,sl. ~
sasi and Red river, ne inislor. i, j
stirring lne,u It's decline s ss''s Y,
s Inp U,u and since 'n D,,rpssa, ~
y Wns used as as court KIRBY sTs -
civil war Genera Gen sc p!acs tot ps .,ss b +
1t into which be t ussS =.
ernl troops in ..ta hs SV and y ~
s 49, a country store