The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-26
"reminiscences of the
Guadalupe and
San Antonio Frontier.
Battle on the Saiado, Sept. is, IS41.
Mexican Force 1900; Texans 400.
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For The Houston Post.

For The Houston Post.
our pickets being now driven In. our
horses were secured at the creek in our
rear. In forming our line of defense, one
OF the little knobs over which we had man
euyered, as before mentioned. was above
us on our extreme left, and If. the enemy
could have occupied 1t with one of their
field pieces they could have annoyed
nearly our whole line, and we found 1t
required some good fighting on our part
to defend that point.
We retained the place OF our guard-nre,
the guard being a detail OF two or three
men from each company. posted at a com
manding position at The extreme right, on
the edge of a hollow that covered the en-
emy's left, and this proved to be one oil
the hottest places of the battle ground.
Captain Evan Cameron's company were
also on the right; Birds company on the
right center and the other companies oc-
cupying the ground to the left. ! was In
Birds company, and before the enemy ;
| cannon opened fire upon us ! had a sooh
opportunity TO count their detnchh1nt I'M
der Colonel Cordova OF eighty-hve Chero-
kee indians and renegade Nacogdoches
Mexicans. who crawled In Indian fashion
| into the hollow on our right. Apprehend-
| ing the capture of our horses by TINS force,
| Captain Callahan made a detail OF hfteen
men, OF whom / was one. to guard against
surprise in that quarter. While there anu
before The battle became very hot, two OF
our men. Steve Jouett. a San Jacinto sol
der. now a noted settler from the old
stone ranch near the Medina, and simon
KockerelI OF Gonzales. passed the guard
going down the creek. was perSonaiiy
acquainted with them. aud upon challehe-
ing them they said they were going 10
.t.nt npa IF fhqm Indian IN their ONU
account" Nothing more was thought OF
II at the time. as we all soon had our at
~tentton fully occupied all along the front,
but about the dusk OF the evening MOCK
ereIl came In all wet and muddy, Win ms
arm broken. He stated that they found
plenty OF Indians In the brush below. some
Of whom chased Jouett In n westeriy d.
rection. while he himself, after receiving
wounds. crawled into the creek under a
Gaming tree and narrowly escaped cap
lure. =,
In front the enemy's cannon were all
masked by their infantry anS-Savairy, and
opened FIRE at point blank range, which
was followed by charges al FIRST upon our
center and left wing. while on our rlght
the enemy poured down the hollow and
tried TO drive us from our guard fire.
Among the Gonzales boys on guard here
were Barney and Wilson Randall. William
Lockhart and John v. Law, a rollicklne
Englishman; the efficient support afforded
by Cameron's company here secured sue
cessful resistance against the renegade
Cordova, who, with many OF his adherents'
were slain on this part of the field.
During the discharge OF the artillery,
CAPTAIN Birds order was. Lie low. boys,
and be ready for the charge" The Mexi-
can buglers well up In front sounded their
c~larines. Upon their approach Bird sprans
up. shouting. Now, boys. Lex them have
IT," and the firing became general. com
peIIing the foe to fall back TO their cannon,
leaving the ground strewn with their dead
and wounded, their bugies and even theiI
muster rolls falling into our hands,
These charges were repeated, and the
fighting on our right was severe. the ere
INV there being strengthened by a body q
Carrizo Indians. a portion OF them. how
, ever. were drawn of in the pursuit o
Jouett aud Kockerel. The Mexicans woult
not remain close 10 us. but finding the,
could not drive us bystheir sudden charges
would rapidly fall back 20 their artillery
which would shell rs awhile, and then IN
i charge would be repeated. -.
y Some OF our men we're scon wounded