The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-29
|ARLY DAYS IN TEXAS.
|me Of the Hardships Endured by the
Pioneers.
, 4 SERIOUS UPRISING WAS AyfRTED
.,.,eI burst Saved His Corn by
sheIIina II and secreting IL in
the walls of His House.
tho Editor of The Post.

Ii a deep undercurrent of history that
: never been brought to the light is
needed by the most superficial reader
its record. How can we best trace
4 these underlying currents? How can
get out these rich things stored UP
the treasure house of toe past? We
M the electric thrill OF those stormy
nos to vibrate In cur hearts and in the
karts of our children. We wal. to feel
h very spirit OF that crucial per Cd we
knt 10 enter into its ordeals and triuhiphs
IA bring to light the sweet pathos that
xwod side By side with the martyr spirit
! the hearts of the brave pioneers. Those
no enGured them can best tell OF them.
Mrs II. NJ. burst, after telling OF the
ttcry of the Texans over Piedias, says
*1rying to forget The jealous Spanish
y that watched them uu2easingly, the
Iople around Nacogdoches iegsoyed a
kpte OF free breath. and the country
ban to be well settled up.
*Mr. burst disposed of his mercantile
&siness, bought farm on the Angelina
Ter, stocked il, built houses aid moved
4 family there. He mad lust C mDleted
, buildings when the tocsin OF war rang
q wildly au6 feariElly in the land.
Rnta Anna is coming!' This was the cry
BIZ thrilled every home. All lreW the
&rrors OF Mexican invasion. Every meth
a with blanched cheek and fearful @, @.
&epared 10 fly with Ter little flock from
Id cruel invader Very soon We we're
n ready 10 go to Louisiana. The wagons
&re loaded, the family carriage a. the
6pr the horses stabbed ready COR an
Hly morning start When TIE r.orL-
q dawned the horses were gore. Raid
8 had stolen all Of our Mi!t horses.
u bursts riding horse was locked up.
q and some sock borses that would
q serve for draft tcrsss we're all we
"a left. We concluded 20 remain at
&fne while longer. as Santa Anna was
1ong ways off, nd mu2n Of the 0untry
&passable for an army just yet We sent
d oldest son, Louis, to Louisiana with his
4cle's, Joseph bursts. family as they
kne by He went horseback ard carrie
1hdlebags containing Mr.. r2rst's yalua-
Ia papers, as ne thought bes. 10 se- them
place OF safety.
1--WE were all looking off to tie distant
nemy, end heheld net was revealed to
h by the faithful old Indian chief. Bowles,
ho was a true friend to my husband
"a his brother, Joseph rIrst. lie said
Mhem Take all YOUR women and chill
d 70 safe place. My people help Next
tts. Me no i!urt you, lou all my
Hends. but nay he 50 heap zen, h2i
fen. Me can't manage all the bad men
6us, by the 'aithfuln2ss OF this cId In
In chief We we're warned VI the volcano
lbmbering beneath our feet 1t was dread
n enough to know tnat me Il generous
Hxicars were coming with thei' merci-
Is hordes as our avowed enemies, and
81 how horrfying this news was - us.
La quiet Cherokee indians who had
He'd peacefully among us had allied
&mselves with our enemies to lrng
but our utter destruction. The MrNl-
a was treacherous AMI cruel, the In
IN blood thirsty and savage. How MY
q 1T ached when | looked Ipol my little
&ldren and thought OF tho dleacful for-
x OF death or captivity that might be
batting them! | vas ready 10 go win
q carriage or wagoa; any way 10 get
81 family TO a place of safety. 80 1t
Is decided that should so on MI
Mrsts riding norse-ao la'!y hal ever
0den him-and each child should rae
morse with a servant. and as mary nun-
la as coul6 be packed on. Alter old-
I'm fearful good bye to NJ. burst,
IAo was compelled tc remain, We jo'heu
Ia fugitves already on the rolh'
Iohn S. Fords unpublished memoirs
q of this period: zone thing is almost
aftain. but for the understanding exist
u between the people of Texas and the
4erokee Indians we should nave hau
&adtul trouble in the spring of 1886 Then
hurried what is since known as the FUN
Way scrape' The families OF the set
HIS of Western Texas, Middle Texas ana
3rea; POI ton of Eastern Texas fed from
Pr homes TO avoid falling into the
de OF Santa Annals troops. They fear
a results. and were frightened Had
/fTles led the Cherokees and their con-
Derate bands of Indians against these
Ping and defenseless families a dreadful
<ughter would have succeeded. The
oops OF the United States, which oc-
pied Texas territory afterward. could
have arrived on this side of the Sa-
Ne river in time to have prevented a
riul loss OF non-eombatants They ar
*ward came, as was given out at that
n for the purpose OF controlling Indians
q protecting families, yet it is almost
w they were sent expecting them to
~ General Annals forces"
I've see that Ford gave the Indian
plet' Bowes, credit for not pursuing the
sfenselesS fugitives, little knowing that
4ough his nobility Of soul and faithful
9fndship for his white friends he had
IFlosed the alliance he had made with
" MeNicans and warned them to leave
mt he thought would be the battle
s2lnd thus saving them from untold
Mirrors
Ne read OF an "Uncas" in the early
"a I,zatlon days of the United States in
" East, and truly we find an "Uncas"
ne west in this good old Indian chief
whom Mrs. burst and John S. Ford
"a tall marble shaft in Boston has in
he on Its base "Uncas." VIII Nacog-
- ever thus commemorate the noble
.es with like testimony of apprecia-
10 burst continues her account of the
"a fortunately for us Just as we
II ready to start Joseph burst came
Nv ms way to Louisiana to look after
IA 'anlily who had previously gone on
e took us In charge. Bruno, my
Nv lWlng son, was then too small
"a a morse, and Peter Blake, our
I'm t'Vant, carried him. We started
~, hlsht' Such time as we had on
~ stampede can never be fully de-
Imagine roads crowded with
children, their servants and bag
~ "a All sorts OF conveyances, and
~ i,. lew men tn help along. and all in
"A ION and fear lest we should be
Al aAen by our enemies, Troubled. too.
ABOUT our dear ones left behind.
q, ,,,, eather was Indictment, the roads
VA 10y muddy. the streams all swollen
"a ,uany OF them swimming. At the