The Washington weekly post., 1900-11-27
LOVE ON BACK OF BULL
The Astonishing Courtship of
Miss Sallie Munr0e.
MODERS INsTANCE0f "QUOyADIsT'
Capt. Ike jackson, Of Texas. aud HE
Spouse. When Beth Were YoHns. Were
Captured by Indians and Forced Into n
Novel and Dangerous ssifaafisn--The Mar.
row Escape from Instant Death-0tker
Events in an Exciting Career.

row Escape irom fustant Deatn-otEer
Events i'm an Exciting Career.
Special correspondsnce Of The Washington Post.
Del Rio, Tex, Nov. I7.-Capt. Ike Jackson
is the only man in the world, IL is entirely
safe TO say. who ever courted a girl while
both were tied 10 the back of a believing
hull. That's how Capt. Ike Jackson won
his wife. II was many years ago. when
Texas was even more undesirable as q
place for quiet residence than IL was when
1t provoked the celebrated comment Of
Sheridan. Capt Ike, the oldest living ma
tive Texan and the most widely known
member Of the famous Texas Rangers.
and OF the veterans OF the battle OF San
Jacinto. passed through Del Rio a few
days ago, on his way to San Antonio %
attend a reunion of pioneers. He is sew
enty-eight years old, but yet modest and
unassuming. and II is only when he falls
In with his old comrades that he talks
much OF his particularly stirring life in
the early days OF the Southwest. At old
Fort Clark recently he met some OF the
old Rangers. and 10 them he told over
again the singular story Of his courting.
| He said:
81 was playing the fiddle at a dance in
little log cabin in the Chrisman settle
ment in BurlerOn County, on the extreme
frontier There had been rumors OF al
| Indian raid. but the people were fearless,
and everybody in the neighborhood was at
the dance. There we're not more than
| twenty people in the cabin, but they were
| enjoying themselves as If there were a
| thousand. ! had just called out PRONE
made az when an arrow whizzed through
the open door and struck a young girl on
the shoulder. II was followed by a show
er of arrows and a few shots. Women
shrieked and the men seized their arms
and began to barricade the house / kept
on playing the fiddle as If nothing had
happened That's right, Ike whispered
old Col. Chrisman, the bravest man tha.
ever saw the moon. Play as II the devil
was after you and l will save the women
and children turned loose on The Ar.
| kansas Traveller and made the old fiddle
roar. While some Of the boys were pop.
ping away in the dark from the front OF
the cabin the old colonel managed TO sir
out the back way ard escape into the
woods with the women and children. Then
l laid the fiddle down and got my gun and
joined In the defense. The red devils were
TOO many for US, and after killing four OF
our boys they set fire to the cabin and
succeeding in capturing me as / was try.
ing TO cut my way through their lines
win my bowie knife. / had broken my
gun, and blood streaming from a wound
IN my head had blinded me, or 1 would
not be here to tell the story.
| Ihey bound me hand and foot ard
tied me on q pony. After raiding the
settlement and burning the cabins they
started back toward a Lipan village or
| DeWi River. When daylight came | was
| eongratulating myself that the red mer
| had not captured any of the wives OF
| daughters Of the settlers "The boys
VIII soon be on their trail, and there will
De chance for me yet" / thought.
His Fair Compa nion In Distress.
AT that moment 1 heard a cry of dis.
| tress, and upon twisting my head around
was amazed to see a beautiful ycuns
girl whom / well knew lashed TO an old
s4uaw who was riding a mustang. Tn.
| Indians had found a demijohn of brandy
IN a cabin. ard ii was not long before
several OF the warriors were very drunk
| They began to yell and cavort about or
their ponies, apparently Indifferent to tbs
likelihood that they might be over.aker
at any moment by the enraged settlers
| While crossing the San Gabriel prairis
| they cireied around herd Of wild cattle
and roped several of the fat animals By
this time the old chief in command wa,
! almost zoo drunk to ride, and they halted
in grove on the banks of San Gabrie
and prepared to have feast. We wer,
tied to tree and the old sauaw told
Us that We would be burned alive Later
in the day. The girl was the daughter o.
Col. Munroe. a noted member of Aus
tins colony. l was close enough 10 speaL
to her, and bade her to be of good cheer
! telling her that our friends would be sir,
to rescue US soon. The Indians feasret
and drank until nearly sunset. and by
that time many of the warriors wer,
! furiously drunk ard eager for some fiend
ish work. They roped a monster Mexiear
bull. and the old squaw said 10 the girl
White face heep 'fraid of bull. No liz,
to ride hiInT
''The saVages no sooner heard this re-
mark than they began to yell with delight
They ran toward the girl, and three o,
four drunken warriors seized and dragged
her TO the bull. Other Indians cut me
loose from the tree and forced me along
by the side of the terrorized girl. They
threw us on the back of the bellowlnl
beast, and lashed US securely to his body
Both Tied 10 the Bull.
by this time the whole camp wa.
aroused and eager TO witness the tortures
Sduaws elapped their hands and tn,
drunken warriors howled like incarnat,
devils. They cut the bull loose with u.
lashed TO his back, and he sprang away
believing. with blood and foam nyinl
from his nOstrils The Indians set ou
after the maddened beast, raining arrows
and musket balls at US. The girl swooncC
| with terror. and for once in my life
abandoned all hope. Fortunately. IL wa,
late in the evening, and the frightened
bull ran so fast that the drunken Indians
soon lost sight of him. When / realized
this all my energy and courage returned
10 me, and / determined 10 make a des
peTate effort 10 save my own and IN.
girls life / called 20 sallie. and was glaS
70 find that she had recovered her senses
Tugging with all my strength al the rope,
/ managed 10 get one hand loose. At thi,
moment new terror sprang up. The bul
had been wounded, and he was leaving
trail of blood that mad been scented BY Z
pack Of wolves. The hungry beasts howl
ed and yelped as II there were a thousand
OF them. and IT was not long before
could hear them gnashing their teeth.
knew that the bull could not run long. ane
l felt pretty sure I could whip a Who'll.
pack of wolves If ] could get hold Of &
/ club
1T is likely that the bull would hav,
fallen on the prairie from exhaustion ant
the wolves would have degoured us befor.
We could have released ourselves, had i
not been that the bull had run back al
rectly over the trail the Indians hat
made. Animal instinct led him back ts
the locality from which he HAD been tax