The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-29

guarded would steal over me and cause
me to forget my troubles in strengthening
steep.
'Ine Sabine ferryman refused to let
my dog get in the boat, though | plead
Tor hIm Just as the boat pushed oil ne
jumped In and crouehed at my feet.
Natcnitoches, La, where we remained un-
I'll June, was our Home Of refuge.
las the servants were leaving to take
the horses back, Antonio Sancnes, a good
Mexican servant, saw how anxious | was
about Mr.. burst. He came to me and
said: Madame, don't be uneasy about
Don Juan. You know l live with Don
Juan ever since was boy. will never
leave him. unless he sends me Where
he is I'll be. and IL they Kill him th.y
will kill me. too He was faithful to his
promise.
'Mr. burst built boat and carried
our servants and the white people who
lived on the farm down the Angelina
river to an island There he built camps,
mostly of cane, and carried all the stun
that he did not bury down there
He had quantity OF corn shelled and
secreted in the walls of our dwelling
house. 1t being a framed house. ceiled in
side. Occasionally Mr.. burst would 20
back in his boat. secrete it in the cane,
reconnoiter around the house. then take
the company he commanded and 20
Ground the settlement to see what was
brewing.
"A good many refugees rented land in
Louisiana. made crops and got back to
their homes after they gathered the
crops, as peace was restored when Santa
Anna was oyerpowered and captured by
General Sam Houston's army.
MIR. burst found the house all right
when peace came. but the place had been
pillaged of everything in sight The
corn in the walls made bread for his
people and for many Of his neighbors
until they could raise another crop
with thankful hearts We all settled
Gown. hoping we were done with war. its
raVages and horrors. but not SO. This
was IN the summer OF 1886. Our next
troubles were with the citizen and ma
tive Mexicans. They We're not capable
Ol self government, and needed some
controlling power over them all the time
Although not capable of ruling they were
anxious to rule, and became jealous of
the Americans owning land becoming so
numerous and ruling the county. They
decided not to allow it. and concluded
they would put the Americans under sub
lection The first thing we knew they
We're forming in secret squads and pre-
pairing for an outbreak, also trying ~ in
fuence the Indians to join them We
were then living on a farm out on the
Angelina river.
"One morning our old neero ,ybo ~
tended To the horses came IN yer,. o.Tiy
and told his master he nod i,st "a
the reports of Ave guns II, cmjol, s,,c-
cession. Mr.. burst COT an nd stor,al
taking FIVE or six men with him and
went down the river to see what dis
coveries he could make.
tbare beina, son,atb,n. ao9u'
tachment was ken, IN rasdi5ae Sc rbev
had gone six or seven miles down the
river whom they coli ~ ,y,tb ono of no
Mexican outnost gnards E'5rtnnstoIv Tho
man bannened n he a Msxican Cniiierno
Cruz Who had lived with M DursI for
wears He orme IN to hig old master
in erea+ evcitement a,d tail,ing T., san
isb said. ,Naster far Cod's sste %
hacki I have orders IN shoot aveTv
American IN sight bur NV God master
CAM shoot Won Co hack Co hsckI
T,aIa ,on Samiiv rfp would have Shot
vonr men ~ you had not baer win
them could not shoot Won't,
"He guarded the squad of men out
n, Mexican limits and fold them If II ne
cam inown that he taile6 70 tber, he
would he sbot
"In answer to Mr. Durst,s Questions he
told him thev we're going to frht for
their rirhts. tbat they had baen dos lone
enough. He told Mr.. burst who was
in command how many had concentrated
that hey already Rad some indian. win
them and that several men Going that
way had been killed that mornine and
another old gentleman who was living ON
a EARN close nv hui thev had shared the
son of tho Id man. az the +housht he
was foo voinq To he killed and The old
gentleman's negro man thew tool into
ranks with tbem
..snveraI famiIias 1ivad ,bera or Tho
river tittle fm,ytber nm md onr dareb-
Ter Rrniena we., yisftine ap9ono tben,
Win Mr. D,rst's EARNING news Very
souI left mat region in hurry Mr..
burst came hack hringing two mr. three
~, Ne borso Tt,o otbns nan ,ole, hro,I,rL.