The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-15
MOST QUEER COURTSHIP.
Famous Texan Won "a Wife while
Bound on a Bulls Back.

bOuhu Oh u buIl'S BACK.
Del Rio (Tex) Correspondence Washing
ton Post.
Captain Ike Jackson is the only man
in the world it is entirely safe to say.
who ever courted a girl while both were
tied to the back of a believing bull
That's how Captin Ike Jackson won his
wife. 1t was many years ago, when Texas
was even more undesirable as a place
for quite residence than it was when it
provoked the celebrated comment of
Sheridan, Captain Ike, the oldest living
native 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 to
attend a reunion of pioneers. He is Is
years old, but yet modest and unassum-
ing, and 1t is only when he fails 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 to them he told over again the sin
gular story Of his counting. He said:
Kept the Music Going.
Il was playing the fiddle at dance in
a little log cabin in the Chrisman settle
ment in Burleron courty on the extreme
frontier. There had been rumors of an
Indian raid, but the people were fearless,
and everybody in the neighborhood was
at the dance There were not more than
twenty people in the cabin, but they were
enjoying themselves as if there were
thousand. l had just called out Prone
made all when an arrow whizzed through
the open door and struck a young girl on
the shoulder. 1t was followed by a show
er of arrows and a few shots. Women
shr1eked 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 Colonel Chrismen, the bravest man
that ever saw the moon. Play as if the
devil was after you, and I will save the
women and children. ] turned loose on
The Arkansas Traveller and l made the
old fiddle roar. While some of the boys
w ere popping away in the dark room from
the front of the cabin the colonel mana
ged to slip out the back way and escape
into the woods with the women and chill
dren. 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
tre to the cabin and succeeded in cap
turing me as I was trying to cut my way
through their lines with my bowie knife.
1 had broken my gun, and blood stream
ing from a wound in my head had blind
ed me, or l would not be here to tell
the story.
'"They bound me hand and foot and tied
me on a pony. After raiding the settle
ment and burning the cabins they started
back toward a Lpan village on Devil
river When daylight came l was con-
a.. h II
not captured any of the wives or daugh-
ters OF the settlers. The boys will soon
be on their trail, and there will be a
chance for me yet 1 thought.
HIS Fair Companion in Distress.
"At that moment l heard a cry of dis
tress, and upon twisting my head around
| was amazed to see a beautiful young
girl whom | we'll knew dashed to an old
souaw who was riding a mustang. The
Indians had found a demijohn of brandy
IN a cabin, and it was not long before
several Of the warriors were very drunk.
They began to yell and cavort about on
their ponies apparently indifferent to the
likelihood that they might be overtaken
at any moment by the enraged settlers.
While crossing the San Gabriel prairie
they circled around herd of wild cattle
and roped several Of the fat animals. BY
this time the old chief I'm command was
almost too drunk to ride, and they halted
in a grove on the banks of San Gabriel
and prepared to have a feast. We were
tied TO tree, and the old squaw told us
that we would be burned alive later in
the day. The girl was the daughter OF
Colonel Munroe, a noted member of Aus
tins colony / was close enough TO speak
To her. and / bade her to he of good
cheer. telling her that our friends would
be sure to rescue us soon. The Indians
Toasted and drank until nearly sunset,
and by that time many OF the warriors
were furiously drunk and eager for some
fondish work. They roped a monster
Mexican bull, and the old squaw said to
the girl White face heep fraid oil QUIZ.
No like to ride him?
'sThe savages no sooner hear this re-
mark than they began to YEN with de-
light. They ran toward the girl and
three or four drunken warriors seized
and dragged her to the bull Another
Indian cut me loose from the tree and
forced me along by the side OF the ter
rorlzed girl. They threw us on the back
OF the believing beast, and dashed US
securely TO his body.
Roth Tied to the Bull.
"By this time the whole Camp was
aroused and eager to witness the tor
lures Sauaws clapped their hands and
the drunken warriors howled like incar-
mate devils. They cut the bull loose with
ms -lased to his back. and he sprang
away believing. with blood and foam
diving from his nostrils. The Indians set
out after the maddcned beast raining
arrows and musket balls at us. The girl
swooned with terror and for once In my
nfe / Abandoned all hope Fortunately
Il was late IN the evening, and the fright
ened bull ran so fast that the drunken
Indians soon lost aght Of him. When
realized this all my energy and courage
returned to me. and determined 10 make
a desperate effort to save my own ana
the girls ne ! called 70 Sallie, and was
riad 10 nnd thot she had recovered her
senses. Tugslng with all my strength AZ
Inc ropes ! managed 20 get one hand
Loose. AZ this moment new ieIio,
.rr,nr no The DULL had been wounded
- 4, as leaving "A trail OF blood that