The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21

beaver on the upper forks Of the Coo
RADIO. The Comanchcs were allowed
TO ride within close range, whcn a vol
ley endorsed five Of their number and
disclosed our position. Surprised and
no doubt badly frightened, they re-
treated in confusion. Our horses,
which wc had abandoned, were run
ming over the range, and were soon
caught by u foes.
by the number Of horses they as
ccr.aincd our strength, except that
Mrs. Carr was not figured in their cal
cuIations, and the warriors began prep
arations for a siege. We had a few
pounds Of jcrkcd buffalo meat and a
little bread. Water was a grave con-
sidcration, and We felt the more con-
ccrncd because Of the fact that the
children wcrc already crying from
thirst. After dark we found q small
spring at the foot Of Cur natural for
trcss, and SIC soon filled our cantccns.
The food supply was placed in Mrs.
Cars hands, and she proved a VIVIAN
dicrc worthy OF the trust. We asccr-
taincd altcrward that during the tllir-
ty-six hours Of the siege she ate moth
ing, dividing her share among her
little ones, and leaving all the rest for
the men.
ITO cut the story short, the Conan
chcs made desperate efforts to rush
our fortress, each time retiring With
loss, Mrs. Carr Staying big buck with
a bullet from her heavy c~-hinc. Our
courier returned at sunset on the Sec
ond day Of the siege, accompanied by
Mr.. Carr and thirty cowboys from q
Coleman county ranch. After a fierce
battle the reinforcing men broke
through the Gordon of savagcs and en-
tered our fortress, bringing plenty Of
food, ammunition and water. The
day following the Comanchcs raised
the siege and departed toward the
Double Mountain fork of the Brazos
river. They left their dead, seven
teen in number, being in a hurry to
get away, because, as we afterward
learned, Major John B. Jones, the
commandcr-in-chicf Of the ranger force
of Texas, was approaching the scene
from the Panhandle, with three troops
OF his noted Indian fighters, following
the trail of the raiding red men.
The youngest Of the Carr children
died OF Group during the siege. Three
of our garrison were wounded by the
bullets Of our foes, having been in
cautious in the efforts to obtain ad-
vantageous shots. One Of the three,
John Ward, died. We buried the
child and the ranger in the same grave,
one of the men reading the Episcopal
burial service.
"The grave Of John Ward and little
Lucy Carr can still be discerned by
the inscription it bears, roughly cut
with a tomahawk on the sandstone
monument we placed at the head of
the double grave. It is a ruggd stone,
honey-combed and lichen-grown, and
weighs q ton or more. 1t took our
combined strength to turn it over.
All the tomahawks we could procure
were worn out chipping a smooth sur
face for the epitaph, which reads:
"sHere lies John Ward, a ranger,
and Lucy Carr, in whose defence he
died. Soft rest the prairie turf upon
the breasts of the ranger and the little
child
"Major Jones overlook the warriors,
recovering our horses and many more
the raiders had captured. While re-
treating and fighting the rangers, in
tLey ran into a squadron Of
United States Dragons, and between
tho rangers and the regulars the Co.
manchcs were pulverized, losing, to-
gether with those slain in the siege Of
the butte, Ill Of the 200 warriors who
that moo on the warpath."-
st. Louis Globe. Democrat.