The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-01-29

few PAGES ahead ~ the rsst ~ IA
essts IS hen Gs0etai ranef Colonel
Ba~so aud 1.ff Wells came running
duwa aa aN. General Cuaey saving
10 Colonel Grain that hls Sos "a
good ilu. to SETTLE ths3F difficulties
hc iCuneyl aud James i}osie draw
Ing their pistols,
Colonel Grain Ssw at glance
ho- things stood. therefore be shot
ID. one whom be conceived to be III.
jor general Of n. party through
the breast 49, | believe aud 90 Il
" az said AZ the time. fof Bowie de
clarod be was glad there MAS ~
much powder in the pistols. as all
he balls passed ont Colonel Grain.
after shooting ai Bowie. vho had
also shot a, him. Wheeled around
and passed over a little wash in the
sandbar and he aud Cuney fired sim
nltaueousiy at each other Cnuey
fell. mortaliy wounded. and then
Colonel Grain. With an empty pistol
in his hand turned TO meet James
Bowie who WAS rushing upon him
with his famous bowie knife in his
hand. and when within reach OF hts
arm he Colonel Crainl struck him
over the head with the empty pistol
and brought him to his knees
AS he arose ! caught hold of
him and he threw me off and faced
Wright and the two Blauchards
who had arrived on the field from
tho adua Of Tho ranIe I at that time
had pistol pointed al me. but II
was not fired and being totally I'M
armed myself, / ran TO the edge Of
the woods. a few PAGES off. TO get
my shotgun and on returning met
is. l. Wells. who said TO me:
Doctor. for Gods sake. don't
do any further damage. for it is all
lover.
on nay arriving at The seat of
war again to my surprise ] found
my dear friend. Major Wright dead,
and General Quincy dying from ex-
cessive hemorrhage, Bowie badly
wounded and Alfred Blanchard
slightly wounded And this was the
end of that memorable affair, the
sandbar fight
so there We're two killed and two
wounded out of the twelve persons
engaged in the conflict, six on each
side and not as has been enormously
stated by some, six killed and fif-
teen wounded
Other writer's have stated that
, Bowie killed Colonel Grain in the
I al Il no he InDl he
tween myself and S. h. Wells. Such
contrariety of opinion is indeed sin
gular.
Colonel Grain and James Bowie
were not so inimcal as has been rep
resented; the only feeling between
them was owing to the advocacy of
lanes Bowie to the cause OF those
opposed to himself and Major
Wright
subsequently,, in New Orleans,
James Bowie invited Colonel Grain
to his room and, contrary to the ad-
vice of his friends, he went, and
upon entering the room Bowie lock
ed the door and asked Colonel Grain
to take a seat, where they had their
{ talk, and came out perfectly recon
ciled with each other
Entirely corroboratiye Of the
main points in this statement of DR..
Maddox is the letter written by Col.
Robert A. Grain. who acted as his
p second in the interview with Wells.
which Immediately preceded the
hight. This letter was addressed 10
, General Joseph Walker, who after
{ ward became governor of Louisiana.
In part this letter says. After
J collecting the pistols that were
fused In the duel. "A brace OF which
gave the boy. the Others | held. one
In each hand, well loaded. Of course.
W. proceeded down the river angling
, across the sandbar and having Bow
F., lie. Quincy and JET Wells immedi-
] at.Iy at right angles from where W
started under the willows; thes
. lstarted and ran down the hill. and
: In a quick running walk intercept
, I'd us. OF rather me. Drs Denny and
! Maddox ~cre some ten ca fifteen
! lst.ps ahead. Maddox entirely uu'
'iarmcd. Cunrs remarked
b Nov j. the lime "a settle our
Z lafluir, / thlus sWoaIiug or curains
fst ave at the same time. aud com
i, m.uged drawing his plstoi Saw
3 Wells eauEht hold of him and pF
IA Come, sot lmmcdiatvl, between ms
i and HIS bfptusF, fu that could n"i
% shoot 81 hiiI th,p Bowie tt ths
/ ltam, um, aaa ttdwinF hts pistol.
= droN a~ay at BAN. ne NOS stts
. asa not touch him. eut afvw hts tif".
, D. ues ahos him through the body
Z a. h. ls shot. ! could not nts@ hin
sboosiuE not tuffser shan ien Tee
aHa ite pslset is tu eNcns* his c~n
a ss fn. ll..as nut poaF friend.
e. % Nh.~Isd aud lumlNad four ai'
; luf siEa8 ffvls arrosa asf* hti3s
y Nashps tu "a sanabsr and iaeed
a lcaac, -. nred az sar 4ame moment
nss huiIet at ghv shirt aAd sfsSsa