Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-02
INDIAN FIGHTS IN
FRONTIER DAYS
INTERESTING STORIES BY
CAPTAIN A. }. soWELL,
EX-RANGER

w 1888 tho fir.f company OF vol
uateora vas raised flr the defense u
Fan1in county hy Captain Robert
Sloan About The came time another
company kas orgaaited anI com
handed by Captain N T. Journey
Indians we're reported Do large force
ou mo aest fork of poo Trinity river
and both c0mpaDIee started ~ make
as attack upon Thorn intending 10
form q junction before reaching the
objective point On fbo first night
|ODt after captain s0lu's men start
/ ed me indians stole three of their
horses. one ~ which vas fine
charger Belonging f. Chez captain
On The next night the two compa-
niles met and cnmp.d together. fel1v
Tor ZOO early start H1 the following
morning Tor the Indian camp Guards
were stationed around the camp and
before ans OF tho men retired and
while some were interesting others
sith anecdotes and .arns. one of the
guards fired his gun u few sec
Inds tho guards commenced coming
900 and men we're running here and
tlore trgiHs 10 find guns and shot
pouches. many OF hich had been
misplaced
THO commander r0R sent man 10
The pot thence ihD shot had come.
hut mo guard ~ thr post was gOn"
ie soon appeared in camp and stated
thar D. bad hot an indian An Of
ilrrr His HuH sent .iIh squad 200
blunt 'nr o dead Indian flc returned
and reported that ho could find no
dead or wounded Indian. but sup
passed that hc had found an indiana
blanket ON Investigation. however.
lr ihr llshf Of me camp fire. o.
proved 20 bc the pauuch Of the beef
Killed that day for rat.ous
Thi broke mp Tho s'ory telling for
tlW uIeht Guards wore replaced on
duty and The balance retired 10 dream
N| NtI ana wars alarms.
Marched Tor Three bays
N"Ei morning The combined force
of I2 men took up The line of march
'or the Indian camp Three days
more they marched and camped and
Tho enemy vas near The captains
held a council and sent scout 10
locate and ascertain the strength of
the hostile camp ~ scout returned
and reporteste close by
and numbering Nr5O0 warriors 4
silent advance vas now made and
when conceslmeni could no longer be-
made the whites burst like thun
dcrboldt len Wild charge upon the
unsuspoctiug sa,ages
a short 0ght ,usuod and the Fam
min county men we're surprised to find
only % small camp of Indians The
red men soon scattered 10 the four
winds The scout evidently failed 90 /
come near enough to determine the /
exact nature OF the camp One white /
man was wounded and one horse .
Killed IN this fight was Captain .
John Hart and as soon as ho would .
see au indian fan he would take bis I
scalp After the fight was over one .
wounded Indian was lying .n the gras .
with tomahawk in hand waiting for .
SOME one 10 find him Among the .
7earChers for this particular Indian .
was % man named Pangborn. usually /
called Brondy' and h. found him. {
bat so close was he that the lndiau
Jumped mp and struck al Pangburn's /
head and kept striking 80 fast ana To- I
-iously that he could not use his gun
bat could only run and dodge. and
finally called for help one rifle
.rackcd and the Indian fen In an i'm
'tant Captain Hart was upon him
.aking his scalp
This fight took place where Birds
ort was afterward built. In Tarraut
county
I'm that same winter a successful
was made against the In.
Hans by General John &C. Dyer OF
Rel River county.
Girl Taken Captive
one OF the first settlers of Faunin \
"a, uty was John p Hunter who came
here IN 1888. IN 1919 the Indians
Killed his mother and carried or his
lister. loyicia She was carried 60
he kecchi mountains and kept &c
LAYS 4 friendly Delaware Indian
laned Frank. Who was allowed by
he hostile Indians TO come amoug
HON 10 trade. 'ound Miss Hunter
.nd closed q trade for her ransom
Which was $3.50. Hc paid this and
'rourht her safely back to her people /
q Fannin county
Nr Hunter was an Indian -hatcr \
ID.