Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-07-17

even his trail could be found Short 1 ly after noon on the second day the missing man was found behind ledge or rock, about four miles from camp. The body had been stripped of clothing and bore several arrow sticking in his body, and it had been scalped, though in this case the en- rite skin of the top of his head had not been removed, only strip of the
 cuticle about four inches and two inches wide having been taking off. When he recovered consciouness he said he had been attacked by about twenty Indians There were no six shooters in those days, but Antonio was armed with rifle and two single barreled pistols, and he always de clared that he killed three of the h. dians before he was overpowered. knew the old man for about twenty years, or until he was about 75 years of age, and he was hale, hearty and robust the last time I ever saw him. | About fifty years ago, while trav- cling on horseback in Southwest Tex as, one evening rode up to ranch on the Nueces River, where spent the night. There were three other men, who, like, myself, had stopped there for the night, and as soon as we sat down to the supper table, I noticed that one of the men, MT. Andrews, kept his hat on whilst seated at the table. Though this was something very unsuual, 1 said nothing about lit that night, but the next morning at breakfast, I noticed that the man again wore his hat to the table. After breakfast I spoke to my host about it and he told mt that the man had
 been scalped by Indians and left for dead some twenty years previously. Some three months after meeting MT. Andrews I was travelling the road from San Antonio to Uvaide and late party camped by the roadside, anG among the party I again met MT. An 1 dnews. I camped with them that night and, sitting around the camp fire after supper, Mir. Andrews tolo me the story of how he lost his
 men were camped on Turkey creek one night about twenty years before and that early in the morning, wheI
 he had gone to the creek after water he was attacked by three Indians,
 scalp. He said that he and two other
 and received a bullet in the neck
 very much like the wound receivel by MT. WillbaIger, which wound par
 alysized him for a time, and the In dians thought him dead and scalpec
 him, though not removing the en tire scalp, only round or rather ob
 long piece of the skin on the crowl of his head His companions had al
 ready left camp, expecting him to follow and overtake them. AS ht did not do so, they became uneasy and returned in search of him, find ling him unconscious where he hao Ifallen. He was carried to Fort Inge
 then garrisoned by United States I troops. where the post surgeon. dressed his wounds, and he eventual ly recovered He told me his head
 always felt cold, and for this reason he wore a woolenskull cap and only removed his hat when he went tt bed.
 ! I once saw an Indian who was killed in a skirmish with party o!
 Texas Rangers to which 1 belonged
 who had been scalped, but of course I knew nothing of his history. have
 seen probably eight or ten Indians scalped, the first one I ever saw bt ing scalpd by Capt. Big Foot Wal lace, who killed the Indian with my gun. This Indian had eight Mexican silver dollers, four on one and four on another string, tied to his scalp lock, and Captain Wallace gave me one of the dollars, which l had for many years, and have seen prob ably half dozen scalps of white peo | pie taken from the persons of Indians who were killed by my party of rangers