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

curing the horses of the three men, their saddles and equipment, the h. dians rode away.
 The two young men who had es- capped reached MT. Hornsby's home about dusk, Messengers were at once sent othe three neighbors, tell ing of the three men, and to organ ize a party to go in pursuit of the h. dians.
 The party could not start, however, till the following morning.! After the Indians had withdrawn MT. Willoar- ger recovered consciousness, and al though so severely wounded and per fectly naked-the Indians having stripped the three bodies of their clothing-he started to crawl in the direction of the Hornsby home. After several hours he had reached a point about one mile from the scene of the battle, and there, at the foot of a large postoak, he again tainted from weakness and loss of blood. When he recovered consciousness it was night and the blowflies and blown his head, as we'll as his other wounds Here occurred something which bor- ders on the supernatural. While ly- ing there in semi-conscious state, MT. Willbarger saw in vision his sister, Mrs Margaret Clifton, who had died in Missouri the day previous, though of course, he was not aware of her death. The vision said to the wounded man: Brother Josial you are too weak to travel. Do not try to go further and l will send helr to you"
 MT. Willbarger said he entreated the vision of his sister to stay witt him, but the vision vanished. About midnight the same night Mrs. Horns by awoke her husband and told hin. that Wilbarger was not dead; that she had seen him in her dreams, ly ing at the foot of large tree, Sc verely wounded, naked, but still liv | ing. The husband tried to pacify her, telling her that it was only 6 dream, and she finally went to sleel again at 8 o'clock she aWoke her hus band and told him that she hac dreamed the same dream again. Then she arose, dressed, made fire ant started to cook breakfast, in order
 that the party, whom she insisted
 must start at daylight to bring il Mir. Willbarger, might not be de tained.
 There were several men staying all night at Hornsby's and soon after daylight a party started to the local ity that Mrs. Hornsby had seen in hel dream, and which she accurately de scribed to them. The party tray. eled some twenty miles, when they reached the party described by the !ady, and little later came upon the wounded man lying under a tree entirely unconscious. His body was wrapped in a sheet furnished by Mrs Hornsby, placed in the saddle of ore of the riders, the rider mounting be hind the saddle, and several of the party returned to the Hornsby ranch with Willbarger while the remainder of the party went in search of the two men who had been killed. These bodies were also found, brought ir and buried. Willbarger was placed in bed his wounds having been dressed by Mrs. Hornsby, for doctors were scarce in Texas at that time ant it was two days before medical aid could be secured The wounded man slowly recovered, and when he was able to talk he described the battle with the Indians, the death of his two companions, and told of the vision he had seen of his sister. He said he was conscious when the Indians scalped him and said the report when his scalp was torn off sounded like the rumbling of distant thunder. MT Willbarger lived good many years raised several children and finally passed away, having enjoyed the re spect and confidence of all who knew him.
 One of the most thriving counties in Texas now bears his name. The story of his sufferings, his almost miraculous escape from death, the vision he saw of his sister and the dreams of that dear old frontier mother, Mrs. Hornsby, have long been repeated around the fireside in Texas homes, and Mrs. Hornesby has a number of descendents still liv ing in Austin and it's vicinity.
 When the writer was a boy in San Antonio, he knew a Mexican man, Antonio Carejo by name, who was then about 65 years of age, who was scalped and left for dead when about 20 years of age. "Old Antonio" as we used to call him, was with a