Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1917-08-30


During the years between The McAi
can and civn Wars our pcopie led ,u
vaAy carc- fee llfe. an occasional In
dian scare. or the arrival ~ bad
man who shot up the town were about
uil the oxritomonts of the times Tho
Indians raldcd near. sind uocuaHlonnliv
shot an nnwnry hunter co. Traveller.
one ~ the earliest depredaiions mrn
toned was the kllling NJ white man
near the ai'e ~ the court house iio
had gone out 20 bring the COWS in for
the evening milling This WIS nut
~ town al this time Another man
iourncych ont ana campod go the reef
north 81 town meaning ~ cross BOZ the
early morning while the wntcf WAS
raim. Later his poor mutiluted body
was found BY stock hunters nnRon
burned and hofses gone
iiu' the anddesi stony ~ all wlr
that 81 Young Dolnn f.Ikc au boys
he wanted "a gun HIS mother sent ~
New Orleans hy friend and got the
gun fur his Hixteenth birthday a
proud aud oVefluV.d youth he wnn hr
dny it arrived Tnhnr McNicnu hos
with him. Dec crossed hc reef tn as b.
out No doubt their progress Hcrora
the two miin4 ~ open water WAS
watched hy hidden savugeH ON Tho
uthcr side Soon after arriving uu
finn ground they were confronted hp
Us" Warriors and fight for 1850 Wua
ON The hoy dropped tho guu. and
fatal error icr a. ns thoe kept Ht u
distance nH Ions ua ho hold 90 Then
they seized u AND tho poor hot WaH
stain win hs own gum
The Mexican boy uuo 10 bis ualn
inr and the Indian blood in hia veins
wormed his WAY through the chnuar
raj and escaped Late thn uieut ho|
returned bringing 20 the waiting
parents Tho heart roudnr ncNa thlt
thcir only hos ilY dond under hr
stare An old chroniclo sass tba tha
was me shddrHt funeral ever hcii m|
'prpna christi 90 part, 90 1tmed men
having gone over ln the munlna uiI
brought the huii humc Goo th. mutn.t
who novrr forRtNo herself fm BOA, iur
the KUN which vaa the cltar of thr
tragedy This Was tho hHi indmu
murder bon the immediate NDmt nl
Corpus Christi 81 occurred aom.um,
m the ffiirH
II memory HrfVof ntirht t wiH 10
iho house 90 thla Ma puian that t4p.
tain Van iiufen before mentioned dloa
ou the ninth duF aftcf hcnr wouiHt,l
49, th Huuty Fo,H hr got uu that
morning aad nfkcd Alta pm5n Goo.
mako hum some SOUP saving hf flt
hungry She won't Co. dD hm hddur
81" bad nlnuat finished preparing thr
meal when hla attendant ln enlisted
man called hrr tp connie uuck Thnl
barely Eot him 20 hia hnd when ho
hrcnthcd his hast
roor bow barely mrtusht betais
be- with hia regiment Maryland Noun,
~ ltiflcH went un scout after "a
hlnd of Indians. reported nearby rbcv
found ihrm near thr mouth of Uo
Nuecra river Hud hnd IL fierce nEht
or thH cln rrt nu frnutt uf casual
tics, ANA only Van HURON lonely tomh
t'mnlnH ro tell the sint, nf dn,s which
ltiea mems auui hud of the death ot
thc Young aud riluut officer
This Nonr nf 1904 was dratiuod tn
hr sad one fpr brave little Cotpua
CHRISTI A foc morr dcadiN than
painted nyagcs was nu lts WAY. o. f,e
which m Chat daA and umc ve ,uuid
n"i tsht Hlillug ACROSS our haN boa
open daylight met with opou arms uI
uHmo aud dctdh waa lH visitation
10 the summer of that year MoNi
vau fruit vessel pcdduug her cueo|
from port ta port Touched at out
wharf and did brisk business what
a boon. rich ilpo fruit 60 pcople who
kicw nothing nt homie great guNisu
oranges, lunches of bananas turning
from Rfcon to gold which might bc|
krpi Tor days lemons Nmrs. colossal
pineapple managers. thr vvrs am was
laden with tho rlch odur ot fruit
The merchantH csmc ANA houghi Ton
thcit stores the housuhoidorH bought
for their tamhies. nearby ranchrros
hrarinH of tho unusus trvat. cam, in
io vet SHARE tho MrNicau rtircue
came from the han Ia hear the news
aud palshrn Win thnu cuunuNmrn.
FIRST and lNsf almost every soul ln
the place. visited tho VESSEL m in
weeks stay ana oyors onc Who vislted
ga" vesNei had been exposed 10 that
deadlinst ot Southern disrnscs the
Nomlio of McAteo, yellow fewer of the
American.
Within two weeks ihD town was 30
foyer ward, and the Grim Reaprr
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