Year: 1870

their brief stay in town, bat | sup
pose they cared bat little for tha


kind Of raid, as the Monitor say
the Indians do not trouble the peo
pleOf Denton, The writer hapPehe'
10 be East OF Rlm when the las


raid passed through DentOn county


and on his return 10 Wise tho da!
following, tho raid and found ih'
citizens in the Southern and South


eastern portion Of Denton count,
had mostly f6rted up al LewlsVlll'
and other neighborho0ds IN tha


portion Of the county through feaI
OF the Indians. Now, IL may b
that all this excitement aud e0mmo


tion amongst tho citizens did no.


trouble them, but | must contest
that il appeared TO mo tho mos
like trouble Of anything | had ever
witnessed not TO be trouble, but ~
says the Indians never trouble th'
people of Denton county, | mus
have been mistaken, One of M
must DO mistaken. Perhaps Tho
| Monitor has some other name q
apply In the place Of the word
"trouble." When people are scared
and in distress aud collect together
from miles around, call II what you
please, but feel we'll assured that
IL the people Of Wise county had
ever been driven to a similar course
through fear Of the Indians, that
We should have felt like We were
very seriously troubled, but fortu


natcly no such trouble has rs YET
fallen upon the citizens Of Wise
county. Now, l presume the Mon
itor's object in denying that the
people OF Denton have ever been
troubled by Indians and charging
all the troubles on Wise and other
counties named, is to deter immi'
grants from coming any farther
West than Denton county, which
seems to have been his policy for
the past two or three years, and to
frightcn every one he could by tell.
ing and publishing exaggerated and
false stories about Indians in Wise
county. IL is certainly very fortu,
nate for Denton county that Wise
county lies West of it, and that her
citizens do not become alarmed and
stampede whenever q moccasin
track is reported in the country. II
tho citizens of Wise had not stood
picquet guard for Denton and other
counties for tho last thirteen years,
where, / ask, would the frontier
have been long ago2 And Mr..
Monitor well knows that when the
alarm of Indians is sounded, that
tho citizens of Denton county are
the first to take the alarm and to
commence a stampede, leaving the
town of Denton almost on the from
tier. while the people of Wise stand
at their posts and hold the country,
thereby giving protection to Denton
as we'll as Wise county. tits strange
that the Monitor cannot foresoe the
certain effect that his narrow, little
minded and suicidal course must
ere long recoil back upon him and
destroy whatever influence his pa
per may now control in this coun-
try as well as abroad. Could he
not do justice to his own county
without doing injustice TO other
counties? Is he afraid to let immi-
grants see this section of country
Test they should prefer it to Denton
county and settle in Wise and in
duce their friends to leave Denton
also and settle in this county? He
may deceive strangers for awhile
and cripple us for time by mis-
representations to immigrants, but
cannot expect to succeed for any
great length of time by his illiberal
and false representations. The su-
perior advantages of Wise county
over those of Denton cannot tail to
be appreciated and acknowledged
by all who may examine and judge
for themselves. The great stream
of immigration now flowing into
Northern Texas must and will Gre
long cross the Jordan that rolls bo-
tween Denton county and Wise,
the land of promise that flows with
milk and honey. Immigrants will
at no distant day send forth their
Joshuas and their Calebs to spy out
our land of promise, who will carry
back with them to their friends the
glad tidings that they have found
the promised land in Wise county,
and will conduct such a stream Of
immigration back to this county
that will drive the savage from our
borders as did the Israelites of old
drive the heather from the prom
iscd land, and occupy it themselves,
Notwithstanding the misreprescnta-
tions of the Monitor. We will then,
kind neighbors of Denton county,
give you that protection against
Indians that you stand so much in


need Of Our strength will give
you strength and security. Our
weakness will weaken you, and
leave you less able to protect your
selves, Cannot the Monitor see the
point, and act accordingly, or will
he 60 on blindly and lead the peo.
pie of Denton to the ditch and all
fall in together' -


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