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^ * had been a captive, for thirty years li\ : ! among them. Her son by her In** dian husband, Qunnali Parker, isi• lt;now head chief of the Comanche*..»1 j In this fight the chief. Feta Noeono.| ;i was killed in a single hand-to-hand in ' ( combat by Koss. His shield, buf- pj*f' falo horns, lance, etc., were secured tii* ’'' aud sent as trophies to Gov. IIous- tli»| ton at Austin, whore they were de- th posited in tlie archives of the State, up H Ross' horse was shot through bv ont 4! j Nocoua, iu the desperate struggle, an 1 ! but the young defender of the se | harried frontier escaped unhurt, at1 | Participants in the light and oh Jj* servers of this dreadful duel never gagrow weary in relating it. The no gigantic Indi^, as graceful and in handsome a warrior as ever rode fnto deadly lists, fought- with superb ea bravery and skill. But he had met wa I a grod match in the mere stripling se: who daringly confronted him. Ru Ross’ courage while i/ot as ‘iouu toias thu Indian's. was af finer grain. ha|and the Comanche bit the dust, tintj This decisive battle broke the pow- *haer of the Comanohes for a number ho■of years and gave peace and securi- ea;♦tv to the entire frontier of Texas Th for a long time. After these signal weIvictories over the red forces, Maj. thlt; j Gen. Winfield S. Scott wrote Ross ! an autograph letter offering him. foi t young as he was, a commission in thlt;the United States array. beDUIUNG LATE UNPLEASANTNESS, fOI%But the wai- between the sec- •rai tions soon after commenced, r.ud onSul Boss joined the company of.I his brother, Capt. Pete Boss, as a, private. lie was sooja made major: ral of the regiment to which the com-, pany was attached, rose rapidly to; -atbe lieutenaat-colonols, then colonel,-and in the fall of 1852 was madevbrigadier general in the Confeder-, ’• *ate army. He participated in 13b aif engagements of more or less im-' $1'j portau'-c and always; T.itfc disbroc-
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Abilene Taylor County News
Abilene, Texas, US
Fri, Aug 20, 1886
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