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IV reo f coolwas a Hitter ieeun* between persons who favored | «•*!•»the Indians and • ‘ JJ. uted between the two factions-reservation Indhtns w* re _ _ . *reflection andfeeling ex-uCor nr itshotof Belknapof a do obiloaded w oh barrel*and White menof the killingMajor Neighbors•as walking In the streetswith both barrelsbarrelW! ;h* :untwi lvc back hot in The shot struck•The Whiti in 1858 theNeighbors in the breakilling i fa manthe reservatiuu *' mrnnoCtfomrolting the depredations 1along the frontier, and those ! *■» lnP who were against the Indian-had claimed that the reservation Indians were committing practically all the murders andthefts The one faction w.i. known as ' The Indian Man and the other asMan,” Even earlv feeling between the tw ' t ie ■, ions was intense Early in this year the Indian men, in cold bloodwaylaid and murdered by the name of Collins, because^ of his very pronounced anti-'I ndian-sent imenU This Collins was killed near Fort Griffin now Is, at his home During the year 1859 Capt HHammer pub 1 kitclt;\ a *^^~*r at Jarksboro, known a?*The Whito Man This paper fi-vc verv bitter fpairust the In -on both rp.wrvationsbitterly denounced the men who; in 1859, •were in sympathy with the In-i ranch wasdians, especially Maj H SNeighbors, who was the a.’oni-id4ff« aP^Pin 1859. the Indian men decilt;government troop. L°n^he reward offeredIndians in the citizens attack sin s.nepid€or: oilylet iwman;wher^Ahim m.vMntiy. Cornett was about thirtv fei distant when h fired the shot Personally. 1 think the killing of Major Neighbors was about the greatest misfortune that could havebefallen our northern frontierI think he could, by his influence over the Indians, haveprevented largely the horriblemurders of men. women and children along our northern frontier for many years after his untimely death.t r -b«oitlni* * ip#%a;! FpnrAftthe outbreak ofP-* Indians early*mentioned, ourI haveppreviously mentioned that theIndians made two raids, seekingi-iascalp they failed to get latewt»]on the reservation.The whole frontier was a blaze of excitement. The white man’s faction was determined that the Indians should leave Texas and The White Man did good service in keeping that feeling alive and posting thlt;people all along the frontier.After the conflict at the reservation, Governor Runnels at-to learn at first handNmade many *n£.cd to be void of results, so they j invaded our ranch. There was*no one there except our fore- j man nnd two negro cow hands The form an at the request ofthe Invaders walked out towhere they were unarmed andsome fifty yards from the house where he was completely at their mercy. The invaders at once leveled their guns on the j irforeman and began a tiradeTthe Indians and theto kill mm ana ms bossad to »if* whatever Mnot tanve the country The ana tu au^ i nf our foremen was Jtx • t • tee 11 citizensmicht be necessary to pro-1 name^ the frontier plt; nple. For that V Howell, a 100 percent purpose, he appointed as com- can, honest and uprightmissioners, George B Erath notknow the menJohnRichard Coke,Brown, Joseph M, Smith and Dr. Josephus M Steiner, wlth^Henry never harmed* I. 7 word nor deedJ 00Ameri-He didhadneither*todHowellPhBaeounand the surrounding country and report the result of their investigation. About this time thefact was made public that tin government would in a short time remove the Indians to tin vicinity of Fort Cobb, north of the Red River. The commissioners reported to the governor ;ueh facts as justified citizensjn their attempts to run tinParker county, and served to the the first company raised in close of the war between thestates.There was, as before stated a bitter hatred between the soealled White man and the Indian man. and from thisthe years 1859-60 to-wit; R. Sthere resulted four deaths inNeighbors. Collins, Ed Cornet'a€F€t1iIndians out of Texas ana ue ; ana i ermined him to take steps tc whomprotect the people against dep- of these red at ions by the Indians, and especially during the period oitheir removal to this end.John Henry Brown was appointed Captain of two detach men Is, aggregating one hundred men, and ordered to take position in such manner as to en-were anu-incuan. Some killers went to theirfriends the Comanches, in theIndian territory, where they ranked as neither Indian nor white man, but as squaw man which rating Is about that of a mulatto negro was was neither a white man nor nigger,” After the close oftVICcII4*I
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Fredericksburg Standard
Fredericksburg, Texas, US
Fri, Jan 30, 1931
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