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Indian Raid Traced In 1873 Texas Frontier Pursuit
A Texas frontier account recalls 1873 Brown County family attacked by Indians. The mother died in bed, infant died later, and a girl was kidnapped. Volunteers led by Captain Cuney and Lt. Cusick pursued the raiders, found a red suited chief at close range, and chased them toward buffalo country while seeking the child’s grave near a china tree.
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William Williams
Sandy Creek
Brown County
Williams
Nannie Cross
Houston
Mr. Converse
Double Mountain
Brazos
Brown and
Camanche County
Cuney
United States
Herd’s Creek
Cusick
Stedman
Fort Concho
Converse
Colorado
Fort Sill
Divide
Colorado River
Cripps
Sam Brookshire
Cripp
India