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Old Time Texan Recalls Frontier Cowboys and Indian Fights
A lifelong Texas ranch hand recounts early cattle drives with Captain Riley Wood, stock takes, and a 1870 Richland Creek Indian raid. He describes homesteads, freighting with ox teams, hunting buffalo, service with Captain D. W. Roberts in Company D Frontier Battalion, and life moving from Richland Creek to San Saba and beyond.
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Richland Creek
Captain Riley Wood
Riley Wood
Uncle Riley
Uncle Spence Wood
Kansas
Warren Hudson
Harkey
Alex Hall
Father
Spence Wood
Bomar
Parson Davis
Lindley
Mel
San Saba
Pick Duncan
George Barnett
Uncle Spence
Dunecan
George Tarnett
Austin
John Stevenson
Bagdad
Oliver
Concho River
Fort Mc Kavett
Sewbrown
Cedskin
Frank Jones
Port McKavett
Fort McKaveth
Pather
Mort MeKavvett
Rich
Trickham
Colorado
Consecco River
Concho
Colorado River
Oak Creek
Brown
Old Port Chadbourne
Yellow Wolf Creek
San Angelo County
Ike Mullins
Kimble County
George Hamrick
Frank Cloudt
Peter Robertson
Billie Bevans
Menard County
Fort McKavett
San Saba River
Rocky Creek
D. W. Roberts
Menardville
Frontier Battalion
Dd. W. Roberts
Lamb Sieker
Ed. Sieker
Elenry Ashbarre
Doc. Gourley
Trst
San Salva
Divtriet
Sieker
Lampasas
Sant Salw
Ranger
Pegheye Station
Menard
Mason
Captain Roberts
Campo
Conteary
Thhaman
Sri Saba
Dwg Coalvon
Ed Sicker
Tom Carson
Sicker
Carson
Range Service
Company D
Dan W Roberts
Amp
Dowrr
Guadelupe
New Mexico