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Indians Murder a French Merchant near Gonzales in 1835
In spring 1835 near Gonzales on the Guadalupe river a French merchant traveling with guards was warned to camp at John Castleman’s ranch. After a brutal attack by Comanches and a counterfire from Mexican defenders, the trader and attendants were killed and the attackers pursued toward Erskine’s Ford and beyond, with Castleman and a party of settlers reporting the massacre to Gonzales.
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DeWitt
Gonzales
Guadalupe River
Secuin
John Castleman
Guadalupe Valley
Greser
Mexico
Castleman
San Antonio
Texas
Castelman
Matthew Caldwell
James C. Durst
Dan McCoy
Ezekiel
Williams
B. D. McClure
John Davis
Tom Malone
White
Jessy McCoy
Wash Cottle
Almarion Dickinson
Alamo
James Miller
A. J. Lowell Sr
York’s Creek
Andrew Lowell
San Marcos
Hays County
McClure
Blanco River
The
Blanco
James Durst