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x- ami reported (he Indians advancing t(ie u about three miles below. In twenty i,om l- minutes every man was mounted and £.^je t. in line. Capt. Caldwell, in the big- /r08 e* l.esa of his heart, rode out in front ],jg) 's and moved that Gen. Felix Huston *h0’( a- take command. A few responded aye cn t te and none said nay, but In fact the CTtUg wanted the old Indian .lighter {mtl It Caldwell himself to lead. They re- lt;]y[D a- speeded Gen. Huston as a military ara0 so man In regular war. They knew he llf) ie had no experience in the business d then in hand, but they wer etoo polite time1-'io say nay, having a real respect for'pp^f i, the man. The command movt*dj. ward across one or two ravines and (jjan e glades till they entered a small open j'a„2- space hidden from the large prairie gy i t- hy u branch, thickly studded with ^ . s trees and bushes. At this moment, !; the gallant young Owen Hardeman y and Heed of Bastrop, dashed up with y Hie iuformatk.n that Col, Edward r; :!;-i c/K '4s teers and thirteen Toncahua Indians i- (the latter on foot) were within s, three or four miles, advancing at a s gallop, “ They were Invaluable to be I- left. A halt was called. Gen. Huston then announced his plan; a hollow s square, open In front, Burleson on j the right, Caldwell on the left, Birl b and Ward forming the rear line, un-1 tier Maj. Thomas Monro© Hardeman.■ During tehfs delay we had a full view t of the Indians passing diagonally ’ r across our front, about a mile distant.'- They were singing and gyrating In i divers grotesque ways, evidencing their great triumph, and utterly ob-I livious of danger. Up to this time : they had lost but one warrior, at the i Casa Blanca; tfhey hud killed twenty 1 persons from Tucker Foley, the first!iv:.
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Llano News
Llano, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 09, 1933
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