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j to Mordecai, the last; they had as . Ii- Prisoners ' Mrs. Want's, Mrs . .Crosby 'i ie. child, and the. negro woman and i ie child.; they had about 2,0lt;)O captur- | n id horses aud mules; and an fm- j 3. • uiense booty In goods of various i r- hinds. Before Burleson arrived the « e- main body had passed our front, leav- 1 ie ing only stragglers bring up bunches 1 n- i oi' animals from the timber in their j e ;.reer. it must be undrstood that the ] e whole country, about forty miles from \ ,e the Big H1U to the north side of i lt Flum creek, Is heavily timbered, i e. while beyond that It is an open prair- t t. ie to the foot of the mountains, with ,£ the Clear Fork of Plum creek on the , e left and parallel to the Indian trail, , j. ‘ Hme is an appropriate place to r )f speak of the number of Indians, f 3 Their number of variously estimated,\y y 1 nl from all the facts and the judg- fc ^ ment of the most experienced, it is A e safe to say that they numbered about x fc 1,000. Our force was:'Number under Caldwell, iuciud-j.! ing Bird and Ward ...................100 ^lf '* Under Burleson, 87; and 13 In- f. e 1 dians ..........................................100 fj Total ................................... ..200 £,2 As SOOU as Burleson arrived the r troops were formed as before men-e -toned, and the advance made at a ! n trot, soon increasing into a galiop. 1 j. The main body of the lndiu.ua were 4 L perhaps a mile and a half ahead. As ‘ _* sob as we ascended from the valley * nil to the level plain they had'a full r v 'dew* of us, and at once prepared for B action. • Small parties of their more V during warriors met and contested 8 with a few of our men voluntarily act e j lug tig, skirmishers, and some heroic acts were performed. I remember a ; veil the gallantry of Capt. Andrew 11 Neill, Ben McCuiloch, Arch Orpaon, Ji
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Llano News
Llano, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 09, 1933
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