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* • fo? ten or twelve; mJie* our men gcat-•torinfc : as did •the: Indiana, every. mr(u 1:.ft«U'ag ■ he pleased, There ••.was. noproteose of; command after.. the bog-• gy branch, was‘passed. A few of our i men pursued small bodies for twelfrlt;\ or moree miles, In one of theese; istf-- lilted combats it fli tb my1 lot to' dis-i mount a warrior wearing a buffalo• skin cap surmoujited with the hprna.• He was dead whed 1 dismounted to i secure the prize, which was soon af-f forwards sent by Judge John Jiayes- to the CincJnuatti museum, and was• there in 1870. ':L Burfng the running fight Mrs,5 was severely wounded in the !by an arrow, but fell into our 1 } The- negro woman shared a s ’ fate, and her little son was reoc• without wounds. Mrs. Grosb} some means (probably her own’ 'was dismounted during the r• near a small thicket, and sous enter it, but In the act, a fleeing rior drove a lance through her With several others, at about a(‘red yards distance, 1 distinct!:nesgod, the act, but though aspeed none of ug could overtakThe heroic action of Placldo, ol the Toncahuas, attracted uni' praise. He seemed reckless ol and his twelve followers, as r; as mounted, emulated his exa Ml being on tool, they could on mounted by each vaulting inti saddle of a slain Comanche, but were all mounted in a marvel short time after the action com ed.Great numbers of the loose and animals stampeded during the eibloody wretch.
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Llano News
Llano, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 09, 1933
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