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IC ...... ... UMU pjlCtt3r animals stampeded during the engage w meats and were seen no more; but n large numbers on the return wlt;f \ Jr driven in, and about the middle of il- afternoon the men had generallykl. returned to the point where the ae-[y lion began, and near which a camp jwa« pitched. A welcome shower tllt; 1 Moved refreshing about this time. ie Inter in the afternoon Col. John H. r Moore, of Payette, Capt. Owen, previa iosialy mentioned, anti in all about 150 t nicu arrived on the grounds, havlf) B followed the trail that far,}t The trophies, during the next day, were classified, numbered, and drawn ;(J ! y lot. f only remember that a horse, »d a *»«!*. 927 worth of silk, about :i. worth of other goods, flt for lad-’r. Jos* use fell to my lot, and the latter lr were so donated. I gave the horse {u tfl u- poor man as a plow' horse, and ty sol dthe mule for $100 on trust toT. g si ranger whose horse died ou the road 11 diid never received a cent thereof; •o although he so treated me, an in-1,. ^'xprtenead boy, I was very sorry 1B some years later when the Indians ie eliot an arrow through his breast fl 1 It. was Iwposstbe) to determine how g many Indians ware killed. They sank a. nj«ny In the creek, and many died il »ft«r reaching their haunts, as b- leftrnelt;i from prisoners afterwards ro-e claimed. From this source of Infer* g nation ft tvaa ascertained that fifty* t, two so died in a few days, and 1 be-came satisfied by the after discovery •e (1? Hecrotod and sunken. bodies and the r number found on the held that at n least eighty-six were killed In the ac-n t’un, being a total of 338 certainly rj killed. *r- The Indiana lost everything. The il (.Meat was unexpected—a surprise, d complete and crushing. Followed by s a great victory over them in the fob e lowing October, near where Colorado r City now stands, won by Col. John H. d Moore and his brave volunteers, the it Comanehes were taught lessons tilth-3- erto unknown to them.
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Llano News
Llano, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 09, 1933
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