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Frontier Echoes of 1870 Indian Fight in Texas
In 1870 Llano county settlers pursued Comanches after a raid, led by E M Phelan who singlehandedly chased and killed the Comanche chief near Round Mountain. Phelan dispatched the foe and scalped the chief, then rejoined companions chasing others. two Mexicans died, and the party recovered the trail. The narrative also recounts early Texas frontier incidents, including Cavina and Flowers families attacked by Coast Indians and the Matagorda fight led by Captain Buckner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano County
Sandies Creek
Pecan Bayou
John Bacus
Gum Phillips
E. M. Phelan
Sant Bacus
John Reams
Ralph Haynes
Eli Shelley
Ben Gibson
Round Mountain
Phelan
Live Oak
Phillips
Old Caney Creek
Kveoak Bayou
Charles Cavina
Stephen F. Austin
Cavina
Flowers
Matagorda
Colorado River
Buckner
Moses Morrison
Morrison
Cavess
J. P. Cole
Wilson Copeland
Isam Cranfield
Willam Cuthbert
Solomon Deroche
William Dixon
Thomas Derrett
Reubin A. Eddleman
J.C. Edwards
Jesse Ellison
M. S. Emberlin
Easy
Brown
Sherman
Weatherford
John Brown
Mr. Thompson