Recollections of Early Texas (46 page)

Texan Santa Fe Expedition (1841): Mier Expedition results from,
107
; Morgan on,
119ff.

Texas Declaration of Independence: read by Sam Houston,
37n.

Texas Rangers: Tumlinson organizes company of,
31
; rescue Mrs. Hibbans,
32
–
33
; blunder at Council House Fight,
82
–
84
; led by Jack Hays,
144ff.
; Frontier Battalion,
168
–
170
; fight Comanches,
225
–
226

Texas Revolution: Jenkins in,
35
–
44
; Goliad Massacre,
153
–
155

Thompson, Candace: marries David Halderman,
251

Thompson, Jesse: furnishes food to rangers,
194

Thompson, Judge: killed by Comanches,
83n.

Tinney Creek: buffalo hunt on,
207

Tonkawa Indians: assist Burleson at Plum Creek,
61
–
68
; cannibalistic traits of,
77
–
78
; assist white men,
84
–
85
; description of,
161
–
162
; recapture Manlove's horse,
258
–
259

Toulon Singo, Mexico: Texans pass through,
148

Travis, William B.: dies in Alamo,
37n.

Travis County, Texas: Burleson settles in,
241
; Dutys live in,
244
; Harrell chief justice of,
252
; Manors settle in,
261
; Swisher county clerk of,
267

Trinity River: flooded during Runaway Scrape,
44
; Santa Fe men cross fork of,
121

Tumlinson, John: raises company of rangers,
31
; rescues Mrs. Hibbans,
32
–
33
; details men to help Hornsbys,
45n.
; leads force against Comanches,
61
–
62
; Rohrer saves life of,
264

Tumlinson brothers: one killed by Indians,
5
; biographical sketch,
268

Turkey Creek: Indian signs found on,
187

Turner, Mima Eggleston: marries Walker Wilson,
271

Turner, Winslow: in Brushy Creek fight,
58n.

Twohig, John: in Vasquez's invasion,
220
–
221

Tyler County, Texas: Indian fights in,
16

Urrea, Jose: leads Mexican army,
153

Uvalde, Texas: Indian signs found near,
187
; Perry and Achlin wounded near,
196n.

Vanham, young travelers stop at house of:
217

Vasquez, Raphael: invades Texas,
95
; captures Dunn,
196n.
; captures San Antonio,
219
–
221

Vaughn, Richard: horse killed in Indian fight,
54
; biographical sketch,
268

Vera Cruz, Mexico: officers sent to,
117
; Santa Fe prisoners march through,
130
; Morgan passes through,
138
; Hays's rangers stop in,
146

Victoria, Mexico: Mier prisoners march through,
135

Victoria, Texas: raided by Comanches,
60
–
61

Waco, Texas: Indian village on site of,
121

Waco Indians: attacked by pioneers,
23
; attack Wilbarger and party,
26
–
29
; raid Ebbins neighborhood,
53
; steal Manlove's horse,
85
–
86
; killed by rangers,
151
–
152
; attack pioneers,
217
–
218
; Sims leads raid against,
266

Waelder, Texas: Cunningham lives in,
244

Walker, Samuel: in Woll's invasion,
101
; in Indian fight,
145
–
146
; Comanches fight with,
226n.

Walker County, Texas: Gillespie marries in,
249

Wallace (in raid led by Coleman): killed by Indians,
23

Wallace, William S.: leads surveying expedition,
90
; encounters Comanches,
227
–
229
; biographical sketch,
268

Waller's Creek: Indian fight near,
166
–
167
; horses stolen near,
174

Walnut Creek: Fort Colorado established near,
50

Walnut Springs, Texas: Campbell lays out,
241

Walters, John B.: killed in Brushy Creek fight,
59
; biographical sketch,
268
–
269

War between the States: Jenkins experiences in,
232
–
233

Washington County, Texas: Runaway Scrape in,
41
; Bird lives in,
179
; Connell dies in,
242
; Furnash moves to,
248
; Halderman receives land in,
250

Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas: families left in,
41

Waterloo, Texas: changed to Austin,
168

Watson, Martin: killed by Indians,
80
–
82

Watts, H. D.: killed by Comanches,
61n.

Watts, Mrs. H. D.: captured by Comanches,
61
–
68

Weaver (from Bastrop): killed by Indians,
55

Webberville, Texas: Indian fight near,
57n.
; Grumbles lives near,
202n.
; Duty settles near,
244
; Osborn taken to,
262

Webster, James: killed by Indians,
80
–
82

Webster, Mrs. James: captured by Indians,
80
–
84

Webster, Martha: killed by Indians,
80
–
82

Weeks, Joseph: in Wren fight,
51
; estate auctioned,
266

Wells, Martin: first to settle in Bastrop,
12
; horses of, stolen,
19
–
20
; child buried in Bastrop,
219
; biographical sketch,
269

Wells, Waymon: meets Warren Lyons,
229
–
230

Wells's Pyramid: named for Martin Wells,
269

West Point, Texas: Woods's home near,
6n.

Wharton County, Texas: Sims receives land in,
266

Whipple, Mrs. (from Austin): sees Indian fight,
167n.

White (from Austin): killed by Indians,
163

White, Gideon: finds Indian signs,
56
; biographical sketch,
269
–
270

White, Hamilton: on buffalo hunt,
205
–
206
; biographical sketch,
270

Whiting, Private: killed by Comanches,
83n.

Wichita River: Santa Fe men camp near,
121

Wilbarger, Harvey: reburies brother,
270

Wilbarger, J. W.: tells of brother's Indian encounters,
29n.
; speaks of Jack Hays,
145

Wilbarger, John L.: killed by Indians,
33
; biographical sketch,
270

Wilbarger, Josiah: scalped by Indians,
26
–
29
; gun found by Tumlinson,
254

Wilbarger Bend: Walters settles near,
269

Wilbarger Creek: Indian signs found on,
56
; encounters near,
70
; Indians camp near,
85

Williams, John: in Hornsby fight,
45
–
46

Williamson, Robert M.: joins Coleman at Parker's Fort,
23n.
; commands company in Texas Revolution,
42
–
43
; biographical sketch,
270

Williamson County, Texas: Brushy Creek battle fought in,
59n.
; Leffingwell living in,
91n.
; Childress settles in,
241
; Ingrum receives land in,
255
; Sims moves to,
266
; Smith settles in,
267

Wilson, John C.: in Dawson Massacre,
99n.

Wilson, Walker: serves in Texas Revolution,
41
; family in Runaway Scrape,
43n.
; wife scared by Indians,
86
–
87
; biographical sketch,
271

Wilson, Mrs. Walker: in Runaway Scrape,
44
; scared by Indians,
86
–
87

Wolfenbarger, Samuel: member of Mina Committee of Safety and Correspondence,
258

Woll, Adrian: invades Texas,
96
–
101
; captures San Antonio,
130
,
221n.

Woods, Betsy: serves as interpreter,
8
–
9

Woods, Henry Gonzalvo: in Second Runaway Scrape,
47n.
; in Dawson Massacre,
98
–
99

Woods, Monte: warns settlers about Caddoes,
10
–
11
; in Second Runaway Scrape,
47
–
48
; biographical sketch,
271
–
272

Woods, Norman B.: in Second Runaway Scrape,
47n.
; wounded in Battle of Salado,
99

Woods, Zadock: residence used as fort,
6n.
; in Second Runaway Scrape,
47
; killed in Dawson Massacre,
99

Woods' Prairie: scene of Indian battle,
6
; Caddoes steal corn from,
18

Wren, Nicholas: leads fight against Indians,
50
–
51

Yegua Creek: Indian fight near,
53
–
54
; skirmish near,
68
–
69
; Hill's company fights Indians near,
194

Yellow Prairie: Hill's company marches through,
194

York, John: Swisher serves under,
267

Young, Mike: wounded by Indians,
70
; biographical sketch,
272

Young, Perry: chased by Indians,
272

Zumwalt, Adam: leads men in pursuit of Indians,
61n.