| 11 In June 1841 - Tarrant raised 50 or 60 men and went up to the Cross timbers, and on his return fell in with a village on the Trinity west prong, where Bird's fort now stands; killed 5 or 6 Indians; broke up their Village. After runing the Indians out of the Village, parties started out after stock & horses, and in a mile or two, in crossing a small stream the Indians fired upon them and killed Jno. B Denton and wounded Henry Stout - Took an Indian prisoner, a woman and a little girl - On reaching the settlemts, the old woman made her escape, the child was delivered to her Uncle at Bird's fort last fall at the treaty (1843) -- Tarrant after returng raised another force 300 men, made another expedition but found no enemy & achieved nothing They started about August, or sometime in the summer - ________________ One Indian in a staling party was Killed on the sulpher in December. 1841 - by Jason Wilson - This terminated the Indian wars on that frontier - Capt. Stout came to Texas Febry. 1836 - was in the Battle of Sanjacinto _______________ [----------------------------------------------------------------------] 12 The Law establishing minute men - Under this Law there was but one Compny on the Red River Frontier - commanded by Wm. Becknell, Red River County. Nothing however was accomplished not a single Indian was killed. _______________________ Becknell was appointed by the US Govt. to run off and measure the road from Missorie to Santafe - which he did - From Independnce Missorie to Santa fe is 800 1/2 miles as stated by Becknell; so I am told -- He has participated in all the dangers of the frontier, and is a brave backwoods man - He raised a compny in 1836 in that section & joined the army at Victoria -- ______________________ There were many alarms & small parties would occasionally go out for a few days, but the foregoing statemt contains the most of the military operations of that Quarter against the Indians End of Transcription =================================================== Transcription Notes: [ ] Notes added to transcription. [?] Original difficult to read. - Transcribed from a photocopy of the original, H.D. Maxey. ***** Index to Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835-1845 ***** //www page H. David Maxey 12/31/98 ============================================================stouwb1D.txt |