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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
hunting regions. She also learned the locality ~f a ·certain pass thro' which the Comanchees were to pass and the time they would reach it- She lost no time in flying to the Shawnee camp, and apprising her hus- band of the insults recd.- and of all the information she had obtained respecting the Comanches departure & the route they were to take- The insulted and exasperated Linia resolved upon his revenge. When the Commanchees arrived at the pass above mentioned on their return homeward, laden with the valuable goods which they had extorted from the cowardly mexicans, they were suddenly fired upon by an ambushed foe, upwards of 20 of the Commanchees fell dead, at the momnt; which threw the party in such confusion & dismay that they all fled in haste; but rallying soon, and finding that their enemy was insignificant as to numbers, they charged upon him, with a full confidence of regaing their lost property; but the advantage which the foe enjoyed from their posi- tion enabled him to repell the charge of the Comanches with consider- able loss- The fight continued long; & was bloody on the side of the Comanchees. Their efforts to repell the foe & regain their property was fruitless- They were forced finally to retire from the contest. The triumphant party was the injured and resentful Linia, at the head of only 26 warriors. The next day the Comanchees retured to the pass to !enew the fight, being reinforced by the garrison at Bexar; who had been forced into the servise by threats of violence from the Comanches. They prefered aiding them in the matter than risk the consequences of a refusal- It so happened however that on their arrival at the pass, no ·enemy was found- he had wisely fled, bearing with him upwards of an hundred scalps, and as many mules, well packed with valuable - commodities. · The above is epitomised from the Texas· Centenial, published Austin City-Vol. I- No 43-date octr. 10-1840- [Endorsed] · Fight between Lina, the shawnee Chief & the Comanchees No. 1923 1840 Oct. 19, W[ILLIA]l\1 F[ENNER] HENDERSON, NACOG- DOCHES, [TEXAS] TO MIRABEAU (BUONAPARTE] LAMAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS Thanks for appointment as [district attorney of the Fifth District.] A. L. S. 2 p. No. 1924 1840 Oct. 20, JAl\IES WEBB, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] TO l\I[IRA- BEAUJ B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [AUSTIN, TEXAS] R€que~ting a loan. A. N. S. 1 p. No. 1925 1840 Oct. 21, RUFUS McLELLAN, MATAGORDA, [TEXAS] TO MI?ABEAU B[UONAPARTEJ LAMAR, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] Enclosing a copy of a petition [Oct. 5) for the ap_pointment of John Delap as judge of probate for Matagorda County. A. L. S. ] p.
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