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Couch lives there) his wife was at home but he was absent-- Glenn Halsell, Ben Blanton and L Hunt were there the Indians surrounded the house, a fight ensued which resulted in the defeat of the Indians, with three supposed to be badly wounded. The Indians took off nearly all their horses, They then went to John Babb's, killed and scalped his wife, carried off two of her children, (left -one) and also took off Mrs. Lizzie Roberts who was living at Babb's, They shot hogs, calves, sheep, and horses whenever they felt like it, and robbed houses off all they could carry.'' Another letter dated at Gainesville Sept. 22d 1866 says: "The Indians are so bold, come in such force, that the Stock men of this border have been compelled to cease hunting their stock, and many of them, are on the verge of abandoning coun- try are offering to sell their stock at $1.00 per head." [Endo,-sed] Report of Indian depredations Wise County Sept '66 No. 83 MASS MEETING OF DENTON COUNTY [October 4, 1866] Mass Meeting of Denton Co. Pursuant to Notice, a Mass Meeting of the Citizens of Den- ton County was held at the Court House in the Town of Denton on the 4th Oct 1866- Dr E. P. Kerby was chosen Chairman and W. C. Wright Secretary- Judge Matt Daugherty, explained the object of the meeting in a short but forcible manner, refering to the numerous re- cent Indian outrages in Cook, Denton and Wise, Counties, which show that unless Immediate protection be afforded a large scope of Country must be abandoned to the savages. On motion of W. C. Bobbett, a Committee of five was ap- pointed to Draft a memorial to the governor relative to the deplorable condition of our immediate frontier.- Committee H. Murphey, J. Hodges, W. C. Bobbett, J. A. Carrol, and W. C. Wright.
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