TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916
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[Endorsed] Jany 23/67
Corpus Christi Judge Co Nueces In relation to Indian Depredations answd July 4
No. 100
REPORT FROM N. M. C. PATTERSON TO J. W. THROCKMORTON Uvalde Uvalde County Texas January 28th 1867 To His Excellency J, W, Throckmorton Governor Austin Cty Texas Sir I have the honor to be able to report to you that on the 24th Inst W. B. Hudson who risedes in the unorganized County of Kinney which is attached to Uvalde County for Ju- dicial purposes delivered to me Frank, M, Buckelew a boy of about fourteen years of age who was captured by the Lipan In- dians on the head of the Sabinal Canon in this county about the last of February of last year (1866) Mr Hudson succeeded in getting the boy away from the Lipan Camp in Mexico by hireing a Mexican to induce the boy to runaway with him from the Lipan Camp while the boy was out herding of Horses said boy and Mexican mounting them selves on horses that the In-: dians had made their escape the Horses that they brough with them ware recognized as being Horses stolen previously by the Indians, The boy Frank, M. Buckelew has two . sisters living near Bandera Cty in Bandera County, one of which he was living with at the time the Indians captured him, and I have sent him to his sisters, They are quite poor people and are ur.able to reward Mr Hudson for his Kindness, Mr Hudson has bc:en at a good deal of expense and trouble and has ran a great risk in securing the liberation of said boy, Mr Hudson informs me that the Indians had been offered one Hundred dollars for said boy and had refused it, I think that Mr Hudson should be paid not less than Three Hundred Dollars for his services, Will you please inform me whether or not he is entitled to a- portion of the appropriation made by the last Legislature in relation to Indian Captives
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