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that there is no report of, all that have been reported was re- ported under oath excep William Babb Sen. he sent the report up he is very old and lives some twenty miles off and could not come in to report, there are some few on the list the price is not set down they were not reported but I know of them being lost. Some men said they did not think they reported half of the number lost but did not wish to swear to a greater number than set down as it was rather uncertain whether taken or not The general supposition is that the Indians depredating is the Indians known here as the Toten Indians that is the Indians fought by Capt Totten in January 1865. The Young man killed by them on the 25th day of Dec/66 said they talked the Mexican language About the 25th of July 1865 they killed an old man and a boy about six miles from here the old man was name Cox the boy was name Hollis I do not know their given names they did not live in this County. Some time in June or July 1866 they wound G. W. Fugua the next day after that they wound one J. R. O'Neal in this County of Erath County on the 25th of De- cember last they wounded William Willis in Sight of this place just at night. he lay fourty days and then died. They have killed several cattle and horses that have not been reported It is not known whether there has been reported any cattle driven off or not, There has been no light time of the moon passed since last April or May but they have been in this county and most all the time took the best Horses that was in the County nearly allways taking Saddle Stock, took one from a man's door in the very center of Town There is not more than one man in ten now that has got a horse left to follow them on when they come in One scout followed tham one time about eight days but could not come no nearer apparently than when it first started. The valueations of the stock is upon a currency bacis I am very respectfully yours JOHN S. WHITE County Judge Hamilton County P.S. Since writing the above I have been creditably informed that in the last week the Indians have been down the Leon
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