Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. IV

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916

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raids Commited, you will recollect that the lagt Legislature cut off the \Vestern Portion of our County and the Eastern Portion of Erath County Created the County of Hood. there has been Indian Raids in that portion of Hood County that used to belong to Johnson, and said very recently in which the[y] drove off twelve head of Horses and killed seven I will confer with the County Judge of Hood County in a Short time and get him to make the necessary report, if has not made a report to you on that subject: yours etc.

JAMES HINER County

Judge Johnson County

[En<lorsecl] Johnson County Co. Judge

Indian depredations None

No. 168 HORSES STOLEN BY MENARD COUNTY INDIANS [1867]

Loss of Citizens of Menard County in Horses By Indians Since Jan 1st 1867 1 Adam Bradford 2 Asa Ellis l 15 Peter Robinson 2 7 16 Robert Robinson 1 3 George Kemp 4 17 Oscar Spitzbergan 2 4 Reuben Miller 1 18 Saul J. Smith 1 5 Sarni T. Garrison 1 19 John Nelson 1 6 Wm Jolly 1 20 A. Arnett 1 7 John Jackson 2 21 Layfaette Helms 2 8 Laurence Chapman 1 22 Joseph Bradford 4 mules 1 horse 9 William Tipton 1 Clay Mane 1 10 Tullius B. Smith 3 Peter Crane 1 11 Dadd C. Thorp !1 G. W. Delong 1 12 John Delong 1 13 Frank Williams 8 14 Guilford Chapman 1 The above is submitted to the atention of His Excellency the Governor & the Comanding General of the District of Texas

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