TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916
257
Voting closed-
Total vote of Fannin Against Convention
589
50
For Convention
539 50
Blacks ______ 350 Whites _____ 239
Majority.
489
589 _______ _
239 50
-189 Whites for Convention
[Endorsed] R. S. Hunt Bonham 14 Feb 1868 Ansd Indians
No. 172
LETTER FROM J. E. \VHEELER TO E. M. PEASE
Gainesville Texas Feb. 15th 1868
Governor Pease
Sir it becomes my painful duty to record another in- dian raid in this County on the night of the 8th Inst. There were ten horses stolen three miles from this place and others from the Western part of the County it is not known yet how many there were some scouts out watching as it was the light nights and they came on a company of indians about thirteen had a long runing fight with them and got all the stolen horses that company had forty but got none of the ten stolen three miles from the town which indicates that there were more than one company of Indians there was no one killed in the fight Mr Cross had his horse shot under him. Since I wrote you concern- ing the last raid of January 5th one skeleton of one of the little Menasco girls was found five miles from this place, very near all the Western part of the County has moved away from their homes the last week in January Cold as it was the waggons were hourly passing through the Streets the presumption is
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