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No. 161 REPORT OF LT. THOS. C. FROST TO GOVERNOR H. R. RUNNELS
Cora Comanche County Texas Feb. 8th A. D. 1858
To his Excellency H. R. Runnels Austin City, Texas Sir,
In regular time I transmit my report. Immediately after my last report I started scouting parties in different directions. The one to the pass between Colony Creek a tributary of North Leon and the head waters of Palo Pinto through the Indians pass-thence to Palo Pinto peak thence south to Leon river and west to the divide between said river and Pecan bayou. The other westwardly some sixty miles where they found a trail leading to the settlements, after pursuing them some distance they caught a very fine mule lost by the Indians whom they pursued so closely as to make them leave their horses by surprise or otherwise. After said expeditions I immediately started with a part of the company to the mountains in the western part of Comanche County where some twenty Indians have been recently seen and also where citizens from Lampasas Co. pursued & killed a part of a company of Indians who had stolen their horses. From the sign, Indians are still lurking in these mountains and I am now con- stantly searching the country and watching the Indians who have been killed in order to catch the party which will doubtless come to bury them. The other part of my company I have kept guarding the passes in Resley's Creek through which the last thieving party passed. There is but little doubt but that the Indians are now con- cealed in the country and I shall not cease until they are found. I have been in person with my company scouting the coun- try every day, not an hour has been improperly spent as I think. My men are eager for a fight & have impulsively scoured the whole country. The men under my command have requested me to secure a continuation or extension of their time. The citizens of this county have urged upon me the importance of the same
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