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Res Sir If you see fit not to comply with the within petition, please be so kind as to recommend to us the best method of protection for our frontier. E. BEN GEORGE (Sen)
No. 261 LETTER FROM CAPT. W. R. HENRY TO GOVERNOR H. R. RUNNELS
Uvalde July the Sth/59
His Excellency
H. R. Runnel
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I have the pleasure to report to your Excellency the Result of an other Scout made by a detachment of my company of Rang- ers in conjunction with Citizens of the Rio Frio Valley who were not members of the company. On the night of the 30th of June the Indians approached the Settlement of the Rio Frio killing Oxen of J. T. Daugherty. The Alarm was immediately sounded and the Rangers assembled to persue the Enemy. There being no officer present to take command it was unanimously resolved that J. T. Daugherty Esqr should act as Captain of the Party. The company consisted of twelve men and persuit was immedi- ately commenced under the Guidance of the Well Known Trailor Henry M Robinson. After four days Severe Marching through the mountains of the River Nueces early in the morning the camp of the Indians was discovered on one of the tributaries of the west prong of the Nueces. The men were ordered to dismount and approach the camp on foot after proceeding Several miles the Situation of the Enemy was discovered by an Indian Coming down the trail after Water. The Indian and the men observed each other at the same moment and at the fatal crack of the first rifle the Indian fell deadly wounded and crying aloud "Muncho Amigo Lipan Lipan"-meaning that he was a friend and a Lipan Indian when the charge was ordered by Squire Daugherty and the whole command entered the camp but to see the Enemy flee- ing in all directions deserting their camp baggage Horse &c. A complete and an easy Victory was Achieved Killing One Indian dead on the field Captureing Seven horses five Saddles Sixteen Mexican Blankets five Mexican hats numbers of bridles two
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