PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAP.ARTE LAMAR 219 time the population of sd county had extended to the Trinity and to the cross-timbers, amounting in all to some 6 or 700 hundred but at the place now known as Warren, and about the 15th of May 1837 there were about 17 men commanded by Daniel Montugue made an attack on a party of Indians at or near that place consisting of Shawneei,, Kikapoos, Cherokees, and Dellawars of whom they killed several on the spot, and among the slain was Billy Amos a cosin to Jim Logan, the whole neighbourhood was collected together. The slain burned and a promis of peace given on both sides, but the indians from that time became douotful and in November following 30 horses were stolen from the &ame place on the same night. and from that time until the summer of 43. hostilities were kept up on both sides, and many daring acts performed; by the settlers and their assailants equal to any on record, in one in~tance an old man by the name of Kitchens was at- tacked by a party of indians amon whom was a negro, Kitchens and his son had taken shelter in the cabin, (after the first fire in which one of his sons was killed and the other wounded) the indians kept up· the fire, and and [ sic l rushed on the house but the leader of tho party and one other of the assailants being that in a few minits fell in the yard, and the negro retreated to the distance of about 30 yards and got behind a small tree for protection but the old man from one corner of the house and his wounded son from the other kept up a fire on him until after holding to the tree a while he fell dead at its root having received several shot which pai,sed through his body and this transaction took place about the middle of the day At another time shortly after dark and while there was a good light in the house of Daniel Dugan there was a furious attack made on the house, and one man killed and another badly wounded. the indians then rushed to the stables for horses, but as it happened some of the boys had been stationd in the stable to protect the horses, and as tlie indians advanced within a few steps they fired on them and one indian fell at the stable, and another was only able to get about 75 or a hun- dred yards and fell dead and (it is strang) on the next day when r was there in attendance on the wounded man, the hogs were devour- ing the dead bodies of the indians in open view of the whole family who seemed to forµ:et their own loss in the gratification thus derived, but the people on ·the whole line of frontier was so hardened by re- peated murders that nothing shocked them, at one time I saw 2 little boys the sons of John R McIntire of the age of 10, and 12 years who had been murderd in sight of each other and within a half mile of their fathers camp, and a sister and 2 brothers, all younger than tlie 2 murderd remain at the camp alone until the neiirhbourhood WM ~alled together the boys found, and desposed of and the indians traild off; night after niµ:ht diil the 3 little fellows remain by themselves pro- tected bv a half faced camp and heaven. during five years they maile the whole line of frontier dared their visitations on varioui, accounts they often in the course of one nig-ht would deprive a whole neighbour- hood of every horse that was runing at large in, shootinµ: with arrows such as they were not able to halter they often killed cattle, and hogs - they often made attacks on the people in their fielil,: 11t work, on one occasion Capt Yeary was at the plow, and his whole :force with him except one negro woman who had been left at the house with
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