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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BUOX.ll'ARTE LAMAR
was perpetual skirmishing of a slight nature without much dam- age on either side- Until October this frontier was undisturbed [Endorsed] . Information about Indian skirmishes in Robinson & Milam from 1835 to 1837- furnished by Geo. B. Ereath in the fall of 37 / 66 men undr Capt Eastland made a campain of nearly 2 months time penetrated the indian Country bettwen the brasos and Colorado further than the same numbr of men had done befor or since subsisted in intirly [sic] on the game without even salt an fell in with no indian till we divided coming home one party com- mandd by Leutnt Van drusen 18 men wich toock the route homewerd by the trinity river fell in with a large body of indians fought a whole day 10 were killed 8 escaped of which 4 where wounded a party of 24 men undr Eastland fought 200 comanches on the Ruan Bayou 2 hours lost no man another party closely chased escaped 8 men from the brazos of wich myself was one of suceeded in tacking 7 horses and mules from another party of indians on our way homward and arrived safely at home ----------------------------- Man was killed at the falls of the brazos the winter following being surprised the indians in the spring of 1838 and sommer com- mitted continal depredations stole a great many horses killed many men without scarcely any resistance no force being on the frontir and continued to do so till the spring of 1839 3 companys where organised by order of president Lamar on the 8 March in Robrtson and Milem i commanded the Milam Company those three companys in a manner checkd f sic] the proceeding1,1 of the indians and altough no thig f sic 1 very notorious took place the frontir was in some manner defended and began to gain ground (in the Jannuary a considarable action toock place bettween a party of about 60 indians and 50 White men near the falls wich terminated very disastrous to th whites) in the fall of 39 while i was out survying [sic] after our companys being discharged having 13 men with me i took 27 horses from a part of Cherokees 150 miles from the settlments and succeed in reaching home safe in 1840 in the spring sundry actions took place on our frontir mostly favorable to the whites in July i was commissoned by General Felix Houston to spy out the indian villages on the Brazos wich i attemptd with 8 men i proceedd as far up the frontir as the Cumanche peak finding the villages evacuated ~ returnd home killing one and woundig one indian on the route i have forgotten that in the fall of 1839 Call Veil with 300 men made a campain as high as the cummanchy peack killing one indian on the route and returning home in J annuary f sic l 1891 Gen Morehouse made a campain still higher up with 120 men and 100 frindly [sic] indians i commandd the Spy compeny of said Expedition 2 indians where killed during said Expe- dition by the frindly indians the hostile indians had fled befor us and evacutd r sic l the homes
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