We arrived in time to cut two men loose…
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We arrived in time to cut two men loose
from their burning wagons, which had been
seized by the savages, sacked and plundered
and eleven persons killed outright. These two
made such a stern resistance that the savages
thought they would burn them with the wagons,
of v/hich there were seven, containing ordinance
and commissary stores en route to Fort Stockton.
They had camped early in the evening for the
night, which gave the Indians plenty of tim.e
to capture the herd, consisting of about 80
horses and mules, and it was the herd of the
unfortunate train we had first noticed. They
had started in a northeasterly course and we
were then some four or five miles from the
burning wagons and men tied to them. Sus-
picion being aroused we concluded something
was wrong, and the adjutant was sent forward
to ascertatin the cause of the peculiar move-
ment of the herd. He found it was Indians and
so reported. Then there was no time to spare.
We ourselves had a number of women and
children along and a large wagon train, and to
divide and split up the command was the only
thing left to be done.