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A BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA BULLISH
present throughout the march and attack, and Mackenzie
praised the charge of Bullis and his men. It was the first of
four engagements which earned Bullis a citation for gal-
lantry.
April 25, 1875; Pecos River, Texas. Bullis and his Semi-
nole scouts fought a band of hostiles at the Eagle's Nest
Crossing of the Pecos River. During the skirmish Bullis
was dismounted, but three of his scouts rode through a hail
of fire to stand off the Comanches and ride their com-
mander to safety. Three braves were killed and one was
wounded. The three scouts who saved Bullis were awarded
the Medal of Honor.
October 17, 1875; West Texas. During a sweep of the
Staked Plains by Lieutenant Colonel William R. Shafter,
Bullis and his scouts located a hastily abandoned Indian
camp. Bullis captured twenty-five ponies and destroyed
two tons of buffalo meat and large quantities of other
supplies and equipment.
July 30, 1876; near Saragossa, Mexico. Shafter had led a
column into Mexico in search of a large camp of hostiles
near Saragossa. After five days he became concerned that
a Mexican force might cut off his route back to the United
States. Bullis and his Seminole scouts, accompanied by
Lieutenant George Evans and twenty hand-picked caval-
rymen, were detailed to find the village, while the main
force remained encamped. Bullis and Evans eagerly cov-
ered 110 miles in twenty-five hours and found the village
five miles from Saragossa.
They struck the camp at dawn, firing a volley as they
charged. Warriors swarmed out of their lodges, and a
vicious hand-to-hand fight swirled among the two dozen
lodges. Within a quarter of an hour fourteen braves had
been killed, along with four women, and the surviving
Indians fled. Bullis destroyed the village, rounded up
ninety ponies, patched up his three casualties, and headed
north. He reached Shafter's camp with Mexican regulars
close behind, and the column marched back across the Rio
Grande. The following January Bullis returned to Mexico
with his scouts and ninety buffalo soldiers and destroyed a
recently abandoned hostile village.
1876; White Sand Mountain, Texas. Following a report of
a large band of Mescaleros in the area, Bullis set out from
Fort Davis with a pursuit patrol. After four days the
Mescaleros were discovered in a camp for the night. Bullis
secured his pack animals in a canyon, then proceeded after
midnight to approach the sleeping Indians. At dawn Bullisled a charge into the camp. Several Mescaleros were shot
down, some escaped, and a few captives were seized, along
with a number of ponies and considerable camp equip-
ment. On the way back one of the prisoners, a pretty
teenaged girl, was killed while trying to unholster a trooper's
revolver.
April 1, 1877; Rio Grande, Texas. Bullis and his Seminole
scouts clashed inconclusively with hostiles on the Rio
Grande near Devil's River.
September 26, 1877; San Diego Creek, Mexico. Bullis left
Fort Duncan for Mexico on September 18 with his Semi-
nole scouts and a battalion of Tenth Cavalrymen under
Captain T.C. Lebo. A Lipan village was found near the
headwaters of San Diego Creek. Bullis and Lebo charged
immediately, capturing five prisoners before the other
Indians scattered. The village was burned, and Bullis
turned back toward the border.
November 1, 1877; Santa Rosa Mountains, Texas. Within
a fortnight Bullis and his scouts again were probing across
the Rio Grande. Soon they encountered a trail, which they
followed to the mouth of a canyon near the Santa Rosa
Mountains. A band of warriors emerged driving a herd of
horses. Bullis moved in and opened fire, but the more
numerous hostiles quickly forced him to retire.
November 29, 1877; Sierra Carmel Ranch, Mexico. Bullis
rode straight to Fort Clark, and on November 10 Captain
S.B.M. Young headed after the trail with a column which
included the Seminole scouts and their lieutenant. The
command braved frigid temperatures and the rugged ter-
rain of Texas' forbidding Big Bend country. At last the war
party was found just across the border on the Sierra Carmel
Ranch. The Indians made a stand, but the soldiers broke
their ranks with a powerful attack. The braves fled with
cavalrymen in pursuit, although the broken countryside
provided sanctuary for the Indians.
Late 1877; Big Bend country, Texas. During a two-month
patrol at the end of 1877, Bullis and his scouts were jumped
by a band of Mescalero Apaches. The badly outnumbered
scouts were pinned down on a narrow ledge in a large
canyon in Big Bend, but Bullis somehow managed to
extricate his men without a loss.
Late 1877; southwest Texas. Reinforced by a cavalry unit,
Bullis and his scouts picked up the trail of the Mescaleros.
After several days the hostile camp was located. The scouts59
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O'Neal, Bill. Fighting Men of the Indian Wars: A Biographical Encyclopedia of the Mountain Men, Soldiers, Cowboys, and Pioneers Who Took Up Arms During America's Westward Expansion, book, 1991; Stillwater, Oklahoma. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth151417/m1/79/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Panola College.