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ADVANCING THE FRONTIER 51
the fire, Mr. Dugan grabbed his old flint-lock, ran to
the porthole and fired into the yard. The dogs came
racing from the back where they had been peacefully
gnawing bones and joined in the fight. After the
Indians left, Mr. Dugan called to the men in the next
room to know who was hurt and they replied that one
was killed and another badly wounded. In about
half an hour, shots were heard from the barn, but
those in the house could only stay where they were
and wait till morning. At last the sun rose, and the
boys came running from the barn, reporting they had
watched the Indians as they came to the barn and
when three of them were at the door trying the padlock,
they shot, killing two. There were two attacks
on the barn, but the boys were able to rout the Indians.
A rider was immediately sent to Warren and
returned with a doctor and a number of rangers, also
the family of the boy, by the name of Green, who had
been killed, who took his body back to Warren. The
body of one Indian was found some distance from the
house and it was dragged into the yard. Dr. Rowlett,
who had come from Warren, recognized the dead man
as Cochatta Bill who had worked for him, and said
Mrs. Rowlett made the shirt the Indian was wearing.
The Indian's head was severed from the body and
the skull kept on the Dugan place for many years.
In May of this same year, a large company of men,
commanded by Gen. Tarrant with Capt. James Bour-
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Lucas, Mattie Davis & Hall, Mita Holsapple. A History of Grayson County, Texas, book, 1936; Sherman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24648/m1/53/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.