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Pi~neer Histfry of Bainder" Cot 11/ty S8
ways seemed delighted to have me come and stay
with him. Like all frontiersmen, Mr. Smith was a
fine old gentleman, and I treasured his friendship
most highly. There were no houses between Laxson's
Creek and Mr. Smith's place, and only shingle camps
beyond where he lived. The Indians came in almost
every full moon, and when I left home I had no assuranc
that I would get back alive, but I was fortunate
in never meeting the Indians face to face. although I
have been very near them a number of times.
t recall one instance during the time I was driving
the ox team to D'Hanis that I will mention here. A
band of Indians passed my wagon one night driving
a bunch of horses. It was a bright moonlight night
and I could plainly see them as they passed. The
next morning seven or eight men came to my camp
and asked me if I heard any horses passing the night
before, and. I put.tbem on the trail. The Indians
had stolen the horses near Qiiihi, and were in a hurry
to get them out of he.-covntry. They probably saw
my camn but as they wanted -horses and not oxen,
they didiot molest mre.
I have seen a number of men that were killed by
Indians.. A Mr. Hardin with his family lived where
Matt'Adamietz now lives across the river from Ben
Batto. His son, a boy about 16 years old, went bee
hunting over on the divide between Indian Creek and
the Middle Verde. He burned some beeswax in order
to attract the bees, and thus locate their cave or tree.
When night came he did not return home, and his
parents, becoming uneasy, sent a man to town to get
help to make a search for him. About ten of us start-
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Hunter, J. Marvin. Pioneer history of Bandera County : seventy-five years of intrepid history, book, 1922; Bandera, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27720/m1/85/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.