History of Montague County Page: 83
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IISTORY OF MONTAGUE COUNTY. 83
they were in great danger of being surrounded by
the Indians in the fast gathering darkness. Mr.
Box recovered his stolen horses in about one month.
It happened in this way: The Indians were in dead-
ly terror of the infantry. They called them "Walk
a Heap." This band of Indians who had stolen the
Box horses ran into a company of soldiers. The
soldiers were scouting for Indians when they were
surprised by this band. The Indians fled, leaving
some of the horses, but next day, fearing the long
range guns of the soldiers, they abandoned the
entire herd and went on foot through the moun-
tains, hoping in this way to avoid the soldiers. The
soldiers went through the town of Montague with
the captured horses. Mr. Wayburn, the first sheriff
of Montague County, Colonel Maynes and Uncle
Johnnie Morris recognized the brands on the Box
horses and went to Captain Erwin and told him to
whom the horses belonged. The captain said: "If
the parties owning the horses will be in Montague
County on a certain Saturday they can have the
horses." When Saturday came Joe Box went to
Montague to claim his horses. When he arrived
there he found the captain gone, and learned that he
had refused, at the last, to give up the horses, say-
ing he was going to sell them. The injustice of such
an action made Joe very indignant, and he told the
sheriff if his brothers came there looking for him to
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Potter, Mrs. W. R. History of Montague County, book, 1913; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91044/m1/95/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .