The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 5, July 1901 - April, 1902 Page: 225
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The Mexican and Indian Raid of '78.
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and moved eastwards towards the Nueces River, where, as I am
informed and believe, they committed several other murders and
robberies of horses in that vicinity.
PETER STEFFIAN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, at Office, in Corpus Christi,
this 24th day of May, A. D., 1878.
JOSEPH FITZSIMMONS,
County Judge, Nueces County.
(Attest:) REUBEN I-IOLBIN,
County Clerk, Nueces County,
By PATRICK MODONOUGH, Deputy.
BY DR. HENRY SPOHN.
United States of America, State of Texas, County of Nueces.
Before me, Joseph Fitzsimmons, a Commissioner appointed by
the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Texas,
resident in the City of Corpus Christi, in said District, personally
appeared Henry Spohn, a witness of lawful age, who being first
duly sworn, deposes and says:
My name is Henry Spohn, and I reside in the town of Laredo,
Webb County, Texas, by profession a Physician, also owner of a
sheep rancho situated about forty-five miles north-east of Laredo.
On the 16th day of April last, 1878, I was engaged superintending
the sheep-shearers at my rancho. About three o'clock P. M., a man
named Felipe Villereal, living in the vicinity, came to my rancho,
asked for a man and horse to go out with his man, or "vac-
quero," to see if it was Indians or Mexican raiders who were run-
ning his horses in the vicinity. I informed him my horses were
at the other end of the rancho, about twelve miles distant. I sent
two men, employes, mounted to drive up my horses, ("cavallada.)
I also dispatched a party of six armed men, mounted, to see and
ascertain who these parties were that were reported to be gather-
ing or driving the horses. In about two hours the party returned
and reported to me that the raiders were composed of Indians and
Mexicans. A man came from an adjoining rancho and stated that
a man was lying at his house who was badly wounded by these
Indians or raiders. I proceeded forthwith, to the house and found
a man lying in his house, wounded with two pistol-balls through his
body and an arrow wound through his abdomen. I dressed his
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