The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 6, July 1902 - April, 1903 Page: 327
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Reminiscences of Early Texans.
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autumn of the succeeding year (1826) and encamped. Ingram and
Andrew Rabb had a farm in the bottom. One day, while they were
absent, the Tonkewas went to their camp and, apparently with a
design to provoke, cut their gun-rods in pieces. About the same
time some of them went to the house of one [of] the neighbors (Mr.
Dyer) who was absent and by rude deportment and menacing
gestures so frightened Mrs. Dyer that she fled from her home.
Immediately after these events Andrew Rabb and Ingram sent a
request to the neighbors to convene the ensuing day for the purpose
of seeking and chastising the Indians. At the appointed time and
place nineteen men assembled and in the evening set out in quest
of the Tonkewas whose trail was soon found but before it was fol-
lowed far, night came on. The settlers camped and next morning
followed the trail again. About noon the horses of the Tonkewas
were found grazing in the open bottom. After passing the horses
a short distance, the company met two Tonkewas, whom they
arrested and required to guide them to the camp of the tribe-tell-
ing them that they wished to see and hold a "talk" with their
captain or chief.
When the company got near the camp of the Indians the two
prisoners attempted to escape by running. One of them was shot
down before he had proceeded twenty paces. Several of the party
then fired on the Indians at the camp. Altogether six guns were
fired, killing four Indians and wounding three.
The Indians evacuated their camp and ran into a thicket a short
distance therefrom. The company rushed into the camp where
they found several guns, which they broke by striking them against
trees. They then retired a few hundred yards and formed in the
open bottom, where, as they expected the Tonkewas would pursue
and attack them, they awaited them about an hour-at the expira-
tion of which time they set out for home. But before leaving their
position they heard at, or near, the locality of the Tonkewa camp,
the reports of three guns-one of which was very loud-succeeded
by a loud whoop-which was regarded at the time as a mere expres-
sion of defiance, nor was its tragical import suspected until the com-
pany had travelled four or five miles, when it was discovered that
one of the party-a young man of the name of McMillan, was miss-
ing. None could tell when or where he had left the company. None,
however, recollected having seen him after their departure from
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