Indian wars and pioneers of Texas (1890) (14577915677)

Identifier: indianwarspionee00brow (find matches)
Title: Indian wars and pioneers of Texas
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Brown, John Henry, 1820-1895
Subjects: Indians of North America Frontier and pioneer life Indians of North America
Publisher: Austin : L.E. Daniel)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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dispirited, seemingto regard their fate as sealed; but his heroic wife,thinking not of herself, but of her children, roseequal to the occasion, declaring that they wouldwhip the enemy aud all be saved. From a tableshe was enabled to reach the boards forming theroof. Throwing down the weight poles, therebeing no uails in the boards, she threw downenough boards in advance of the fire to create anempty space. There was a large quantity of milkin the house and a small barrel of home-madevinegar. These fluids were passed up to her byher daughters, and with them she extinguishedthe fire. In doing so her head aud chest formeda target for the enemy; but while several arrowsand balls rent her clothing, she was iu nowisewounded. While these matters were transpiring, Mr. Taylorand the elder son each wounded a savage in the
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QUANAH PAUKKR. INDIAN WARS AND PIONEERS OF TEXAS. 39 yard. Having accomplished iier hazardous mission,Mrs. Taylor resumed the floor, and soon discoveredan Indian in the outer chimney corner, endeavoringto start a fire and peering through a considerablehole burnt through the dirt and wooden jam.Seizing a wooden shovel, she threw into his faceand bosom a shovelful of live coals and embers,causing him to retreat, uttering the most agonizingscreams, to which she responded Take that, youyellow scoundrel! It was said afterwards thather warm and hasty application destroyed his eye-sight. After these disasters the enemy held a brief con-sultation and realized the fact that of their groupof eleven, two were dead and partially barbecued,two were severely wounded, and one was at leasttemporarily blind under the heroic oculisticaltreatment of Mrs Taylor. What was said by them,one to another, is not known; but the)- retired without further obtrusion upon the peace anddignity of that outpost in the