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flai, V. Lrvin, W.
Hood ',aunty
Distrcit /i 8
NO. words 970
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CONSULTANT: N. D. Self, Lipan, Texas
(This report is supplementary to one eubmitted several weeks ago
based on information furnished by Li'. N. B. Self, Lipan, Texas;
native of Hood (;ounty. The name given by hr. Self which appear
in this report are the names of t7e, people who were in the In.s
dian raids told of in the first report.)
The initials of tr. Self's father were D. S.
Self's uncle, Jackson Holt, with two other white men, Uilliam
and John Clark, trailed and routed the Indians who had stolen a horse
belonging to ht. Self's father as well as horses belonging to other set..
tiers. The first fight was at •,,lm Crossing on the Drams river.
%me of the settlers who tookAmxt in the fight with seven Indians
on Robertson Creak in which all the Indians were killed were: Lt,. Self's
father, and his uncle S. L. Self and Jackson Holt; other 'settlers were
John and .m. /arm:welt. A. Z. and Florence carpenter, n. Johns, T. W.
Powell, and are, who was killed. John Litchell, f,:ndy Harris, T.
leldon, Jacob Harris, Aley Clark of Thorp ,,pring and father of T.,5a. and
John LirmAcmra also Lndian fighters. ,hen it was nececsary for these
77 -en to band together and rid* after Indians, horseflesh was not considered.
ihen one horse gave out, they r„);ot another one. They rode in a lope nearly
all te time and carried their pistols alnost all the time. They
pected to have to fight the Ixdisns most any tine. The seven Indians
killed were Comanches.
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"I enn't see," sald 41r. Self, that inducement there van for the
enrly nettlarc to cane here All risked their lives. I was so young
then it did not bother re much, but I oan't see how it was that the In
diens let mo get by. I have stood in the door of our cabin and heard
the Indians hollering so they could get together; (;omanche Peak was the
lookout place for thee.
Vather and myaelf and my little brother, four years younger than
stayed by ourselves many a night when father would be often the eat*,
tie range. lived in a little log house about sixteen feet square, with
one door end ne windows; there were mall holes, one on each side. I
have neon mother stand up at theca holes nearly all night watching and
expecting Indians.
e had a watchdog, and the way the dog was harking
would be the aide mother would watch on. She was well armed with tut)
pistols ad a Sharp's rifle, and ehe was a good abot. .e had a fire,.
place in the house. uhemme were expecting an attack by the Indians
we would cover the fire and blow out the lamp, and use little tallow
candles for light.
"This country vac rull of all hinds of wild mninplg, It vas
har0 for us to tell the differnce between a panther hollering and the
Indians. e were always f-lad.rhen we could hear panthers plain enough
to tell it ran not Imilann.
"Vie never opened tLe door until it was daylight enough for us to
see all around the place, and nee tat them were not an, Indians about.
Lather ron a brave woman, he seemed not to be afraid in the daylight.
'Vane would start her spinning: when she got her -work done et a
morning. I would have ride a good•eized man if mother had not warted
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Wra. V. .!,rvin, I.
Hood County
District 8
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no so hard those daya, !e) node out awn clothes. M wove two pieces of
cloth a year, one to make our heavy clothes from, and the other to make
shirts, sheets and underwear. I cr,In remeber the first suit of store
bought clothes that I ever had. I VW nearly grown, and I sure stepped
high.
"One of my cousins by the name of Nathan Holt was killed by the
Indians in 1868. De and his brother, Jackson Belt, went about a mile
end a half from their home one 6unday evening to get twe milk eon. The
brothers lived about a mile apart. i'hey found a cow each end started to
drive them home. The cow Nathan was driving had a very young call, and
Nathan got off his horse and walked to drive the calf. The cow lecke=
found had a larf:e calf which traveled faster than the small calf, and
Jackson driving the cow end calf went over a ridge out of sight of his
brother. It was not known by Jackson until eight days. later when he went
to his brother's home that Nathan had not returned. A search was made,
and Nathan's body was found about two-hwAred yards from where Sacks=
had left him. His horse 11190 gone. `Igns Showed that Indians bad been
near the brothers when they found the cows and had killed Nathan. B.
was scalped, and it looked like he had been knocked down, and died later.