Frontier Times Magazine
Vol
3 No. 12 - September 1926
Kit Ackland; Col Badger; Sheriff P. C. Baird; Gen Banks; Buck Barry; Bass; John E. Baylor; Capt John R. ; Gen Bazaine; Dr J. D. Beck; James H. Bell; Col Benteen; Capt Boylan; Lt Bradley; Jack Brickhouse; Brickhouse; Brininstool; Theophilus Brown; Caldwell; Col Calhoun; James Col Canby; N. E. Carter; Henry Castro; Coburn; Rich Coffey; Richard Coffey; Henry Coffield; Ludovic Colguhon; Lawson W. Collins; Col W. W. Cook; John Coombs; Jim Cooper; Tom Cooper; Bethel Coopwood; Capt J. W. Cottrell; Lt Critenden; Boston Custer; Gen G. A. Custer; Dennis; Jim DeSpain; DeSpain; Dr DeWolf; Jim Doghtry; Clemente Dunn; James Dunn; ; Capt James Dunn; John Eikel; Vida Ericson; Gen Escobedo; Mary E. Forsyth; J. M. Franks; Capt Will Frels; Capt French; Paul Frick; August Friedrich; Dan Gallagher; Justice Garner; Carlos de la Garza; Caterino; Gillett; Capt Gilly; Col Lewis Ginger; Fred Girard; Benito Gomez; Frank Grimes; Andrew J. Hamilton; John Hancock; Hardin; ; Lt Harringhon; Lt Harrington; Elizabeth Hart; Rosalie Hart; Capt Hays; Capt Jack Hays; James Heweston; Lt Hodgson; Hodgson; Hodgson; W. C. Holden; Houston; Jacob Howarth; John R. Hutto; John James; Vinton L. ; Bill Johnson; Pres Johnson; Adele Kaufman; Joseph Kaufman; Mark Kellogg; Col Miles Keogh; Paul Keogh; Capt Aaron B. King; Rev J. Land; William Land; Mrs William Land; Jean Lefebre; Longley; Maj Lyon; Billie Jr Magill; Charles Malecheck; Chas Malecheck; James Mason; Samuel Maverick; Emperor Maximillian; Mazzanovich; Capt McRae; Ben McCulloch; Henry McCulloch; McDonnell; George McEntire; James McGloin; Capt McIntosh; Lt McIntosh; John McMullen; Gen Mejia; ; S. W. Merchant; Milam; Roy Miller; Ignacio Morales; Nestor Moxan; Capt Frank Mullins; Angel Senor Navarro; Tom Neill; Agnes (Aggie) O'Brien; John O'Brien; Morgan O'Brien; E. M. Pease; Dr Phillips; Lt Porter; Col Power; James Power; James Sr Power; Stephen Judge Powers; Rosalie B. Priour; Col Reno; Charles Reynolds; Charley Reynolds; Gen Reynolds; Lt Riley; C. C. Rister; N. H. Rose; Russell Rose; Col George W. Saunders; Rome Shield; Capt A. E. Smith; Capt Smith; Col Smith; D. B. Smith; Deaf Smith; W. D. Smithers; Jasper Spain; Rev Springer; Wm St. John; Col Steel; Col Steele; W. A. Stephenson; G. W. Strickland; Rev J. M. Strickland; Mary Elizabeth Strickland; Rev W. A. Strickland; Lt Sturgis; Bob Taylor; John Tedford; Gen Terry; Bill Thompson; Billy Thompson; J. W. Gov Throckmorton; Col Tom Throckmorton; John Twohig; J. C. Wagoner; Wallace; ; W. M. Walton; Adam Wangemann; Capt Ward; John Watson; Col Weir; Niel Wilson; Gen Adrian Woll; Prof Wood; Capt Work; Will Wright; Col Yates; Geo Col Yates;
Contents
of this volume:
The Irish Progenitors Of
Texas
Roy Miller.
Within the narrow confines of San
Patricio and
Refugio
Counties,
which border the coast immediately
north of the city of
Corpus Christi,
very early pioneer events occurred
that pre-dated the settlement of
the remainder of the State and the
frontier.
These events tell a story
of patriotism, perseverance and
fortitude that finds no parallel
in the annals of any nation--things
that almost stagger credulity.
The Irish settlers,
James McGloin, John McMullen, James
Power and James Heweston,
Mrs Rosalie B Priour and others
were at the heart of these events.
This very lengthy and detailed
story provides MOST EXCELLENT EARLY
HISTORY OF THESE AREAS AND THE IRISH
SETTLERS INVOLVED.
Further mentions:
Saltillo
* the Mission of Refugio * the McGloin
and McMullen colony * McGloin's
Bluff, now known as Ingleside, on
Corpus Christi
Bay
* San Patricio de Hibernia (Saint
Patrick of
Ireland)
* the parish of Ballagarret *
County Wexford,
Ireland
* Mr. James Power, Sr * Mrs. O'Brien
* Mrs. O'Brien had three or four
boys and three girls. The only names
of-he- children that I can now remember
are those of her sons, Morgan O'Brien
and John O'Brien, and her daughters,
.Agues or Aggie, and Mrs. Bowers
*
Copano,
Texas * Mrs. Peterson * Mr. Wm.
St. John * Mr. Redinan * the O'Dochartys
* the Bay of Biscay *
Cork,
Ireland * Elizabeth Hart *
Aransas
Pass * the Wild Cat * Col. Power
* Mr. Paul Keogh *
St. Joseph's
Island * Mr. Hart * a Mr. Quirk
* the Gulf Coast Line * Captain
Ward * Capt. Aaron B. King * Capt.
Aaron B. King * Melon creek * Carlos
de la Garza * Capt. King and his
men * The McGloins, the Powers,
the O'Briens, the O'Connors, the
Welders, the Gaffneys, the Foxes,
the Shellys, the Dorseys, the Lamherts,
the Heards, and scores of other
names as familiar half a century
ago, are leading citizens of both
counties *
Fighting With Sibley in
New Mexico
John Warren Hunter.
S. W. Merchant was born in
Texas
and was raised in Titus county,
near
Mount Pleasant.
When the war broke out between
the states, Mr. Merchant, then in
the vigor of a joyous young manhood,
was in El Paso Del Norte, and when
the Federal troops were withdrawn
from the frontier posts of Texas,
early in 1861, he and a few others
were employed to take charge of
Fort Bliss, near El Paso, and to
look after the post and the property
belonging thereto. In February,
1861, Bethel Coopwood, the two Holden
boys and a man by the name of Winn
and S. W. Merchant set about and
organized a body of troops known
. as the Arizona Spy Company, with
Bethel Coopwood as captain. This
company was made up of 64 men, who,
like Mr. Merchant, were seasoned
to border life, and were ripe for
any adventure, however daring or
desperate. They were all Texans
and many of them bore the scars
of many fierce conflicts with Indians
and border ruffians.
From the date of the organization
of the
Arizona
Spy Company until the disastrous
termination of the Sibley invasion
of
New Mexico
in May, 1862, these Rough Riders
of. the border were almost constantly
in the saddle.
This is their story.
Further mentions:
In the organization of the
forces to unite the Sibley expedition,
Captain Coopwood's company was attached
to Col. John R. Taylor's command,
and their first smell of Yankee
gun powder was at
Mesilla,
New Mexico,
August 3, 1861
* John E. Baylor * The battle of
Valverdle * Colonel Canby * Col.
Steele * Captain McRae *
Fort
Craig * Socorro * Davis, Tanner,
Rapp, Jim DeSpain * the little town
of Alamosa * Mescalero Apaches *
Tanner a good swimmer * Fort Filmore
*
Rich Coffey, Early Day Ranchman
Col. Lewis Ginger
Excellent account not only of the
pioneer ranchman, but of an experience
that took place when the author
(a good friend of Mr. Coffey’s)
and Coffey went fishing for Channel
cats on the Colorado and ended up
the target of Comanche warrioirs.
Further mentions:
the Lew Ginger Pioneer Minstrels
at
Fort
Concho,
in
Western Texas
* the Coffey Ranch, at the mouth
of the Concho, where it entered
the Rio Colorado * Bob Taylor *
Life And Adventures Of Ben Thompson
W. H. Walton, of
Austin.
(Continued from last month.)
Notorious gunman, gambler, mercenary
to
Emperor Maximilian,
Marshal of Austin, and longtime
friend of Bat Masterson (whose life
he saved), this is the account of
Ben Thompson.
Blood flowed wherever Ben
Thompson was present – he just seemed
always to invite trouble.
This is an excellent multi-part
story of his life written with much
detail and historical accuracy.
If you need the other installments
of this great story, they are available
from us – just ask.
Further mentions:
the First Louisiana Cavalry,
commanded by Colonel Badger * John
Hancock, Andrew J. Hamilton, James
H. Bell, Dr. Phillips, E. M. Pease
* Benito Gomez and Jasper
Spain
* General Mejia * Maximillian *
Captain Gilly * Sergeant, Gomez
and Jack Brickhouse * Captain Frank
Mullins * General Escobedo * Sergeant
Gomez * a fight near Camargo * Mr.
Twohig, banker, at
San Antonio
* Miramon * forces of
Juarez
* Ignacio Morales * Queretaro *
Nestor Moxan at Brownsville * Judge
Stephen Powers * General Bazaine
* Vera Cruz, Bazaine * Sister Josefa
* J. W. Throckmorton * the killing
of John Coombs *
Cedar
Mountains * the Houston and Texas
Central Railway * Bryan * a man
by the name of King * the ."Blue
Wing" saloon * John Watson * John
Eikel * Dan Gallagher * Henry Coffield
* beautiful town of
San Marcos,
situated in
Hays
County
* Watson, Johnson, Gallagher *
Bill Johnson * Lawson W. Collins
* Burke * Tom Neill *
Burleson
County
* the Yegua * McGuire * Theophilus
Brown * General Reynolds *
Finds Sister After Sixty Years
Account of Rev. J. M. Strickland
of
Alvin,
Texas
who is a staunch old pioneer of
Comanche
County.
He settled on the Scott
farm, on Coperas Creek about eight
miles from De
Leon,
although there was no De Leon for
some years after he came. Comanche
was a mere village in 1875, when
he landed there.
He tells the very sad story
of the desperate plight of his youth
and family who were ravaged and
scattered during the dark period
of the post-Civil war days.
He lost track of his siblings,
most of whom died in the interval,
but amazingly met up with his sister
60 years after they had been brutally
separated.
Further mentions:
There was a store at Hazeldell
and a couple at Sipe Springs in
1875 * the only churches in the
County were at Van Dyke and
South Leon
* he saw the redskins killing a
man named Leslie, between De Leon
and Comanche * Mrs. Mary E. Forsyth
*
Cane Hill,
Ark.,
*
uncle, William Land * J. M. Strickland
* Mrs. William Land in
Scott
County * northern preacher named
Springer * Mary Elizabeth Strickland
* the
Baptist
Church
at Balko, Ok now of
Alvin,
Texas *
Fort
Bayard * G. W. Strickland of
Gravitt,
Ark.,
*
Eagle Ford * Deckman's postoffice
* Capt. Work of Dallas * Jacob Howarth
* C. C Rister * W. C. Holden * John
R. Hutto * Frank Grimes * W. A.
Stephenson *
The Daring Feat Of Three
Texas
Boys
Account occurs in Burnet county,
Texas
which had its share of Indian troubles
in the early days, one of which
is the subject of this account.
A young boy by the name of John
Tedford went out early one morning
to help his mother milk, and was
sent after the calves. She waited
quite a long time for him to return,
then decided to go up in the pasture
herself. When about ready to start
she heard the boy coming, uttering
scream after scream, and as he neared
she saw two big Indians reach down
and pick him up. They bound him
hand and foot and rode away at full
speed, giving Comanche yells that
filled the mother heart with terror.
Further mentions:
Billie Magill Jr., Jim Cooper
and Tom Cooper * Billie Magill *
Helped To Tame Bad Men
Account of Captain J. W. Cottrell,
long-time resident of
Comanche
County
who settled in what later became
known as
Cottrell
Valley.
This story details his courage
as a United States Deputy Marshal
and many of the desperate engagements
which he endured in the area.
Further mentions:
Captain J. B. Gillett of
Marfa, Rome Shield of San Angelo,
P. C. Baird of Menard * Will Wright
* Floresville *
Baldwin County,
Alabama
*
Cottrell
Cemetery
* the Cottrell residence in Comanche
* the Bancroft Ranch house in
Erath
County
*
Johnson
Peak,
in
Bosque
County
* The nearest grist mill was at
Towash, in
Hill
County * Paul Frick * the Mexican
Caterino Garza *
Duval
County *
San Diego,
the capital of
Duval
County * Garza
*
the Wall-Brookes-Roberts feud *
Bill Longley, John Wesley Hardin,
Ben Tholmpson, Sam Bass * the
Dalton
boys *
James Dunn, The Texas Ranger
Vinton L. James
James Dunn was renowned as one of
the most daring Indian fighters
of his day. His exploits with wild
Indians, and his many narrow escapes
from death would make as interesting
reading as the adventures of Big
Foot Wallace, who was his companion
in many exciting encounters with
Indians. James Dunn, while a red-headed,
freckled-faced Irish boy, was, in
the early 1830s captured on the
streets of
San Antonio
by Indians during one of their raids
in the city. The color of his hair,
and his tender age probably saved
his life, for his captors stopped
at the Alazan Creek, where
Commerce Street
now crosses it, to allow the squaw
time to wash the freckles from his
face and what they thought was red
paint from his head. He was a prisoner
among the Indians for some time,
finally escaping and returned to
San Antonio.
While he was with the savages he
became proficient in woodcraft,
Indian ways and the trapping of
wild game, which afterwards proved
as a geat assistance to him in the
stirring life he was to lead.
Further mentions:
The Council House fight in
San Antonio
* John James, the surveyor * a young
man named Jack Hays * Ben and Henry
McCulloch * Kit Ackland * Henry
Castro * Medio Creek * Potranco
Creek * the
Medina
river * Samuel Maverick *
Bandera
Pass
* the
Nueces
Canyon
* Perry and Carlin * a place called
Carricitis. near
Brownsville
* Clemente Dunn * Chas. Malecheck
* Deaf Smith and Jim Doghtry * Captain
Will Frels * Adam Wangemann *
First Account Of Custer Massacre
Published in the Bismark, (Dakota
Territory)
Tribune,
July 6, 1876.
The Tribnne's Special Correspondent Was Among the Slain
The Tribnne's Special Correspondent Was Among the Slain
Account of the terrible battle written
by the Bismark Tribune special correspondent
with Gen. Terry, who was the only
professional correspondent with
the expedition.
His
last words were: "We leave the
Rosebud tomorrow and by the time
this reaches you we will have met
and fought the red devils, with
what result remains to be seen.
I go with Custer and will be at
the death."
This is his account
of the battle from eye-witness view.
Further mentions:
Col. Reno * the Rosebud *
Col. Benteer * McIntosh, Hodgson
and Dr. DeWolf * Charley Reynolds
* Bloody Knife * Fred Girard * Col.
Smith * Captains Boylan, French
* J. C. Wagoner * Lt. Bradley *
Col. Tom and
Boston
* Cols. Geo. Yates, Miles Keogh,
James Calhoun, W. W. Cook, Capts.
McIntosh, A. E. Smith, Lieutenants
Riley, Critenden, Sturgis, Harrington,
Hodgson and Porter, Asst Surgeon
De Wolf * De Rudio *
An
Arizona
Tragedy
Vida Ericson.
Years ago an immigrant, weary
of wandering, came upon a sheltered
spot in the foothills of the Chiricahuas.
Here, beside a spring he built his
house and made a home for his wife
and, boy and girl far from the homes
of other settlers. Often his work
took him far out on the prairies
and his wife was left alone with
the children for days at a time.
Aunt Diana, as she was fondly called,
was loved by all her distant neighbors;
not even fear of the Indians could
keep the young people from riding
eight and ten miles to spend the
day with her and then back home
again in the evening.
One bright forenoon Aunt Diana
and the children were alone. She
was ironing and Mary, her daughter,
was busy with the morning chores.
Johnny was playing somewhere in
the yard. After one of her trips
into the front part of the house,
Mary came running to her mother
and said, "Oh, mamma! there's a
big ugly man coming in at the gate."
Almost at the same time a step
was heard outside the kitchen door.
Aunt Diana glanced up to see a wicked
looking Mexican standing before
the screen door …
A Foul Murder In
Mason
County
On December, 1892, there was committed
the foulest murder that was ever
perpetrated in Mason county,
Texas.
Although committed thirty-four years
ago, the event is yet fresh in the
memories of most of the people
there, who can recall vividly the
thrill of horror which pervaded
the public mind when the news was
carried from lip to lip that Adele
Kaufman. a pretty seventeen-year
old girl, had been murdered while
returning home from school. The
mystery of the murder of that beautiful
girl is as deep and profound today
as it was Thirty-four years ago,
although every effort was made by
diligent officers, backed by a
justly enraged public, to ferret
out the murderer and, bring him
to justice. If the red-handed murderer
is still living, if he still dwells
among the people of the earth, a
burning conscience must inflict
on him all the tortures of the damned.
Mentions: the Mason Herald of
December 22, 1892
* Mr. Joseph Kaufman, a well-to-do
German farmer residing six miles
north of Mason * the East Comanche
school * Mr. Niel Wilson * Prof.
Wood's school * Adele Kaufman *
Sheriff Baird and Justice Garner
* Dr. J. D. Beck *
The Hunter’s Last Stand
Account of bloody events that occurred
in the fall of 1873, to a party
of ten men who were in the
Big Spring
country hunting buffaloes. Big
Spring was a large pool of clear,
cold water, in the head of a gulch,
about two miles south of the present
town of Big Springs, and was the
only water then known in that direction
until you reached the Canadian River.
Further mentions:
George McEntire * the U ranch
*
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