Read Recollections of Early Texas Online
Authors: John Holmes Jenkins
Texan Santa Fe Expedition (1841): Mier Expedition results from,
107
; Morgan on,
119ff.
Texas Declaration of Independence: read by Sam Houston,
37n.
Texas Rangers: Tumlinson organizes company of,
31
; rescue Mrs. Hibbans,
32
â
33
; blunder at Council House Fight,
82
â
84
; led by Jack Hays,
144ff.
; Frontier Battalion,
168
â
170
; fight Comanches,
225
â
226
Texas Revolution: Jenkins in,
35
â
44
; Goliad Massacre,
153
â
155
Thompson, Candace: marries David Halderman,
251
Thompson, Jesse: furnishes food to rangers,
194
Thompson, Judge: killed by Comanches,
83n.
Tinney Creek: buffalo hunt on,
207
Tonkawa Indians: assist Burleson at Plum Creek,
61
â
68
; cannibalistic traits of,
77
â
78
; assist white men,
84
â
85
; description of,
161
â
162
; recapture Manlove's horse,
258
â
259
Toulon Singo, Mexico: Texans pass through,
148
Travis, William B.: dies in Alamo,
37n.
Travis County, Texas: Burleson settles in,
241
; Dutys live in,
244
; Harrell chief justice of,
252
; Manors settle in,
261
; Swisher county clerk of,
267
Trinity River: flooded during Runaway Scrape,
44
; Santa Fe men cross fork of,
121
Tumlinson, John: raises company of rangers,
31
; rescues Mrs. Hibbans,
32
â
33
; details men to help Hornsbys,
45n.
; leads force against Comanches,
61
â
62
; Rohrer saves life of,
264
Tumlinson brothers: one killed by Indians,
5
; biographical sketch,
268
Turkey Creek: Indian signs found on,
187
Turner, Mima Eggleston: marries Walker Wilson,
271
Turner, Winslow: in Brushy Creek fight,
58n.
Twohig, John: in Vasquez's invasion,
220
â
221
Tyler County, Texas: Indian fights in,
16
Urrea, Jose: leads Mexican army,
153
Uvalde, Texas: Indian signs found near,
187
; Perry and Achlin wounded near,
196n.
Vanham, young travelers stop at house of:
217
Vasquez, Raphael: invades Texas,
95
; captures Dunn,
196n.
; captures San Antonio,
219
â
221
Vaughn, Richard: horse killed in Indian fight,
54
; biographical sketch,
268
Vera Cruz, Mexico: officers sent to,
117
; Santa Fe prisoners march through,
130
; Morgan passes through,
138
; Hays's rangers stop in,
146
Victoria, Mexico: Mier prisoners march through,
135
Victoria, Texas: raided by Comanches,
60
â
61
Waco, Texas: Indian village on site of,
121
Waco Indians: attacked by pioneers,
23
; attack Wilbarger and party,
26
â
29
; raid Ebbins neighborhood,
53
; steal Manlove's horse,
85
â
86
; killed by rangers,
151
â
152
; attack pioneers,
217
â
218
; Sims leads raid against,
266
Waelder, Texas: Cunningham lives in,
244
Walker, Samuel: in Woll's invasion,
101
; in Indian fight,
145
â
146
; Comanches fight with,
226n.
Walker County, Texas: Gillespie marries in,
249
Wallace (in raid led by Coleman): killed by Indians,
23
Wallace, William S.: leads surveying expedition,
90
; encounters Comanches,
227
â
229
; biographical sketch,
268
Waller's Creek: Indian fight near,
166
â
167
; horses stolen near,
174
Walnut Creek: Fort Colorado established near,
50
Walnut Springs, Texas: Campbell lays out,
241
Walters, John B.: killed in Brushy Creek fight,
59
; biographical sketch,
268
â
269
War between the States: Jenkins experiences in,
232
â
233
Washington County, Texas: Runaway Scrape in,
41
; Bird lives in,
179
; Connell dies in,
242
; Furnash moves to,
248
; Halderman receives land in,
250
Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas: families left in,
41
Waterloo, Texas: changed to Austin,
168
Watson, Martin: killed by Indians,
80
â
82
Watts, H. D.: killed by Comanches,
61n.
Watts, Mrs. H. D.: captured by Comanches,
61
â
68
Weaver (from Bastrop): killed by Indians,
55
Webberville, Texas: Indian fight near,
57n.
; Grumbles lives near,
202n.
; Duty settles near,
244
; Osborn taken to,
262
Webster, James: killed by Indians,
80
â
82
Webster, Mrs. James: captured by Indians,
80
â
84
Webster, Martha: killed by Indians,
80
â
82
Weeks, Joseph: in Wren fight,
51
; estate auctioned,
266
Wells, Martin: first to settle in Bastrop,
12
; horses of, stolen,
19
â
20
; child buried in Bastrop,
219
; biographical sketch,
269
Wells, Waymon: meets Warren Lyons,
229
â
230
Wells's Pyramid: named for Martin Wells,
269
West Point, Texas: Woods's home near,
6n.
Wharton County, Texas: Sims receives land in,
266
Whipple, Mrs. (from Austin): sees Indian fight,
167n.
White (from Austin): killed by Indians,
163
White, Gideon: finds Indian signs,
56
; biographical sketch,
269
â
270
White, Hamilton: on buffalo hunt,
205
â
206
; biographical sketch,
270
Whiting, Private: killed by Comanches,
83n.
Wichita River: Santa Fe men camp near,
121
Wilbarger, Harvey: reburies brother,
270
Wilbarger, J. W.: tells of brother's Indian encounters,
29n.
; speaks of Jack Hays,
145
Wilbarger, John L.: killed by Indians,
33
; biographical sketch,
270
Wilbarger, Josiah: scalped by Indians,
26
â
29
; gun found by Tumlinson,
254
Wilbarger Bend: Walters settles near,
269
Wilbarger Creek: Indian signs found on,
56
; encounters near,
70
; Indians camp near,
85
Williams, John: in Hornsby fight,
45
â
46
Williamson, Robert M.: joins Coleman at Parker's Fort,
23n.
; commands company in Texas Revolution,
42
â
43
; biographical sketch,
270
Williamson County, Texas: Brushy Creek battle fought in,
59n.
; Leffingwell living in,
91n.
; Childress settles in,
241
; Ingrum receives land in,
255
; Sims moves to,
266
; Smith settles in,
267
Wilson, John C.: in Dawson Massacre,
99n.
Wilson, Walker: serves in Texas Revolution,
41
; family in Runaway Scrape,
43n.
; wife scared by Indians,
86
â
87
; biographical sketch,
271
Wilson, Mrs. Walker: in Runaway Scrape,
44
; scared by Indians,
86
â
87
Wolfenbarger, Samuel: member of Mina Committee of Safety and Correspondence,
258
Woll, Adrian: invades Texas,
96
â
101
; captures San Antonio,
130
,
221n.
Woods, Betsy: serves as interpreter,
8
â
9
Woods, Henry Gonzalvo: in Second Runaway Scrape,
47n.
; in Dawson Massacre,
98
â
99
Woods, Monte: warns settlers about Caddoes,
10
â
11
; in Second Runaway Scrape,
47
â
48
; biographical sketch,
271
â
272
Woods, Norman B.: in Second Runaway Scrape,
47n.
; wounded in Battle of Salado,
99
Woods, Zadock: residence used as fort,
6n.
; in Second Runaway Scrape,
47
; killed in Dawson Massacre,
99
Woods' Prairie: scene of Indian battle,
6
; Caddoes steal corn from,
18
Wren, Nicholas: leads fight against Indians,
50
â
51
Yegua Creek: Indian fight near,
53
â
54
; skirmish near,
68
â
69
; Hill's company fights Indians near,
194
Yellow Prairie: Hill's company marches through,
194
York, John: Swisher serves under,
267
Young, Mike: wounded by Indians,
70
; biographical sketch,
272
Young, Perry: chased by Indians,
272
Zumwalt, Adam: leads men in pursuit of Indians,
61n.