An Army
Bride's Impressions Of Ft. Brown
By Colonel M. L. Crimmins.
Account of Mrs. Egbert L. Viele,
wife of General, Viele and her historical
description of life and experiences
in early Brownsville, TX and of
old Fort Brown. Includes old sketch
of Fort Brown in 1818.
Mentions: old Knickerbocker family
* Fort McIntosh at Laredo * Frederick
Law Olmsted * Hon. John D. Crimmins
* Matamoras * Mary Johnson Posey
* General Adam R. Johnson * Burnet,
Texas * Logan Van Deveer * "LIS"
VASBINDER, A MAN.
By J. A. Wright.
Brief account of Ulysses Vasbinder,
trail boss and hero of the great
days of the 1870s and 1860s cattle
business of the Southwest.
Mentions: Ben Thompson * G. T.
May, of London, Texas * Judge J.
M. Hunter, county judge; George
T. May, J. J. Ellis. Henry Wells,
J. L. Lockley, county commissioners;
Sant Huff, attorney; Ira L. Wheat,
sheriff; W. M. Sanford, county clerk;
John Ford, ranchman ; and Dee Wallace
* Mr. and Mrs. Max Kneese, of Fredericksburg
*
The Great American Desert
By .John Stephens, Houston, Texas.
This essay on "The Great American
Desert," by John Stephens, University
of Texas student, of Houston, was
awarded first prize by the Battle
of Flowers Association of an Antonio,
and was published in Frontier Times
by permission of the Battle of Flowers
Association.
Mentions: the missions, San Antonio
de Valero, La Bahia, sail Jose,
La Concepcion * David G. Burnet
* Rusk and Fannin * Travis * James
Bowie * Old John Chisum and Charles
Goodnight * Emory Starr and Peyton
Edwards * Mirabeau Lamar * Stephen
F. Austin *
Indian Cooks And Cooking
By Col. R. I. Dodge.
Unless able to rival the fasting
powers of Dr. Tanner, a vegetarian
would have little chance of a `survival'
among the Indians. In their natural
condition the sole diet of the Plains
Indians for at least nine months
in the year is the flesh of animals,
and though they prefer it cooked,
they are by no means averse to it
raw.
In camp the duty of cooking is
usually devolved on the oldest.
or least, favored squaw. There is
no variety of style, no French methods,
no necessity for titillating appetites
already overkeen. A pot full of
meat and water is put on the fire
and boiled, but there is no definite
point in the cooking process when
the food is "done." If an Indian
is especially hungry, he may commence
on the contents of the pot by the
time they are fairly warm.
Generally, however, it is allowed
to boil until the head of the lodge
intimates that he is hungry, when
the pot is set off the fire; and
each, crowding around, helps him
or herself with knives or fingers,
sometimes with a huge stick, cut
in the shape of a ladle. Among the
more advanced Indian tribes tin
plates are now frequently used and,
sitting around on the beds or ground,
the diners are helped successively
by the old squaw who does the cooking.
So begins this excellent account
of the culinary characteristics
of the Indians of the Plains.
Further Mentions: Sioux * Pawnee
* Stone Calf, a Cheyenne chief of
standing, and a man of ability and
character * the Staked Plains *
Fort Reno * Arrapahoes * Cheyennes
*
First Overland Mail Left San
Diego In 1857
Ruth Taunton
Account of the origins and history
of the Birch stages, which preceded
and outlasted the John Butterfield
lines. The first of these stages
left Old Town San Diego July 9,
1857, with the first overland stage
mail ever to he sent over the San
Diego, San Antonio and New Orleans
route. Here is the story.
Mentions: Otto Praeger * James
E. Birch * The San Diego Herald
* Dr. and Mrs. Louis Strahlmann
* Flinn Springs * Julia Chase *
Frank S. Stevens * Vallecito * Green
valley ranch * A. W. Lane * James
Mason was the first driver to bring
a Birch' stage in from Texas * Ed
Mason *
On A Mexican Mustang Through
Texas
By ALEX E. SWEET and J. ARMOY
KNOX
This is part of a serial account
of two daring adventurers who colorfully
describe their exciting and sometimes
humorous happenings on their trip
through the wilds and wiles of Texas
during the 1870's.
(Continued from Last. Month)
Mentions: the Rancho Del Rio
* old man Pendergast * Robert Trimble
* 'Rio Frio * Jose Cordova * Sumuel
Johnson * Captain Richard King known
as the cattle king of Texas, has
the Santa Gertrudes ranch, one hundred
thousand head of cattle, ten thousand
horses, seven thousand sheep, and
eight thousand goats * the Santa
Gertrudes ranch * Lieut. Atwell
* Mrs. Rabb * John Timon, of San
Patricio * Trinity College, Dublin
* the Remnant's ranch * Col. Mclean
of Victoria * the Clear Fork of
Little Wichita * Fort McKavett *
Came To Texas In Early Times
Sallie H. McClintock
Personal recollections of Sallie
H. McClintock who was born in 1848,
the daughter of a well to do Pennsylvania
farmer, who, due to poor health
was advised him to move to the warmer
climate of Texas. The family settle
in the region of Huntsville TX in
its earliest days.
Mentions: the Neptune, a small
boat which its commander. Captain
Sterrett, had built for service
on the Trinity in Texas * The Kentucky
Giant * the Eutaw House * Professor
Summerville * Dr. Daniel Baker *
Austin College * General Sam Houston
* the Polk County Indians * John
R. Cook * E. A. Duyckinek * Alonzo
Chappel * El Diablo Cojo * P. S.
McGeeney * Devil's Sink Hole the
great cavern in Edwards county *
Frontier Times Museum Celebration
Mentions: Grandma Mattie Jones
* Charles Eckhart * Tex Elam and
Bruce Mantague * the Wiemers family
* Mr and Mrs. Ben Wietuers * Mr.
and Mrs. John Wietuers * Mrs. Alvin
Clark * Elmo Newcomer * Charlie
Walker, 'Red' Saathoff, the Montague
boys, Frank, Jr., Charlie and Bruce
* Dave Dillingham * Captan Jack
Elgin * Mrs. Violet Haynes * Creed
Click and Miss Lura Belle Newcomer
* Little Bill Newcomer and his little
sister, Evelyn Newcomer * Mrs. Julia
Chisholm Davenport * Mrs. George
Howland * Governor Allred, Mrs.
Rose Gardiner; Mrs. J. Marvin Hunter,
Mrs. Julia Chisholm Davenport, Dr.
Robert T. Hill, Dean T. U. Taylor,
Dr. A. E. Davenport * Mrs. Leo Lindner,
of Comfort * Mrs. P. C. Anderwald
of Bandera * Mr. A. W. Grant * Charlie
Eckhart * Taliahina Rogers Houston
* Margaret Short * Colonel J. W.
White * Mrs. Cora Bickenbach, Mrs.
Charles Leslie * Mrs. Nora May,
Mrs. Mary E. Bell, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Jones, Mr. and Mrs, E. T Brown
* Will Schuessler * Miss Lain Bridges
* A. W. Grant * Mrs. George Betsey
* Mrs. Thos. A. Buckner * W. C.
Swinney * Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher
Davis * Mrs. W. G. Davis * the Boerne
Star * Many old photos of the above
named are included.
Helpless Women And Children Massacred
Written in 1911 by Judge I. D.
Ferguson, of Denton, Texas.
In the year 1867 nearly all the
people who lived in Montague county,
Texas, were forced to leave their
homes and go east on account of
Indian depredations. A few of the
settlers decided to remain and take
care of the property which they
had accumulated. Among the number
who stayed was the family of Stephen
Roberts, and a German by the name
of Khenan and his family. Roberts
lived about four miles west of where
the town of Forestburg is now located,
and his family consisted of himself
and about ten or twelve boys. These
were the victims of the brutal assault
recorded in this graphic story.
Mentions: Mr. Khenan, the German
farmer above mentioned, had, in
an early day left the Fatherland
and came to the new world and east
his lot among the people of Montague
county, and selected his home a
half mile south of Stephen Roberts.
His family consisted of himself,
wife and three small children. Mrs.
Paschall, a widow with two small
children, lived with the Khenan
family * the family of Robert Green
* James Chisum * Clear Creek * Spring
Station * the Upper Cross Timbers
* William McConnell * Brad Sanders,
Tom Sanders * the McDonalds, who
lived still further west in the
Cross Timbers * Rufus Roberts *
Creed Roberts * Mrs. Paschall *
Sam Moore Tells Interesting Experiences
By Odie Minatra.
Sam Moore, as a child, watched
the Packsaddle Mountain fight in
Llano county, drove many herds up
the trail to market, killed thousands
of buffalo, brushed elbows with
outlaws and gentlemen, battled with
red men, was in a stagecoach holdup,
and lived the adventurous life of
a true frontier Texan. Here is his
story.
Mentions: William Jackson Moore
was a native Virginian * Bristol,
Va * General Scott * Yellow Jacket,
a Kentucky bred horse * Fort Griffin
* Old Maud * William Cody * Parson
Duncan's little log school house
* The Moss boys, Joe Leverett and
the Carter brothers * Jim Moss *
Wotchietobie, the Indian who was
killed by Joe Leverett * Bob Simpson
* the Pegleg crossing on the San
Saba river * Dr. Matt. H. Chism
of Huntsville, Texas * Dr. Robert
T. Hill of Dallas * Mr. Mercer *
Merger's Colony * Jesse Mercer had
a horse ranch on Mercer's Creek
* Mountain Creek, a few miles from
Mercer's ranch * Mercer's Colony.
* Dr. Joseph L. Clark * Major Thos.
J. Jenkins * Cal Stewart, Ada Jones
* Mrs. John Sutherland, of Sutherland
Springs, Texas
