The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 2, July 1898 - April, 1899 Page: 300
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300 Texas HistoricalAssociation Quarterly.
him to come forward, for we are not here to take away from them
what they possess, or to hurt them; on the contrary, we wish to be
their friends, and help them to our utmost." As the Indians came
forth Captain Leon and his soldiers mounted their horses to be
ready to assist our Indian in case the others should be numerous
and should try to kill him. The Quems Indian came near the place.
where we had seen the Indians, and soon one of them came out to-
wards him. The Quems waited for him, and they spoke at great
length. And our Indian told him by signs-this being the most
usual language-not to be afraid, and that he might safely come
to us, for we were good people, and the Indian, seeing the Quems
painted like himself, believed all that he told him, and the two
came on together. After we had talked by signs a long time to the
aforesaid Indian, he led us to his "ranchito" and we found his wife
and a boy about ten, and no one else. These people were of the
Tejas nation, and had come to hunt buffaloes and carry the meat
to their village. Soon we arranged for the transportation of the
meat they had, and charged the man to take word to their governor,
telling him that we were waiting for him at the very spot where
we had found them. At noon we sent them forward, and returned
for the night to the spot already referred to, where we had found
these Indians. This place is at a distance of thirty leagues, rather
more than less, from the village of the Tejas.
The next morning four soldiers were sent out to the main body
of the army to take a message, giving them the order to come and
join us, as we were waiting for them at that place. By this time
the provisions were consumed, and we were living simply on
roasted meat. The next day at about five in the afternoon the
Indian whom we had sent out appeared with wife and child, in the
same place, and on our asking him how it was that he had not gone
on to his settlement be told us that his horse had run away from
him that night, that he had left the meat hanging on a tree, and
that he had come near to us to try to catch the horse. They slept
with us that night, and the next morning we held a consultation
as to whether it might not be that other Indians had come with
him, and he was acting as a spy; with this in view it was resolved
that four soldiers should examine the country around for about
three leagues and see whether there were Indians or tracks of any
kind. About three leagues away they found an Indian, a very tall
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