The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 5, July 1901 - April, 1902 Page: 219
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The M exican and Indian Raid of '78.
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him. Alas! he left them in the wilds of San Ygnacio, on the edge
of the Nueces Valley, only a grave, and the rude inscription of his
untimely death.
From Ft. Ewell the main course of the raiders was about south-
east, and continued in that direction to the Toribio Rancho, about
four miles"beyond Brown's rancho, thirty-six miles from Ft. Ewell,
in Duval County, not far from the line of McMullen, and about
twelve miles, from the Nueces River. In this vicinity they killed
Vicente Robeldo, the chief shepherd of T. W. Gillette, and they
stole or destroyed everything. One witness says that he lost four
hundred dollars' worth from his camp alone. They wounded, and
supposed they had killed, Tomas Tunega. Here they changed their
course, and came to the Rancho Solidad, in Duval County, about
noon on the 18th. At this point they were but thirty miles from
San Diego, in Nueces County, at which town a company of U. S.
cavalry had arrived.
At the Rancho Solidad they killed Guadalupe Basan, and gath-
ered all the horse stock in the neighborhood. Soon afterwards they
killed a shepherd and his wife. Their deaths are clearly reported
by a little child. Their bodies were tied together, dead, and swung
upon a horse, and which was turned loose. Their bodies have not
yet been found. Subsequently they attacked Capt. Richard Jor-
dan's rancho, called Charco Escondido, i. e., hidden pond, and at
five o'clock in the evening they killed his son, John Jordan, an
excellent and exceedingly promising young man, just coming of
age. But a short time previously he had written to his fond mother
and sister that "if God spared his life he would visit them soon."
He, however, lived not to return, but, with his friend, Antonio
Valdez, fell and died on his father's place. He is not, for life's
cord was rudely snapped; but he sleeps the sleep of the good and
the just.
Mr. Frank Gravis resides in this vicinity. He was notified by
his neighbors, and with great promptitude, busily moved here and
there to assist to spread the alarm and to gather a party to follow
the raiders. From the Mufioz Rancho, at the request of Capt. Jor-
dan, about sunset, he sent a courier to the commanding officer of
the U. S. troops at San Diego, through Judge James O. Luby, the
County Judge. With his small party, on the night of the 18th, he
slept upon the trail, near Charco Escondido. The Mexicans and
Indians lay close to him. From this point, early in the morning,
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