The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 58, July 1954 - April, 1955 Page: 4
650 p. : ill., maps (some col.), ports. ; 23 cm.View a full description of this periodical.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Southwestern Historical Quarterly
ment with the Indians required that all the white captives be
brought to San Antonio. The Indians, however, brought only one
captive, Matilda Lockhart, a girl of fourteen, who informed the
commissioners that the Indians had other prisoners. The Indians
in the council room were informed that they would be held as
hostages until all the captives were exchanged. A fight resulted
in which thirty-five Indians were killed and twenty-seven cap-
tured. To retaliate for the loss of their chiefs and warriors, a large
band of Indians made the daring raid into the Matagorda Bay
region. McCulloch raised twenty-four men from the Gonzales set-
tlement to join with Captain John L. Tumlinson of Victoria to
meet the Indians returning from Linnville. He saw at once that
the Indians were trying to avoid a fight and suggested a charge,
but the suggestion was overruled because the majority felt that
the numerical superiority of the warriors was too great. McCul-
loch then left the company under Tumlinson and with three com-
panions rode day and night to join the group gathering for a fight
on Plum Creek, near the present town of Lockhart, where he
attached himself to a company under his old friend Captain
Mathew Caldwell. In the battle of Plum Creek, on August 12,
McCulloch did his part in winning the decisive victory over the
Indians which helped to break their resistance and bring to an
end the large raiding parties."
Following the fight on Plum Creek there were numerous en-
counters with the Indians, and it is probable that McCulloch
was in most of those in which men from the Gonzales area were
involved. A newspaper noted an Indian campaign in September
and October of 1840 in which McCulloch participated as a
Ranger under Captain Caldwell of Gonzales volunteers, but it
was not until the next year that he headed another campaign."
In May, 1841, he raised a company for an expedition against a
band of twenty-two Indians that made a night raid into Gonzales
and vicinity. The Indians were tracked for many miles to the
Llano River, where they were caught completely off guard. The
STelegraph and Texas Register (Houston), September 9, 1840; Walter P. Webb,
The Texas Rangers (Boston and New York, 1935), 56-57; Brown, Indian Wars, 79;
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas, Fifth Congress,
First Session, z84o-184x (Austin, 1841), Appendix, 136-139.
9Texas Sentinel (Austin), November 28, 184o.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Periodical.
Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 58, July 1954 - April, 1955, periodical, 1955; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101158/m1/22/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.