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THE GALLEON
ses were rounded up and care-
fully guarded and the guns and
pistols on the ranch were over-
hauled and minutely inspected
in anticipation of an Indian
raid-there was no excitement
or complaint on her part.
Amidst the dangers and priva-;
tions of frontier environment
she gathered her little ones
closer about her and with faith
in God and reliance on the
strong arm of her husband,
and friends, went forth uncom-
plainingly with the stern duties
of life."
The white men were not al-
ways successful in the encount-
ers with the Indians, and in
many cases the women and
children suffered even more
than death. Joe Chapman of
Benton, another old frontier-
man, tells of a Mrs. Cameron
of Loss Valley, who was scalped
and left for dead. She finally
recovered, but several others
were killed. In Comanche Coun-
ty near Baggett Creek the Bag-
gett family was captured. One
of the children died of the
wounds inflicted by the Indians,
but Mrs. Baggett finally escap-
ed and walked miles back to-
ward home before anyone found
her. She still bears a scar on her
back, where she was wounded.
Even such horrors as these did
not daunt the courageous wo-
men of the Texas frontier. "To
show you what our Texas wo-
men were made of," says G. O.
Burrow of Del Rio, "I will say
that in 1873 when we were all
gone to Kansas the Indians
came into the country acting.
awfully bad. This was the same
bunch of redskins that killed
old man Massey. Mr. Wood-
ward's father who lived in Frio
Town went out to the ranch tobrings Mrs. Woodward and the
children in to Frio Town. On
the way back they came over a
bushy hill out on a prairie arm
saw five or six Indians comin,
towards them. Mr. Woodward
wheeled the hack back into the
brush and unhitched the horses
and told Mrs. Woodward to
hide the children. He got his
gun and walked out in front and
looked around and there stood
Mrs. Woodward with her gun.
He said, "Helena, what are you
doing out here ? Go back to
those children." And she ans-
wered, "No, I will not. I will
stay here and help you fight for
those children." The Indians
squabbled awhile and went off.
Mrs. Rebecca Gilliland Fish-
er, life President of the Daugh-
ters of the Republic of Texas,
though now in her ninety fifth
year, remembers vividly the
gruesome experience and thrill-
ing escape from the savages
who gave up Texas so unwilling-
ly. It was in 1840 while living
with her parents on the Don
Carlos ranch in Refugion coun-
ty, that a murderous attack was
made on her family by the In-
dians. Her mother and father
were killed in her presence and
she and her younger brother
were carried into captivity.
Frontier life had its drudgery
as well as its adventures, and
the duties in a western home
were numerous. Many girls used
to servants in Eastern homes
learned to cook, sew, mend, I
nurse, doctor, and soldier after
she married and settled down
in the frontier home. Very like-
ly, too, the log cabins presented
a strong contrast to the homes
they left behind. Joe Chapman,
an old timer describes the hous-
es and living conditions of per-6
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