The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers; or, the Summer and Fall Campaign of the Army of the United States in Mexico--1846; including Skirmishes with the Mexicans, and an accurate detail of the Storming of Monterey; also the Daring Scouts at Buena Vista together with anecdotes, incidents, descriptions of country, and sketches of the lives of the celebrated partisan chiefs, Hays, McCulloch, and Walker. Page: 88
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88 RETURN TO COMARGO.
where his daughter was confined, and could hear her voice call.
ing on him for aid. But it wouldn't do-he was driven back with
the rest of us, and we dragged him away when we retreated.
He was the last man to quit the fight, and seemed to have been
the mark for every bullet and arrow that was shot at us, yet,
strange to say, he escaped unhurt. We were not strong enough
to whip them, said the old Texian, as his voice grew husky with
emotion, and we were compelled to leave the poor gal in the
hands of her savage enemies."
4 Well; what became of her," said a young Ranger, drawing
his hand across his eyes.
"i She was delivered up sometime afterwards, when we made a
treaty with the Comanches at San Antonio. She returned to her
father's house, but she never recovered from the hardships and
cruelties she endured at the hands of the Indians. She was always
melancholy and downcast. Her health was injured, her
spirits gone, and her heart broken. She lived only a few months,
then drooped and died. Curses on them Comanche dogs !" said
the old Texian, grinding his teeth in the excitement of his feelings,
" I have never sent a bullet through one of their infernal
hearts from that day to this, without remembering as I pulled the
trigger, the fate of that poor gal."
The next morning, at 6, A. M., we left Rancho Grande, and
nooned it at at the Sugar Rancho; where, after grazing our horses,
we left at 2, P. M.-and at 6, P. i., arrived safe back at our old
camp at Comargo. The result of our reconnoissance of the road
was, that it was impracticable for the movement of artillery, on
account of the narrow passages and deep ravines. During our
absence, Gen. Taylor, with the whole of the First Division, had
arrived, consisting of the 3d and 4th infantry, composing the Third
Brigade, under Col. Garland; and the 1st and 2d infantry, under
Col. Riley, composing the Fourth Brigade, with Capt. Ridgely's
battery of flying artillery, the whole under the command of Gen.
Twiggs. We found our friends all well, and being invited to
spend the evening with Lieut. D--, a group of anxious listeners
was formed around us, while we were made to detail the adventures
of the China Scout.
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Reid, Samuel C., Jr. The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers; or, the Summer and Fall Campaign of the Army of the United States in Mexico--1846; including Skirmishes with the Mexicans, and an accurate detail of the Storming of Monterey; also the Daring Scouts at Buena Vista together with anecdotes, incidents, descriptions of country, and sketches of the lives of the celebrated partisan chiefs, Hays, McCulloch, and Walker., book, 1859; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38096/m1/93/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.