| The Battle at Chalk Bluff cont. |
"Chris Kelly and some more men were trailing the Indians that had stolen Chris' fine race
horse and they came across Henry's body right soon after he was killed within a quarter
of a mile of the house.
"We moved to Fort [?] below Uvalde the same year we got to the canyon then we moved
to Chalk Bluff above Uvalde where my father was killed.
"We were living on the river and a family had come in there and camped below us. The
Indians know my father and they had waylaid him this day and killed him. No doubt they
had feared him a long time for they took the pain to take off one of his boots and come
on down the valley with it to where his home was. Their idea was to bring it to mother to
let her know they had finally got him.
"When they got to our place on the Nueces, mother was not at the house. She had taken
me and one of the youngest children down to visit some neighbors who were camped
below us and right near. These people had come in there from California and liked the
Nueces valley. They had several children.
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horse and they came across Henry's body right soon after he was killed within a quarter
of a mile of the house.
"We moved to Fort [?] below Uvalde the same year we got to the canyon then we moved
to Chalk Bluff above Uvalde where my father was killed.
"We were living on the river and a family had come in there and camped below us. The
Indians know my father and they had waylaid him this day and killed him. No doubt they
had feared him a long time for they took the pain to take off one of his boots and come
on down the valley with it to where his home was. Their idea was to bring it to mother to
let her know they had finally got him.
"When they got to our place on the Nueces, mother was not at the house. She had taken
me and one of the youngest children down to visit some neighbors who were camped
below us and right near. These people had come in there from California and liked the
Nueces valley. They had several children.
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