Mr. Hardin's son, about sixteen years of age, left their home and was
hunting beeves on the divide between Indian Creek and the Middle Verde,
perhaps, in the northern part of Medina County or in Bandera and was
killed by the Indians. When night came and he failed to return, a searching
party was sent out and the young man found murdered and scalped in the
Middle Verde.
Ref.: Pioneer Hist. of Bandera County, by J. Martin Hunter.
Note: Author interviewed: Mrs. Augustus McDonald, who then lived in
that section.