Thomas Landrum, Fuller and Donnie Millsap |
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On the morning of March 14, 1872, Thomas Landrum was shot and killed
while unhitching a span of horses in front of Fuller Millsap's residence
on Rock Creek.
Mr. Fuller Millsap
After the massacre of Thomas Landrum, Mr. Millsap and Joseph B. Loving
seized their rifles, followed the miscreants, who were on foot, and
killed one. Miss Donnie Millsap, a regular heroine, ran after her
father with ammunition and was shot through her clothing several times,
but fortunately without serious consequences. The Indians dragged
off their dead companion and made good their escape. The young lady
above mentioned (Miss Donnie Millsap) deserved more than a passing
notice, and her many deeds of valor should some day be recorded by
one more familiar with her thrilling adventures of frontier life,
in order that the ladies of today might see what a conspicuous part
their sex took in rescuing the northwestern border from the hands
of the savage Comanche and putting it in line with her sister counties
in the front ranks of civilization. On several occasions Donnie Millsap
helped to defend the homestead during the Indian raids in that section
of the country. Her father had but little fear of the hostile fiends,
and the daughter seems to have inherited in a large degree the cool
and daring bravery which was so characteristic of the father.
The above story is from the book, West Texas Frontier, by Joseph
Carroll McConnell. |