Big Foot Wallace Road Trip Information |
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In 1860, Nick Lee was carrying
the mail from Stephenville to Jacksboro. When he failed to reach his
destination, a party found his dead body victim of an Indian attack.
In 1869, T.H. Majors ran
to his family's aid when he heard screaming coming from the area where
his wife and daughters were doing the wash. He arrived in time to
protect them but the Indians got away with the dirty clothes.
In 1866, Tipton Seay married
another resident of Fort Stubblefield and their child was only nine
days old when Indians stole Tip's horse. A group of men had taken
all of the fort's guns with them on a trip to the mill in Weatherford.
Tip started, unarmed, on a trip to buy another horse. Not long after,
his body was discovered by the Bleeker brothers who buried it where
it was found in a grave they dug with sharp sticks.
About 1866, Nathan Holt and
his brother Jackson were attacked by Indians. Jackson escaped and
Nathan was killed.
In the summer of 1866, Pleasant
Boyd was killed by Indians, reportedly because he was poorly armed
and horsed.
On a Sunday in the fall of 1872, G.B. Rozel left his family in camp while he was hunting. Indians
appeared at the campsite but were held at bay for a while by his son,
George, who had a stick that looked like a gun. The bluff didn't last
and the Indians charged, killing one of Rozel's daughters and wounding
another.
Further south of Hwy. 4, there was a raid
in Hood County during September of 1869. Seven Indians were raiding
along Squaw Creek when local citizens set a successful ambush that
cost all the raiders their lives.