Show AMONG ARONG A new story of the tile reane of a woman far famed along tin the border foil fort worth gazette general D A ross who rescued cynthia ann anti parker from the comanche Cu manche indians says that an oil painting of the famous woman will be 0 exhibited at tile new orleans exhibition cynthia was captured when about 10 years aldand old and when tal taken en the indiana indians was placed in the household house hold bold of her uncle colonel barker near weatherford she was the equaw of the chief general rosa roes writes in the campaign against the tile Coro Cu anches manches as I 1 could take but forty of my men from my triv post I 1 requested N G evana evans in in command of the united unite d states tn tri ops aps at camp cooper to send me a it detachment of the second cavalry Cu valry he lie promptly sent me a sergeant und and twenty well mounted rue men n my force forc was still further augmented bv by some seventy volunteer citizen under command af odthe the brave old frontiersman captain jack cuiston of bosque county on one of the pease river sand hills I 1 found four fresh pony tracks L and being satisfied that indian ved ettes had just gone 1 I galloped forward about a mile to a higher point and riding to the tile top to my inexpressible sur surprise rise found myself within two hundred hun red yards of a comanche village located on a small stream winding around the base of the hill it was a most happy circumstance that a piercing north wind wa was S bloing blo ing bearing with it clouds of sand and my prez presence ence was unobserved and the surprise complete by signaling my illy men as I 1 stood concealed the they y reached me without being discovered by the indians who were busy packing up preparatory to a move by this time the indians mounted and moved off north across the level plain my bly command wit with h a detachment of the second cavalry had marched out and became sep from the citizen command which left me but sixty men in making disposition for attack the sergeant and his twenty tn men n were sent at a gallop behind a chain of fiand hille to company them in and cut off their retreat while with forty men I 1 charged them thern the tile attack was so tin sudden that a EL considerable number of them were killed before they could prepare for defense they fled precipitately right into the presence of the Serg tart taut and bis his men Ife here rethey they met with a warm reception and finding themselves completely encompassed every one fled ins his own way and was hotly pursued and hard bard pre pressed sped the the chief of the party a it noted warrior warrior of great repute with a it young girl ra of about 15 years of age d on liia his hoiu hore behind him and cynthia ann parker with a girl about two years of of age in her arms mid mounted on a fleet pony fled together while kelli ielli heir and I 1 pursued ahem after running about a run u up h by the side of Cynt hias horse P f and 1 was in the act of shooting when eho sho held up her child and stopped 1 11 I 1 kept on after the chief and about bout half a milo mile further when within about 20 yards of him I 1 fired in my pistol striking the pirl whom I 1 supposed to be a man as she rode like cue and anti only her head licad was visible above the buffalo buff iilo rube with which pho she was wrapped near tho tile heart killing her in instantly and the earne ball would have killed both but for tile shield of the chief which bum hung down cover covering hig his back I when she fell from froin the lie horse she site pulled him hini off also but he lie caught caught on his feet and before steadying h himself my horse running at lull full speed was wai very nearly on top of him when he was vas struck with ri t h an arrow which caused hi him in t to 0 fall idl to opi pitching ching or bucking and it was as with great dilli culty that I 1 kept my lily saddle iddle Fl and all I 1 in the meantime narrowly escaped several arrows co coining ning in quick succession from the tile c chiefs lets bow beius at such disadvantage he would have L killed r e in a few roin ruin utes but for a random achot irom from my fiul piul while I 1 was clinging with my ly hand to tile pommel of my lily saddle dao which broke his right arto at the elbow completely him I 1 my aly livorse then beba became e quitt and all I 1 shot the tile chief twice through the bo boly IV whereupon he lie deliberate ly walk walked ed to a small tree the only one title in ili sight and aiga insi it beem tp lp ehg u wild kird song tong S riding iding back to the equaw as onn on iti a I 1 looked on her face I 1 raid wiy why tom this ia is a whito woman indian du do not ilot have blue eyes she raid paid two of if tier boys were with lier tier when the tile fight began ant and lie wa win wai i by the par that tile luid hit been killed it eo happened ir waver wever that both e escaped acol 1 ami anti one of orthen then dualla ii H now a it chief the rhe U er lied tied son sot eyears e icare ago n on n t lie I 1 then w kd her t div i me lie slip hilory 41 other er lil i e wi with h t the h e tu anti i sta annl 1 the tile falleaf a attending her capture by ich she the promptly did in a very sel seus isible ihlo manner and R aa the oe facts detailed corresponded correspond rd with the at parkers Park borttl was impressed with the belief that the was cynthia ana ann parker subsequent event events proved the truth |