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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

F. M. Burwell, Carancahua, to Frances K. Burwell Catlett., 1861 March 24

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 72
Identifier: id108573
Scope and Contents State of affairs has made money matters very hard in the South. The Comanche Indians have been coming down on the settlers killing them and stealing everything. Mr. W.B. Grimes started a rancho on the Leona which empties into the Frio. Had 2200 head of cattle and 22 cow horses. The Indians penned 20 of the horses in their own pen close to the house and the two they couldn’t open. One they shot and the other they frightened so much that he could not be helped. One started down the Leona to...
Dates: 1861 March 24