Border Wars of Texas Being An Authentic And Popular Account in Chronological
Border Wars of Texas Being An Authentic And Popular Account in Chronological
James T De Shields
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171 scratching in the dust in search of grains of com, but think- ing the ni'en were Indjians she fled, in wild fright, and had to be run down and caught. Poor woman, though overjoy- ed when realizing deliverance, she was almost crazed from exposure and hunger, and so emaciated that her husband could scarcely realize the change. Thus providentially spared worS'e misfortune, the family W€re glad to find la home in a less exposed section, . IffURDER OF THE LAUGHLIN McLENNAN FAMILY— "INDIAN JOHN, ..." McLENNAN. In the winter of 1835- '6, wh^en most of the settlers had retired from this exposed frontier, in consequence of the hostility of Indians, these brave families remained on th-eir little farms. In the spring of '36 their first and saddest misfortune overtook them. While splitting rails, a party of Indians, probably Wacos, surprised and killed Laughlin and his wife and captured their three small children — Laugh- lin 's aged and feebled mother, unable to walk being burned lalivo in, the house.
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