Indian depredations in Texas. : Reliable accounts of battles, wars, adventures, forays, murders, massacres, etc., etc., together with biographical sketches of many of the most noted Indian fighters and frontiersmen of Texas.
J. W. Wilbarger, O. Henry (Illustrator), Hutchings Printing House (Printer), Owen Engraving Co (Engraver)
Popular work by Methodist minister J.W. Wilbarger containing descriptions of violent encounters with Native Americans in Texas during the 19th century, including the scalping of the author's brother, Josiah Wilbarger. Although some of the accounts are from secondary sources, more than 200 of the stories were collected personally by Wilbarger over the years from sources he considered completely trustworthy. As he notes in his preface, "During some twenty years I have carefully obtained from the lips of those who knew most of the facts stated in this volume. For their general correctness I can vouch, for I knew personally most of the early settlers of Texas, and have relied on those only whom I believed to be trustworthy." In keeping with attitudes of the times, Wilbarger portrays the Native Americans as corrupt and violent people. In the "Battle of Plum Creek," the Indian chief enters the fray of battle with his umbrella open. Henry's wry sense of humor is apparent in his drawing "Captain George B. Erath's gun 'knocks down before and behind'."
Print Book, English, 1890
Hutchings Printing House, Austin, Tex.:, 1890