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Note: I'm not sure of the date on this article. It has been torn off.

Kay Cunningham

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT

Marlin, Texas

Grim Reminder of Fate of

Party of Texas Pioneers

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Sturdy Leader in Settlement of old

Viesca Believed to be One of

Men Killed in Fight.

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     Recalling the perils to life along the frontier of East Texas nearly a century ago, and not so far from the scene of the annual convention of the regional Chamber of Commerce of that section, there stands today near Dawson in the county of Navaro an imposing, grim sentinel of a clash between Indians and white men in which several of the latter lost their lives. "Sacred to the memory of our beloved dead. Killed by Indians, October A.D. 1838. Rest in Peace" reads the inscription.

     And the names of the dead:

 "Euclid M. Cox, Tom Barton, Sam Allen, Ingraham Davis, J. Hard, Asa T. Meredith, J. Neal, Wm. Trimier, Spikes, J. Bullock, N. Baker, A. Houston, P. M. Jones, James Jones, Davis Clark."

      And the names of the escaped:

"Walter P. Lane, W. F. Henderson, Bolton, Smith, Viredett." "Erected by John R. and J. Fred Cox,1881, Cameron and Hillsboro," is the concluding explanation.

     Of particular interest to Marlin and Falls county is the fact that Sam Allen, one of those listed as slain in this combat, is said to be that same Samuel T. Allen; who only a few years earlier, as an outstanding citizen of Robertson colony with its headquarters at Viesca near the falls on the

Brazos, had a prominent part in shaping the destiny of Texas. His name is recorded in the history as one of the leaders in the revolt that led to freeing of this land from the shackles of Mexico. And the fact that he did not live long there after to reap the reward of his labors is only one of numerous such tragedies in the lives of the pioneers.