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Kay
Cunningham
THE DAILY DEMOCRAT
Marlin, Texas
Grim Reminder of Fate of
Party of Texas Pioneers
___________
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.