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Memoirs tell of Indian fighting, horse stealing, raids of white settlements, and scalping and other atrocities on both sides. He describes life as it was in Fannin County under the constant terror of attack (typescript, 55 pages), 1838-1845

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

These memoirs cover the time period 1837 to 1845 and tell of Indian fighting, horse stealing, raids of white settlements, and scalping and other atrocities on both sides. He describes life as it was in Fannin County under the constant terror of attack. Excerpts from the Memoirs were published in the 'Bonham News' in the 1880s. The collection is a typescript carbon made from a copy loaned to J. Evetts Haley by Ashley Evans of Bonham in 1933.

Dates

  • Creation: 1838-1845

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.10 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository

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