Stephenville Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1928 Page: 5 of 12
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Musical
String Toys
Banjos
Violins
Guitars
Mandolins
Handkerchiefs
Tin Toys
Wash Tubs
Bucket, Spade
Boats, Trucks
Racers
Oil Trucks
Fine Assortment
Chairs, Assorted
Colors and Sizes
Oak Chairs
Table and Chair Sets
Ladies' Box
Handkerchiefs
Children’s Box
Handkerchiefs
Men’s Box
Handkerchiefs
Initial Box
Handkerchiefs
Toy Furniture
Sewing Sets
Sewing Machines
Child’s
• Embroidery Sets
Small Slates
Cedar Chests
Trunks, Pianos
Beds, Cradles
Bassinets
Dressing Tables
Footballs
Basket Balls
Rubber Balls
Assorted Sizes
and Colors
Pictures
Fancy Frames
Assorted Sizes
and Scenes
Photo Frames
Wagons
Assorted Sizes
Steel Coasters
Discs, Wheels
Steel Wagons
Spoke Wheel
Assorted Sizes
Candies
Toy Dish Sets
Fine Chocolates
Xmas Hard Candies
Fancy Box Candies
Xmas Wrapped Candies
China Tea Sets
Tin Tea Sets
Aluminum Tea Sets
Aluminum Kiachen Sets
Bright Colored
Plush Animals
Wood Toys
Perry Bros
Thousands of Items too Numerous
to Mention. All of Our Christmas
Goods on Display
5,10, and 25c Store
- Phone 429 Stephenville, Texas
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THE XMAS STORE-SEE OUR
GIFTS AND TOYS
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Ladies’ Gifts
Boudoir Capo
Garter Seta
Handkerchief Sets
Beaded Bags
Leather Bags
Fancy Boxes
Toilet Sets
Toilet Sets
Comb and Brush Sets
Grfinsboro
Dressing Sets
Fancy Mirrors
rowel Sets
Able Sets
Ancy Scarfs
Large Asst.
Xmas Boxes
Box Stationery
Children’s Books
Testaments
and Bibles
Silk Rayon
Underwear
Bloomers
Step-ins, Chemise
Princess Slips
Teds, Waists, Shrits
Baby Gifts
Comb and Brush Set
Silk Caps
Fancy Sweaters
Leather Shoes
Blankets
Xmas Cards
Xmax Paper
Xmas Stdckings
Wreaths, Tinsel
Tree Ornaments
Xmas Bells
Fancy Glass
Colored Vases
Cream and Sugars
Bon-Bon Dish
Celery Dish
Water Pitchers
Dolls
Sleepy Dolls
Dress Dolls
Baby Dolls
Unbreakable Dolls
Celluloid Dolls
Musical Toys
Trombones
Trumpets
Saxaphones
Cofilets, Flutes
Clarinets
Fancy Jewelry
Beads, Rings
Bar Pins
Jewelry Boxes
Bracelets
Buying Most We Sell for Less Giving
You HHoliday Goods at Prices You
Will Like
Perry Bros., Inc.
5c, 10c and 25c Stores
THE XMAS STORE-VISIT
PERRY’S FOR XMAS PRESENTS
Iron Toys
Tractors, Coupes
Sedans, Buses
Touring Cars
Toy Banks *
Steel Toys
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Dump Trucks
Fire Engines
Buses
Airplanes
Airplanes
Coupes
Racers
Games
Tinker Toys
Checker Boards
Golf Game
Paint Sets
Card Games
Wheel Goods
Tricycles
Kiddie Kars
Automobiles
Scooters
Toy Stoves
Assorted Sizes
Tin Stoves
Iron Stoves
Toy Lamps
Toy Lanterns
Toy Guns
Cap Pistols
Pop Pistols
Pop-Guns
Air Rifles
Large Assortment
Men’s Gifts
Shaving Stands
Military Sets
Belt Set
Garter Tie Sets
Fancy Box Ties
Fancy Bill Fold
Cigarette Cases
Smoking Stands
Cigarette Holders
Fancy Hose
Cuff Links
THE WHITE INDIAN OF TEXAS
In Texas, old timers still tell the
story of “Bosque John.” With vis-
ion of Indian war paint flashing
before their eyes and Indian war
whoops sounding in their ears, they
relate the strange tale of this
white man who lived 12 years
among the Indians, who hunted
with them and fought with them.
and even helped scalp bands of
white settlers.
The tale sounds like a legend, the
manufacture of a wild imagination;
but it is no legend. Bosque John
McLennan lived the life credited
to him. McLennan county, one of
the richest farming sections of cen-
tral Texas, is named for his uncle,
Neil McLennan. Fragments of
stories in old newspapers tell
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snatches of Bosque John's life. His
daughters, Mrs. J. B. Richard, Me-
ridian, Texas, and Mrs. Jim Sny-
der, Walnut Springs, Texas, have
carefully preserved letters and
writings of their father. His great
granddaughter, Ruth Coffman, a
student in the University of Texas,
cherishes the thrilling stories that
have been told to her about his
life.
In the fall of 1845, hundreds of
Indians gathered near a little vil-
lage that has now grown into the
city of Waco. Around the camp-
fires of that gathering stalked the
braves of numerous tribes, the
Huacos, Comanches, Tiwockinees,
Caddos, Keechies, Delawares, Shaw-
nees and Tonkaways. The flickering
light of the fire glinted weirdly
from bright war paint, flashing
feathers, gaudy blankets.
The Indians had come to smoke
the pipe of peace with the white
men, to exchange prisoners, to re-
ceive gifts.
White men, moving about among
that gathering of Indians, saw a
strange warrior, one who stood tall
and straight, whose cheeks were
brushed with the paint of Indians,
whose hair was long and black and
straight, but whose skin was
white.
They saw and wondered and be-
gan to ask questions. They learned
that this strange young warrior
was a white man who had been
captured by the Indians when he
was a boy. They tried t’o induce
the young brave to come back to
his white brothers, but he scorned
their offers.
The Indians were his brothers.
And when the pow-wow was ended,
he went back with his tribe to their
hunting ground. And thus the
white settlers got their first ink-
ling of what became of young John
McLennan.
One peaceful morning, 12 years
before this famous pow-wow,
Bosque’s father was plowing in
the field and the other members of
the family were busy with their
morning's duties.
“We heard some shooting and
ellin,” related Bosque, intefling of
is capture, “and saw the Indians
killing my father. They then ran
to the house and knocked my
grandmother down, took my moth-
er, my brother, and myself prison-
ers; robbed the house; gathered up
the horsdfc; set the house on fire,
and burned grandmother in it. My
mother died at Comanche Peak. The
Indians sold brother and he died
before old Squire McLennan found
out what the Indians had done with
the boy."
Bosque was eight years old when
he was captured by the Keechie
tribe. For 12 years he lived the
life of an Indian. He roamed the
Texas plains and hunted the buffa-
lo. He stole horses in what is now
Milam county. The secrets of the
woods and the habits of wild ani-
npals were taught him. He took
part in Indian raids and scalped the
white man with his fellow braves.
He had forgotten that he himself
was white.
One night a band of Comanches,
who had ueen raiding in the vicini-
ty of Austin, came to the camp of
the Keechies to relate the latest
choice bit of gossip. They declared
that the white people had houses
that could be seen through.
The Keechies immediately held
council. No common Comanche
could tell them such a yarn and
live. A scouting party, among
whom was Bosque John, was sent
out at once to investigate. They
arrived in the village of Austin
about nine o’clock. Cautiously they
slipped into town and crept through
the dark streets. Sure enough, just
as the Comanches had reported,
light was shining through the sides
and sometimes through both ends
on the houses.
Bosque crept up to a saloon to
get a closer view of this strange
phenomenon. He peeped in. He
saw some of the men drinking at
the bar, others playing billiards.
He attempted to stick his hand
through the opening, only to find a
clear, cold barrier. Using his ar-
rows, he struck the window with
all his might.
There was the sound of splinter-
ing glass, followed by the yells of
those inside as they seized their
guns. Bosque, in relating the inci-
dent, said he ran three miles with-
out stopping. This was his first
experience with windowpanes.
Bosque did not return to the
white people immediately after the
council of 1845 but went north with
his tribe. The inhabitants of Waco,
in the meantime, had notified Neil
McLennan that a man thought to
be his nephew had been seen at the
pow-wow.
Through the influence of Squire
McLennan, Major Erath was sent
with some soldiers to get the cap-
tive. Their pleadings with the
young warrior were in vain. He
shook his head and looked sullenly
at the ground.
Finally his young comrades got
enough of the harangue and strung
their bows as an intimation that
the white men should not force
their adopted brother to go unless
he wanted to. At this point the
old chief used his efforts to get
Bosque to leave. Ho told him, af-
ter all, he was a white man; that
his friends and relatives down the
Brazos were anxious for hiu to re-
turn; and that he could come back
to the red men if he chose. This
moved the white Indian to leave
the tribe.
After a tearful farewell with his
adopted Indian mother, he started
on his return journey to his own
people.
Snow began to fall. Bosque’s
nearly naked body was exposed to
the biting wind. The white men at-
tempted to put some clothes on
Lhoir charge. A fight ensued,
sque complained that the hick-
shirt scratched him and he
took it off. As soon as he got a
chance, he cut off the trousers ex-
cept enough to be used as leggins.
For a long time he refused to have
his hair cut and he wore a cue of
buffalo hair plaited into his own.
That first night with his own
people, he refused to be sheltered
beneath the white man’s roof.
Clutching the mane of his Indian
pony, he stood out in the yard all
night.
Bosque was not peniless when he
returned to his relatives.
Old Neil McLennan, uncle of the
captive, had kept up the stock of
cattle- that belonged to his mur-
dered brother, had rented out the
land^and had paid taxes on it; so
when Bosque came back, he was
comparatively rich.
To Bosque the white man’s civil- j
ization was irksome. He longed !
for the wild, free life of the Indian, j
Nearest such existence was the life I
of the Texas Ranger, so Bosque j
joined Captain S. P. Ross’s com-
pany and became the interpreter
and mediator between the white I
man and the red.
While the Ross Rangers were
stationed at the village of Waco in
1848, a strange Indian appeared in |
camp one morning and kept wan-
dering around saying, “Keechi,”
“Keechie.”
The Indian sought Bosque afld
found him. He said that the Wacos
and Keechies were encamped three
miles above and were afraid to
come in without permission.
Ross, taking Bosque, the Indian, I
and a few more men with him, went 1
up the river to the camp. A few |
hours later they returned with the
tribes.
As the Indians streamed into the
village, a dirty old hag, about 80
years old, ran to meet Bosque,
hugged him.
“Boys,” said Bosque proudly,
“here is the only mother I can rec-
ollect. For 12 years she took care
of me like I was a baby, and I love
her.”
Bosque went back to the Indians
for a while, but afterward returned
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