The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1964 Page: 7 of 14
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Killoughs Hold Annual Reunion
At Site Of Family Massacre
THE CHEROKEEAN of
(ill ItSIVW -II I V 9, IfMVI
Rusk, Texas
l'A(«K SKVHN
alive.
(>n JuJy 4 the annual Killough ment, persuaded Chief Bowles In <.¡ by the Indians, The hiding tv> come with him n> Chief Bow-
Reunion was held to cotrvmerno- abandon the insurgents and not place was discovered and the |,>s Narcls«w atwied with Doc
rate the approaching 12fi anniver- protect Hunter and Field. Both warriors captured the ivst of the Shoot and refused to «o Me left ,.
¡gary of the massacre of the Kil- were later murdered, but the In- Wocxfe They dlappeatvd with no to net Ins rifle and return to kill
lough, Williams and Wood fain- -óans still did not get their land, record or rumor of what hap|K<n- Narcissa. but while lie and the "
ilies by a band of savaue Chero- Boih the Mexicans ami the Tcv- ed to them except for one small other Indians were ¿¡one, the v. o I'11'"
kee Indians led by Chief Doj an* wanted the Indians to 1m- on boy. who is said to have been men escaped Chit
adopted by the tribe nnd mode a
ohief.
After findint; their dead al the
creek, Narcissa and Jane went to Kn. rdU fodlans helped the wo the '• «.
tho home cf MVS I «me KUlnuuh. m<" !,iS ^''V " ade the dftngmrou* Today a 25 foot momimrtit
Sr I>j Shoot rode his h so t d'ntleoH trip to l.wv's Fort , marks for posterity the spot whére
the house and ordered the women As word of the massacre spread the unarmed sutlers were shot
throughout Kast Texas and the down >n their fields. Also for
entire state,
the Indians
*il the Indian
,iiui left only
t wnl decided that posterity is a true account of the
unputv blixiily massacre written by Nltr-
Husk i'issa KillouKh ami passed down
killed the , to her t'i anddau«hter, Mrs. W F.
emanan! :>f I Pai tlow if Ml Selnian
must not •
il Thomas
THE K1LL0UGH MONUMENT, which marks the site where
KiHough, Wood, and Williams families were killed by Cherokee
Indians, was built exactly 100 years after the massacre. Next
,'.December 26 will mark the 12(itJi anniversary of the murders.
their sides during the Texas He
volution or at least remain neu-
tral. On February 23, 1836. the
Texans and the Indians signed '!v>
granted the Indians title to their
lanas and declared nuil uvl void
all land «rants made in the to
tory before the Indians' se'th
ment. On December 26, 1837, ¡he
Texas Senate declared t ie tr.-mv
null and void but agreed to Jet
the Indians remain on the land.
On October f , 1838, the K
loutih Massacre started whrn a
group of Mexicans and Cherokee
Indians ambushed Nathaniel Kn
lough and the men who were help-
ing load his corn.
The westward tick < ( th Che-o. The Indians had been a con
kee tribes was beenn at the close slant threat and the early set
of the American Revolution, The, Hers had made plans to move in-
Indians, in search of a land in to Nacogdoches County hut th'
which to live, entered Texas and Indians had promised the ;.'!!le «
Rusk, and Van Zand! Counties. that they might stay on "unMI
The Indians, led by Chief John the fust white frost." The set-
Dun Hunter, petitioned the Mex- tiers were totally unprepared for
Shoot.
Following the aftermath of the
massacre, which has been term-
ed as one of the most tragic dur-
ing the Indian battles in Texas,
six adults were killed and four
were missing and never account-
ed for. There are no records to
show how many children were
captured or killed during the
slaughter.
The history proceeding the mas-
sacre is aim >st as interesting as
the story itself which was taken
from an old yellowed manuscript
written by one of the women who
suivived the ordeal
THE YOUNG GENERATION'S and the older ones were repre-
sented at the annual Killough reunion held July -1 at the scene
""pi the Killough massacre. Among those attending were Jim
Killough, 6, of Washington, Illinois, Charlie Alexander, 84, of
Tyler and David Killough, D, of Dallas,
WHAT
Rusk Folks
ARE DOING
Mrs. Ralph Travis and son,
Ronnie, spent Monday at Dallas
as the guests of Mrs. Ilarlev
Hooper.
Mr. and Mrs. J, H. Sehochler
•and Max and Mrs. Kate Henry
-«pent the weekend in Corpus
Christi.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryon Mason of j
Dallas spent Monday night here'
with his mother, Mrs. W. II.
Mason.
Mrs. James I. Perkins returned
Monday from a five-month visit
in Mexico City and vicinity.
Clarence Murdoch of Houston
spent the w e e k e n d with his
father, .1. F. Murdoch and sister,
Mis. Marvin Trouhlefield.
^or Refreshment At It's
Best, Try Our Milk!
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¡aeoíidm
1
BIG STATE
CREAMERY
JACKSONVILLE
ican eovernrrmt for leal t't'e
to the Texas lands on which they
'ivrd. Hunter traveled to Mexico'
Citv on behalf of the Indians
and talked to Mexican officials i
but to no ava'l.
Hunter returned to Texas em-
bittered and frustrated He said,
"We will lift up our tomahawks
and "lit for hmd with all ih< -o
friendly tribes who wish land al-
so."
F W Winker writes of Hun-
ter: "Of white naronta!"1 he was
reared by the Indians educated a-
lf v' the Mississippi River, wrote
a bonk in New York Citv. was
lionized in I ndon, came to Tov-
as to rivilizn th'> Indians, and
lost his life in an itprisin against
the Mexican authorities."
His Mexico City eynerienee led
Hunter to chantre li\ tactics in
gaining land for the Indians and
brought about his death. He and
Chief Field entered into an agree-
ment with the Frodonians in De-
cember, 1826, promising them aid
in their rebellion against Mexico
if the Cherokee tribes would be
recognized and given land of their
own in the northern part of Texas
Fetter Ellis Bean. Indian a-
gent for the Mexican Govern-
Ihe massacre. They had even lei1
their rifles in their homes.
Nathaniel Killough bad been
with his mules and wagon at a
small creek when he heard the
shots. Alarmed for his wife and
small child, he ran home. He and
his family escaped to Lacy's Fort,
about two miles from where Alio
is now.
When Narcissa Killough heard
ihe shots in her home, she grab-
bed her baby from its crib and
ran lowaids the creek Barak ¡s
Williams and Mrs. Isaac Kil-
lough. Jr., caught up w 'h her
and all three ran toward the shots
About that time the Indians swept
out into the open and came to-
wards the three. The amhushers
, shot Barakias to death but left
Narcissa and (Jane) Mrs. Isaac
Kilh ugh. Jr., unmolested.
When the two women arrived
at the creek, they found two of the
dead men,
Elizabeth K i 1 I o u g h and her
brother Allen's family ran into
the woods when they heard the
shots. Elizabeth William:?, who
was visiting the family, ran with
them. None were seen nor heard
of again.
The entire Wood family was
either killed or eatpured. The fa-
returned to his home and was kil.
ther. who had hidden his familv,
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Population Count at N. Y. World's Fair A 24-hour-a-day
counter with illuminated figures six feet tall clicks off U.S.
population at the Equitable Life Pavilion. At current pace
the population will exceed 193 million by the year's end.
Michelangelo's world fa-
mous "Pieta" is one of the
most outstanding features
currently exhibited at the
Vatican Pavilion.
A night view of the Uni-
sphere, the official symbol
of the Fair.
Faírgo«r have been streaming into the Pair at an aver-
age of 17S 000 persons per day, with approximately
10 000 000 visitors to date and total of 40,000,000 ex-
pected this year,
BE SURE TO ATTEND
The Junior League and Girls
BASEBALL
AND
SOFTBALL
Sponsored by Rusk Lions Club
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THE BRAVES
is «'Front row, from left to rijjht, are: Dwain Van Cleave, short ^'If fielder Clean Self, fielder Third row. are Chnrlii
stop; Jimmy Black, bat boy; Nicky Norton, second base 1 hrisiophei, mach ltodne\ llassell third base, baivd Welsh,
.Ronald Trowick, catcher; .lames Ross fielder Second row lira It. > Knar talisman, holder. Otho UUick, coach,
arc. Paul Black, pitcher; Dwain Merriweather, fielder, I.win leir\ i >n, ¡ Itchier 1 not pictured.
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
I
Friday, July 10 — Boys Jr. League
GIANTS vs CARDINALS and YANKEES vs INDIANS
Monday, July 13 --- Girls Softball
EAGLES vs RANGERS and CUBS vs BUFFS
Tuesday, July 14 — Boys Jr. League
RED SOX vs CARDINALS and BRAVES vs GIANTS
SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THESE SPONSORS
Cardinals Sponsored by Chapman Pharmacy and J. C. Williams; Indians Sponsored by
Southwestern Electric Service and Greyg Insurance Agency; Giants Sponsored by
Citizens State Bank and Gulf Coast Federated Feed; Red Sok Sponsored by Rusk
Federal Savings and Loan Association, Brave. Sponsored by Eiist Slate Rank, Yankees
sponsored by Bill Vining of Rusk.
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At 2:30 p.m. Saturday
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1964, newspaper, July 9, 1964; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150556/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.