Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1959 Page: 2 of 8
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BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVF.RTISKR, NOVEMBER .r . 19A0
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FROM OUT OF
THE PAST
By O. W. Sumerlin
(!-'tl11<i•" '• Thi.- is «.nc of a series of artic les on in-
t«ir-tmn 1 tit!- about Bastrop "from out of the past",
taken from old files of th< Bastrop Advertiser and other
sources l>v I he Rev. O. \V. Sumerlin. Mr. Sumerlin is
e.-pecially int«-re-ted in brinjjinjr to lipht the more obscure
and hitherto unpublished stories that may have been over-
looked by other Bastrop historians, and may in time
combine them into a book.)
Davey Crockett In Bastrop
Yes, Dav\ Crockett once walk
«-d the street.- of Bastrop, boys
and jrirls. But before we discuss
that, perhaps we had better net
him here first. Davy Crockett
put beat for re election as Con-
gressman from Tennessee, so
he started for Texas to aid the
Texan* who were about to as-
sert their independance. Accord
in r t" the reminiscences of Eld-
ridgt E. Click of Cooper, Texas,
a- printed in the Bastrop Ad
\ ertiser. Nove mber 1898, Davy
Crockett stopped by his father's
place five miles -outh of Paris,
T. \a-. in is:'.5 and spent ,-ix
weeks. Ibirinn this time, Davy
Crockett and Kldridfce's father.
Mathias Click went hunting and
killed live bears.
According to this article. Ma-
thias Click kept his bear meat
stored up in the attic. One day
Davy Crockett got a ladder and
climbed up to where the bear
meat was, cut off a slab with
his bijr Bowie knife anil ate the
raw meat. He .-aid he liked raw
bear meat.
David Crockett's big long rifle
wa- broken at the breech. In
Bastrop there was an excellent
gunsmith by the name of John
Berry who had tome to Texas
from Kentucky in 1826. Some-
one told Crockett. "Take it to
John Berry; he can fix it for
you." And he did. John Berry
piaced a silver band around the
broken place, which not only
repaired the uun, but made it
look very ornamental. Crockett
liked it and -aid that the gun
was now better than it was be
fore it was broken.
You will find the story of
Crockett's coming to Bastrop in
the book Karly Settlers and In-
dian Fighters of Southwest
Texas., by A. J. Sewell. It wa-
printed in Austin in 11*00. It
ami a few others went to Fort
Parker. Gen Edward Burleson
was in the Texan army, and his
stepmother and her five children
ami one of the Burleson children
went in Mr. Berry's wagon. Al-
so of the party were the Harris
ai d Mi Kinney families. Dr. Mc
kinney it wa- said was the cause
of the Indian- being so hostile
in those days and killing so
many Bastrop settlers. In some
transaction with the Indians he
made a present to them of a
keg of sugar which he had pois-
oned. and which caused the death
of ,'i great many of them. The
Indian- in revenge for this kill
ed Dr. Mi Kinney and some com-
panion- at a place afterward-
called Bom Hallow. The bones
of the men had been found and
buried there, hence the name.
Mrs. Berry say- -he saw the
rail pen which had been placed
around them."
There is much more concern-
ing Mrs. Berry, but that is all
that i- related to Bastrop. Next
week we will have another story
"From Out of the Past." The
Texas History Center of the
University of Tt xas ha- asked
for a copy of the story which
appeared in thi Bastrop \dver-
ti-er in 1S! S about David Crock
ett. They want to check and -ee
if this ha- ever come to the
notice of historian.-.
And one other thing. I hate
to disappoint those boys and
girls who a few years ago were
wearing Davy Crockett coon-
skin cap-, but Mrs. Berry -ays
that when Crockett came to Bas-
trop he did not wear a coon-
,-kin cap. I think he let u- down.
But it could have been, boys ami
girls, that on his way to Bas
trop, he had lost it in a fitrnt
with a bear.
CYC HOLDS BUSINESS
.MEETING OCTOBER 21
veristy of Texas. The La Rue
McLaurinV of Bastrop have a
copy. Fourteen pages of thi-
book are devoted to the last
raid the Indians made in Frio
Canyon near the town of Leaky,
in 1KH2. Two people wen killed.
A posse was formed and the
Indians were pursued acros- the
border, and five days into Mexi-
co. Some were killed and an
Indian woman captured. The
two people the Indians had kill-
ed were Mr- John M. MrLaurin,
grandmother of Mr. LaRue Mc
Laurin of Bastrop, and a fif
teen year old hired boy, Allen
Lease. That sort of bring- the
Indian raids clo.se to u. doe-n't
it ?.
Mr. Seweil trot his informa-
tion from Mrs. Hannah Berry,
the- wife of the gunsmith, John
contains &4-1 pages of "facts'
gathered from survivors of i The Bastrop Chapter of the
frontier days." Several copies | Catholic Youth Council held it.-
are in the library of the Uni-1 regular bu.-me.-s meeting Wed-
nesday, October 21, with 13
member* present. Father Dea
-oi opened the meeting with a
prayer. The meeting was called
to order by the president, and
t: i secretary read the minutes.
The treasurer gave her report
and collected dues.
It was decided that the fol
lowing Sunday would be com-
munion Sunday, and that coffee
and doughnuts would be -erved
after Mass in the pari.-h hall.
It wa- agreed to let that be
oui social for the week.
Plans for the district meet-
ing of the CYC, which will be
held in Bastrop November 22,
were aiso discussed at the meet
ing.
After a short religious dis-
cu -ion, the meeting ended with
a prayer.
Berrv. In 1900, when Mr. Sewell
wrote hi book, Mrs-. Beuv wa- ' * WILL ASSISI IhA< HERS
living in Bandera County. The j w " I AX < Ol RSES
chapter in the book telling Texas taxpayer, of tomorrow
about Davy Crockett is entitled. ; -hould file the most accurate
"Mrs. Hannah Berry. Came to I Federal income tax returns to
Texa.- i'i 1H2H," In 1834, sh« and | date, according to Gregg C.
her hu-band came to Bastrop. Waddill of Houston. Mr. Wad
Let me quote a bit from this'dell is chairman of the Texa-
book: Society of Certified Public Ac
"Mrs. Berry heard many an i countant.-' committee on co-
Indian yell (luring the 'bloody operation with educational in
day.- of Bastrop,' and once saw i -tiiutions.
500 Commanche Indians at one ' "Texa- CPA' , 3,000 -trong,
sight. She aw Wilbarger aftei
he ha ! been -calped by the In
dians, and ay.- he lived ten
Years after. When the Alamo
will help- when po-sible high
school and college teachers in
1 ,.">00 Texas schools, give In-
terna! Revenue Service', Teach
was taken a messenger cameling Taxe: -ourses", Mr. Waddill
and told thi people to retreat
back out of danger until the
steelers who were rallying uri
der Gen Sam Houston could
meet the victorious Mexicans in
battle. The people of Bastrop
left the town and traveled by
various methods and to diffe
rent places. Mr. Berry's family
aid.
Two Federal tax com-e- are
available: a general course for
city students, another for their
farming and ranching cousins.
Teaching Taxes kit.- may be
ordered, without charge, from
Internal Revenue district office-
in either Austin, or Dallas.
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1959, newspaper, November 5, 1959; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237764/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.