A History of Smith County, Texas Page: 40
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Landruwl and his group reached camp on the thirteenth
and the army of Burleson on the fourteenth. The volunteers
wanted Rusk as commander and the regulars wanted Burleson.
A compromise was effected and Kelsey H. Douglas, of near
Nacodoches, was elected Brigadier-General, or commander.
Here in the edge of Smith County occurred one of the
most Important Indian battles ever fought on Texas soil.
The bottle lasted two days, and from the standpoint of nuabers
engaged on both sides, was the most important battle
between the Indians and whites ever to take place in the Lone
Star State. Over eight hundred Indians were supposed to have
been engaged with a Texan force of over five hundred. The
running fight occurred along the Neches River, and the battle
field extended for over sixteen miles along that stream.
Early on the morning of July 15, Chief Bowles sent his
son, John Fowles, and another Indian, Fox Fields, under a
flag of truce, through the neutral zone to notify the Texans
that he would break camp and move to the west of the Neches.
The message also asked that the couriers be allowed to return
safely to the Indian camp, and accordingly, they were given
safe transportation through the Texas lines by Secretary of
War, Albert Sidney Johnson, with a message to Chief Powlcs
thanking him for his honorable conduct in abiding by the
terms of the agreement, and also notifying Powles that the
Texss force would break camp at the Loftin Sprinr that
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