In the memoirs of General Richard M. Gano, he writes of the fight with the Indians in 1858 Texas:
'They moved on, carrying their wounded man, Melton, with them to Marlin's Ranch. Baylor, with his men, stopped at the ranch house; Gano, with his meant the school house about 100 yards to the left. Gano got down under the shade of a tree and was dressing Melton's wounds, when Melton remarked, "It is pitiful for a man to die way out here away from his wife and two little children." But Gano replied, "Melton, it you will recover, but if you should die, I will promise you one thing; your wife and two little children shall be cared for." While dressing the wounds of Melton, a terrific yell was raised from the Indians who were attacking us in the rear and numbering about twice as many as we. Gano was fighting at the school house on the inside, while some of his soldiers were outside, some behind the school house and some under cover of the oak trees on the east side. A man by the name of Washburn was in the school house with Gano, and he told him that the Indians had murdered his father and mother, and he intended to spend his life killing them.
While the firing was going on, Washburn stepped in front of the door to discharge his file and a bullet passed through his breast. He laid down on the floor and said, "boys, I am a dead man." In less than twenty minutes he was dead. The Indians, feeling sure they could take the school house away from us, charged down upon it, but we used our six shooters and drove them off. Two of our men, Melton and Washburn, were killed and several were wounded. About a dozen dead Indians were left upon the ground.....'
'They moved on, carrying their wounded man, Melton, with them to Marlin's Ranch. Baylor, with his men, stopped at the ranch house; Gano, with his meant the school house about 100 yards to the left. Gano got down under the shade of a tree and was dressing Melton's wounds, when Melton remarked, "It is pitiful for a man to die way out here away from his wife and two little children." But Gano replied, "Melton, it you will recover, but if you should die, I will promise you one thing; your wife and two little children shall be cared for." While dressing the wounds of Melton, a terrific yell was raised from the Indians who were attacking us in the rear and numbering about twice as many as we. Gano was fighting at the school house on the inside, while some of his soldiers were outside, some behind the school house and some under cover of the oak trees on the east side. A man by the name of Washburn was in the school house with Gano, and he told him that the Indians had murdered his father and mother, and he intended to spend his life killing them.
While the firing was going on, Washburn stepped in front of the door to discharge his file and a bullet passed through his breast. He laid down on the floor and said, "boys, I am a dead man." In less than twenty minutes he was dead. The Indians, feeling sure they could take the school house away from us, charged down upon it, but we used our six shooters and drove them off. Two of our men, Melton and Washburn, were killed and several were wounded. About a dozen dead Indians were left upon the ground.....'
In the memoirs of General Richard M. Gano, he writes of the fight with the Indians in 1858 Texas:
'They moved on, carrying their wounded man, Melton, with them to Marlin's Ranch. Baylor, with his men, stopped at the ranch house; Gano, with his meant the school house about 100 yards to the left. Gano got down under the shade of a tree and was dressing Melton's wounds, when Melton remarked, "It is pitiful for a man to die way out here away from his wife and two little children." But Gano replied, "Melton, it you will recover, but if you should die, I will promise you one thing; your wife and two little children shall be cared for." While dressing the wounds of Melton, a terrific yell was raised from the Indians who were attacking us in the rear and numbering about twice as many as we. Gano was fighting at the school house on the inside, while some of his soldiers were outside, some behind the school house and some under cover of the oak trees on the east side. A man by the name of Washburn was in the school house with Gano, and he told him that the Indians had murdered his father and mother, and he intended to spend his life killing them.
While the firing was going on, Washburn stepped in front of the door to discharge his file and a bullet passed through his breast. He laid down on the floor and said, "boys, I am a dead man." In less than twenty minutes he was dead. The Indians, feeling sure they could take the school house away from us, charged down upon it, but we used our six shooters and drove them off. Two of our men, Melton and Washburn, were killed and several were wounded. About a dozen dead Indians were left upon the ground.....'
'They moved on, carrying their wounded man, Melton, with them to Marlin's Ranch. Baylor, with his men, stopped at the ranch house; Gano, with his meant the school house about 100 yards to the left. Gano got down under the shade of a tree and was dressing Melton's wounds, when Melton remarked, "It is pitiful for a man to die way out here away from his wife and two little children." But Gano replied, "Melton, it you will recover, but if you should die, I will promise you one thing; your wife and two little children shall be cared for." While dressing the wounds of Melton, a terrific yell was raised from the Indians who were attacking us in the rear and numbering about twice as many as we. Gano was fighting at the school house on the inside, while some of his soldiers were outside, some behind the school house and some under cover of the oak trees on the east side. A man by the name of Washburn was in the school house with Gano, and he told him that the Indians had murdered his father and mother, and he intended to spend his life killing them.
While the firing was going on, Washburn stepped in front of the door to discharge his file and a bullet passed through his breast. He laid down on the floor and said, "boys, I am a dead man." In less than twenty minutes he was dead. The Indians, feeling sure they could take the school house away from us, charged down upon it, but we used our six shooters and drove them off. Two of our men, Melton and Washburn, were killed and several were wounded. About a dozen dead Indians were left upon the ground.....'
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