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point where it was a case of surrender or get whipped.  We found them in a thicket of scrub oaks and it was thick and heavy hail of lead that we sent into this place to get them out.  The rangers and the cowboys swooped down on them from the east and began to surround them.  This was at noon.  The Indians kept up a continual shooting with their bows and arrows and made life quite interesting for a time.  One man of our party was wounded.  His horse was shot from under him.  When the Indians were howling and shooting and the cowboys and rangers were yelling and firing at the top of their voices and each man after one of the red fellows, things were certainly rather exciting. 
     At this point the old captain yelled out, "Plague take it, aim at a tree and fire and we will get one of the dirty varmints."  We rushed up the Big Sandy after the Indians when they made a dash out of the thickets. A Mexican with the Indians led the retreat of the redskins out of the thicket.  He was called "Friday". I don't know where the name ever came from or why he given the name of one of the days of the week.  He was the leader of the best squad of Indians that ever led a raid in Denton or Wise counties.  We chased them fellows up Red River and then the Indians scattered.  We rounded up the horses thy had stolen and went back to our cattle.  The Indians had all they wanted and never showed up in that part of Texas again.  Right in the midst of the hottest of the fight when we were all hollering like a lot of starved coyotes, horses were neighing and whimming and the rangers yelling like they only can, Old Uncle" Jerry Burnett called back to me and said, "Plague take it Heck, get behind a tree," and you can bet your bottom dollar I got and that in short order.
     Each night after that, moonlight or dark, we watched for those Indians to return and bother our stock, but they never came.  It was a long time before we got over all the excitement.  Men and women who were coming into Wise and Denton counties to settle up that part of the country were often frightened and would ask aid of the cowboys, but there was never any need of such services after that event.