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Black plaque № 17745

Glen Rose, TX, United States

Squaw Creek Indian Fight. Civil War frontier victory, near this site. About 25 raiding indians jumped a fox hunter, Rigman Bryant, killed him, shot his dog, stole his horse. That afternoon the Indians and stolen horses were seen by a minister, Silas Scarborough, W. C. Walters and a Negro bringing ho

me a turn of meal from the gristmill. Scarborough and Walters headed into a cedar brake. The Indians urged the Negro to join them, shot him full of arrows when he refused. In a few hours the Cavalry a

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