The Reckoning: The Triumph of Order on the Texas Outlaw Frontier

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:: 235 :: Index Note: page numbers in italics refer to figures; those followed by m refer to maps; those followed by n refer to notes, with note number. African Americans among Mexican Indians, 17 as soldiers buffalo soldiers, 4, 100, 129–30, 140 Seminole Scouts, 21, 35, 38, 174 Allison, Catherine Dublin, 47, 49, 110–11, 163 Allison, William “Bill,” 47 arrests of, 69, 85 arrival in Kimble County, 49 criminal activities, 64, 199n12, 209n43 death of, 209n43 family of, 49, 163 as fugitive, 59, 64 indictment of, 111 in jail, 208n16, 209n43 Pegleg robbers and, 107, 108, 111 trial of, 74, 111, 200n7 Alsate (Indian chief), 37 Anderson, Ben, 59, 63, 64, 86 Anderson, Gary C., xxii, 182 Anderson, James Lowe, 28 Anderson, Robert F. “Squire,” 59, 81, 82 Apache raiders, 17, 39, 173. See also Lipan Apache raiders; Mescalero Apache raiders Ashburn, H. T., 109, 120 Baker, Ike, 58 Banister, John, 103–4 Baylor, George W., 171 Beardsley, Charles, 117–18 Belknap, William W., 22 Blackburn, Sarah Graham, 175 Blackburn, W. A., 70 court sessions, 56–57, 62, 68, 74, 83 and government cleanup, 82, 202–3n55 and Kimble County Roundup, 69, 70–72, 74 life and career, 175 black markets, and crime, xxiii–xxiv, 5, 19– 20, 50–51, 181 Boyce, Adeline, 111 Boyce, John, 109 Boyce, Reuben “Rube,” 80 Anderson murder, 81, 82 arrest of, 81, 109 arrival in Kimble County, 49 background of, 192n38 escape, 111, 112 pursuit of, 108–9, 120 Travis County jail, 109 trials of, 111–13 Bradbury, James, 4 Brashear, Button, 82 Brashear, Pete, 82 Briggs, Moses Carson, 28, 123 Brown, N. J., 127, 135 buffalo soldiers, 4, 100, 129–30, 140 Bullis, Alice Rodriguez, 174 Bullis, John L., 21, 35–38, 42, 88, 174–75 Burk, Frank, 59 Burleson, John, 59 Burt, J. A. “Black” arrests of, 73, 75, 109, 115 Index :: 236 life after leaving Kimble County, 168 as link to Pecos River gangs, 123 marriage, 116–17 pursuit of, 120, 121, 125–32, 166, 213n4, 213n6, 215n22 shootout at Potter Waterhole, 121 trial of, 118 Cleveland, Rebecca Potter Gordon Hildreth, 32, 116–17, 168, 211nn19–20 Cleveland, William Jasper, 168 climate, and agriculture, 15–16 Clitz, H. B., 38 Coacoochee (Seminole chief), 17 Coburn, George, 59, 112 Coke, Richard, 39 Coldwell, Neal, 40–41, 52, 57, 62, 66, 171 Collins, Michael, xxii, 182 Comanche raiders, 3, 4, 11, 12, 17, 39, 41, 49 Comstock, J. H., 59, 107–8 Condy, John, 143, 144, 162–63 Confederate attacks on Indians, 18–19 The Conquest of Texas (Anderson), xxii Costilietos (Lipan Apache chief), 21 county governments, establishment of, 3–4 courts of law gunfight disrupting (March 1878), 81–82 intimidation of, 56–57, 62, 80–81, 109, 111, 112, 114, 210n7 public’s lack of faith in, 153–54, 177 Rangers’ protection of, 62, 70–71, 83 Cravens, James, 109 criminal confederation alliance with Indian raiders, 51, 77–79, 105, 176–77 attractiveness of area to, 5–6 disguise as Indians, 6, 20, 40, 51, 78–79, 85, 151, 155, 176–77, 181 establishment and growth of, 6, 49 intimidation of citizens by, 6, 60, 64, 80–81 intimidation of county officials, 52, 53, 55, 60, 82 arrival in Kimble County, 49 as county official, 52, 71 criminal activities, 58, 59 intimidation of county officials, 60 pursuit of, 59, 61, 73 in Travis County jail, 109 trials of, 83, 85, 115 Burton, Adeline Ford, 54 Burton, Felix, 53, 54, 58, 60, 169 California Indians in, abuse of, 29–30 Potters in, 27–33 Campbell, John M., 163 Carson, Kit, 27, 28 Carson, Lindsey, 27 Carter, J. W., 133, 138 Carter’s Ranch, 128m, 133, 135, 138 Cathey, Lewis “Luke,” 49, 64, 69, 109, 199n12 Cheno (Mescalero chief), 37 citizens characteristics of, 3, 24, 46 criminals among, 3, 5–6, 46 law-abiding intimidation of, 6, 60, 64, 80–81 sacrifices of, xxiv, 6, 55, 183 support of law and order efforts, xxi, 43, 44, 60, 68, 71, 72, 80, 87, 88, 106, 110 Civil War, 4, 12, 39 Clements, Joseph H., 117, 142, 146, 146–51, 153–54, 157, 173, 217–18n14 Cleveland, George, 32 arrests of, 115–16, 117, 118 arrival in Texas, 211n20 associates of, 50, 122, 124 background, 116 criminal activity, 125 escape from custody, 118, 120 flight from Kimble County, 125, 178 237 :: Index Dowdy, Solon, 153, 207n76 Dowdy, Susan...