"Untitled," Telegraph and Texas Register, February 3, 1838

Summary: Reported on a victory over an Indian force at the Trinity river. Intelligence suggested the Indians lost a quarter of their men, which gives the frontiers some breathing room.

Since the engagement on the head waters of the Trinity, the hostile Indians have kept at a respectful distance from the frontiers. We learn from a runaway slave who was with the Indians at this skirmish, that forty of their best warriors fell on the field, and a large number were taken away dangerously wounded. This is a severe loss for them, as it amounts to more than one quarter of the elective force of the combined tribes of the Wacoes and Towaecames. The unfortunate Miles and his associates therefore have not fallen in vain, since their blood has purchased for the frontiers an immunity from the evils of savage war fare.

Source Copy Consulted: "Untitled," Telegraph and Texas Register, February 3, 1838, p. 2