Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . ho would run the gauntlet. Had JeanBruno been at hand, the application would not have been made invain. But that courageous man was absent at Saltillo, whither hehad been sent with dispatches to General Taylor. The quartermaster now made a requisition upon the First OhioRegiment, quartered in the plaza, and two young privates imme-diately volunteered to attempt the passage. The services of these brave fellows were gladly accepted, an
Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . ho would run the gauntlet. Had JeanBruno been at hand, the application would not have been made invain. But that courageous man was absent at Saltillo, whither hehad been sent with dispatches to General Taylor. The quartermaster now made a requisition upon the First OhioRegiment, quartered in the plaza, and two young privates imme-diately volunteered to attempt the passage. The services of these brave fellows were gladly accepted, and pro-vided with excellent horses and well armed, they set forth upon theirperilous ride. Scarcely, however, had the Ohioans left the plaza, when the fear-less and faithful Ranger, Jean Bruno himself, accompanied by aMexican guide, galloped up to the commandants quarters, with re-turn dispatches from head-quarters. As the officer had all confidence in the skill and experience of theJ\ \ Frenchman, he hardly gave him time to dismount from his pant-ing steed, when, ordering a?•i^^^^i!W ^^^^^^^^^S^f^^ ^l\ // fresh animal, he requested Jean to start forth-. ^y^ with, with a dupli-cate of the dis-patch that had beengiven to the Ohio- \t/\ ans. Ever ready to THE RANGER AND HIS OUIDE AFTER THE OHIO MEN. glVC a CheeriUi 006- dience to all orders, the Frenchman snatched a few mouthfuls ofrefreshment with his guide, and was soon again dashing, with himin company, out of the city. ^ A TEXAN rangers FEARFUL ADVENTURE. 139^ It was his intention, if possible, to overtake the young men, whohad preceded him, in order to ascertain what route they purposed topursue; as he had determined to follow a different path, in orderthat should one party fail, the other might possibly succeed inreaching their destination. Besides, the chances were that eitherwould be more likely to pass the outposts of the enemy undiscovered,than if they united their numbers. Jean and his guide, however, had crossed the
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