Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . picion. They were almost en-tirely naked, and their faces were garnished with six weeks growthof beard. The one was barely able to hobble upon crutches, andthe other could manage to feed himself with one of his hands. Theywere instantly taken to Louisville, where their clothes (which hadbeen carried off in the boat which deserted them) were restored tothem, and after a few weeks confinement, both were perfectly re-stored. Benham afte
Thrilling adventures among the early settlers, embracing desperate encounters with Indians, Tories, and refugees; daring exploits of Texan rangers and others .. . picion. They were almost en-tirely naked, and their faces were garnished with six weeks growthof beard. The one was barely able to hobble upon crutches, andthe other could manage to feed himself with one of his hands. Theywere instantly taken to Louisville, where their clothes (which hadbeen carried off in the boat which deserted them) were restored tothem, and after a few weeks confinement, both were perfectly re-stored. Benham afterwards served in the northwest throughout the wholeof the Indian war, accompanied the expeditions of Plarmcr andWilkinson, shared in the disaster of St. Clair, and afterward in thetriumph of Wayne. Upon the return of peace, he bought the landupon which Rodgers had been defeated, and ended his days in tran-quillity, amid the scenes which had witnessed his sufferings. THE DESPERADO AND THE REGULATORS. 107 THE DESPERADO AND THE REGULATORS An old man by the name of Yokum had been the terror of thepart of Lousiana where he formerly resided, we believe upon Fla-. OLD YOKUMs house OF ENTERTAINMENT AT PINE ISLAND PRAIRIE. quemine Brule, or in that vicinity. It has often been told us by oldsettlers from that portion of the state, that not one of Yokum s familyor of the gang whom he kept around him, had met with a naturaldeath. This patriarch in crime selected Pine Island Prairie, in thelower part of Eastern Texas, as a place where he would be but littletroubled with inquisitive neighbors; and where, from its locationupon the road leading from Belews Ferry upon the Sabine throughLiberty, and crossing the San Jacinto at the Attascaseta ford toHouston, he would be sure to entertain, that is, keep or receive,almost every traveler that chose that route. 108 THE DESPERADO AND THE REGULATORS. Knowing the advantages of a good character at home, he soon, byhis liberality, apparent good-humor, an
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