Karnes Co. TX - NEWS - The Kenedy Times Historical Edition-Oct 31, 1963 This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Kimm Antell Copyright. All rights reserved. http://files.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ---------------------------------------------------------- The Kenedy Times Historical Edition-Oct 31, 1963 One of the first memorable dates in the history of Karnes County, Texas was Oct 8, 1848, at which time a fight with Indians occurred just above the junction of the dry Escondido Creek, three miles from Kenedy and about two and a half miles south of old Daileyville, in the Plez Butler pasture. A band of Indians, about forty in number, raided the Yorktown settlement and drove off some thirty head of horses, and a company of thirty white men headed by Capt. (John) York organized as quickly as possible and followed their trail to Escondido Creek. Here they discovered a blanket, supposed to have been left by the Indians, and as they stopped to examine it, a volley of shots was fired from a thicket nearby, and a fierce battle ensued. After about thirty minutes the York party had lost three men, including Capt. York, his son in law, James Beil, and a man named Sykes---and it was forced to withdraw because the Indians were hidden behind a large fallen oak in the dense thicket of trees, and greatly outnumbered the white men. The news of the fight spread quickly to Goliad County where Jackson and Benson Burris organized a company of men who came to the scene of the battle and buried the three men who had fallen in battle. It is estimated by the Goliad party that seven Indians were killed and their bodies carried away. Copied from: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/YORK/2002-06/1024087695