Tom Green County, TX - Bios:  Ignacio Moran

TX BIOS:  Ignacio Moran
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   Washington, 1994.
   
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   NOTES Ignacio Moran 1885
   
   "I came to San Angelo in 1885 from Laredo, Texas. I drove cattle for
   old man Sanderson to this section and located here.
   
   "Some Indians got loose from the government and came in here as far as
   the Courthouse Mountains but were captured and carried back.
   
   "I have heard my father tell that he and other Mexicans that herded
   sheep and drove cattle dressed as Indians to steal cattle, sheep and
   horses. Many of them would rob but my father had no part in that. The
   cattle owners would stage these attacks of camouflage to gain herds
   without cost. ( Father saw old man Spears kill two buffalo where the
   Santa Rita School is located; he helped to skin them. )
   
   "The last beaver that I saw in these parts was caught near the forks
   of the river during the 1906 flood.
   
   "When my wife was coming from Comanche a band of Indians whirled by
   and almost hit the wagons; they supposed some whites were after them,
   anyway they made no effort to attack.

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