Brown County Historical Scrapbook: More Native American battles
Brownwood Bulletin
M.R. Cheatham was an 84 year old pioneer of Rockwood, Coleman County. He was involved in many Native American battles. He traveled through West Texas and helped arrest many frontier outlaws while he was a Texas Ranger, from June 1874 to September, 1876. He recorded some of the events that he experienced. He served in Company E, and most of the time during his service, had headquarters at Camp Mud Creek, seven miles north of Santa Anna. Mr. Cheatham was wagon boss and pack mule foreman of his company.
One night, a band of Native Americans stole some horses from the Rangers near the Mud Creek camp, and when the theft was discovered, several of the Rangers set out in pursuit. The Native Americans were overtaken six miles west of Brownwood, and a fight followed. Three Native Americans were killed, and two others were taken to Brownwood, where they were hanged in a tree on the north side of the courthous