CORRECTION to the above posting re: Willow Springs and Junction City mentioned in the 1929 article by W.F. 'Matt' Guthrie who was age 14 (barely, born-Jun 28, 1846) in 1860 when he was one of Lt. J.E. McCord's Rangers. Maybe Guthrie confused "Junction City" with "Panther Junction".
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Brewster County TX, "Willow Springs is 14 kilometers east of Panther Junction. (ref: General Land Office 1887 Map of Foley, Buchel, and Brewster counties and on Spaight's 1882 Official map of Texas.) Apparently they were important to early travelers in the area." per p85 of SPRINGS OF TEXAS by Brune.
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Immediately below is a CORRECTED part of a paragraph, from the 1929 article by that describes a skirmish in which 38 men were killed.
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"... The first service that I rendered in this company was in June, 1860. Burleson ordered First Lieutenant J.E. McCord to take twenty five men with light packs and go to the Rio Grande River above the Big Bend and reinforce Captain [J.S.] Ford, who was having a hard time trying to keep the Mexican bandits on the other side of the river. Captain Ford told Lt. McCord to scout up the river and kill every damned "greaser" he caught up with. The third day out our scout reported a band of Mexicans at Willow Springs. McCord told us to unsaddle and rest. Just before day light, we surrounded them with orders to take no prisoners. There were twenty-eight killed and ten or twelve surrendered, who were later lined up and shot. We captured forty head of horses and some arms and ammunition. We scouted up and down the River for about thirty-eight days, away back from Junction City on the big Saline River. We had a running fight with about twenty-five or thirty Indians in which we killed three Indians and captured about seventeen ponies, after which they scattered to the mountains. ..."
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This question is better defined on my web page: http://www.bourlandcivilwar.com/GuthrieBourlandsRegtCoD.htm
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Patti, prochette@Juno.com
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