Who was this Major Sparks? ..Please help identify the "Major Sparks of the Confederate Headquarters at Waco" of June 1864?
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Immediately below is one of several paragraphs that mentiones this Major Sparks at issue. ..Upon request, I can send you more of this article via e-mail or post several more paragraphs.
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..........From J.B. “Buck” Barry’s A TEXAS RANGER AND FRONTIERSMAN, THE DAYS OF BUCK BARRY IN
..........TEXAS, (1845-1906), pp157-165, written by J.B. “Buck” Barry and edited by J.K. Greer (1932).
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While I was in South Texas, [Captain Y.H.] Isbell had charge of the Indians. ..I had hardly returned to [Fort] Belknap [Young County] before I learned, through Major Sparks of the Confederate Headquarters at Waco [McLennan County], that they were no longer a unit at Belknap. ..One group of the warriors under their Chief, Castile, was doing most of the scouting, while another chief, Campo, was at Waco with another group of the Tonkawas. ..Sparks wanted me to come or send for them as he was unable to induce them to leave and go back to the [Belknap Tonkawa] agency. ..Evidently, the Indians felt that they had some excuse for getting out of hand; or perhaps they were not handled properly.
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Background information
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Captain Y.H. Isbell posted a $10,000 bond with the State of Texas in June 1864 to be a State Agent in charge of the Tonkawa Indians.
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Castile, Tonkawa chief; Mex War vet. (Captain, Young Co, TST), 151, 153, A-307, A-414, A-462, A-464
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