| Recollections of EARLY TEXAS (Memoirs of John Holland Jenkins) Edited by John Holmes Jenkins,III. Pgs. 20, 25 & 26 …Early in this year Col. James Neill, an old soldier under Jackson, came from Alabama and settled where old Mr. (Hugh King) McDonald now lives. His bravery and experience won for him a hearty welcome in our midst, and he was of great service to us in subsequent years…. …On this raid, Colonel Neill adopted a singular, if not barbarous, method of sending destruction upon the Indians. Having procured some smallpox virus, he vaccinated one of the captive warriors, and then released him to carry the infection into his tribe! Nothing was ever heard as to the success or failure of this project. |
