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Continuing Indian raids caused settlers on the upper Brazos, Trinity and Colorado rivers to petition the Congress of the Republic of Texas for help. On Sunday, May 26, , Captain John Bird and Private Nathaniel Brookshire encountered three Indians skinning a buffalo and routed them, capturing one of their horses laden with meat.

Around a. At p. The rangers charged, but to no avail, and decided to retreat. At that point the rangers were surrounded by 40 Indians. The rangers dismounted and walked their horses into the ravine later named Bird's Creek. Private H. Hall persisted in remaining on horseback, and he was mortally wounded while dismounting on the bank. Smoke signals were sent and Indians arrived from the Comanche, Caddo and Kickapoo tribes.

Nash was shot and killed by an arrow; First Sergeant William H. Weaver was killed by a rifle ball to the head; and Second Lieutenant William R. Allen and Private George W. Hensel were severely wounded. As the Indian fell back a second time, Captain Bird jumped up on the bank to encourage his men and was shot through the heart by an arrow launched by an Indian at the extraordinary distance of yards.

The war chief was killed and the Indians withdrew. The rangers reported to have killed about Indians and wounded about as many.

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The rangers secreted the bodies of Bird, Weaver, Gay and Nash in the ravine and carted off the three wounded rangers — Allen, Hensel and Hall. They reached Fort Smith about a. Private Hall died soon after reaching the fort. Several days later the rangers returned to collect the bodies. They were buried in one large crude coffin side-by-side on the banks of the Little River near Fort Smith.

Bird was born in in Tennessee and was married with 4 children when he arrived in Texas in He had fought with Andrew Jackson in the War of , against the Comanche in and the Mexicans during the Texas Revolution in Weaver was born in Mississippi and was about 21 years of age. Weaver, and Privates H. Hall, Thomas Gay and Jesse E. Gay stated that he was born in and had arrived in Texas from Georgia in May, He received a league of land in Austin's Second Colony.

Gay in was a member of Captain William G. Evan's Company, stationed at the Falls of the Brazos. He and three or his companions while serving under Captain John Bird, were killed in an engagement with Indians on Bird Creek near where the city of Temple, Bell County, now stands, on May 26,