OMG, Sweet, Deaf!
I'm Curious : The name isn't due to firing full house .357's without ear protection, is it?
Say what OldArmy?
Oh, the name.... Deaf Smith. Deaf Smith County, Texas.
Erastus 'deef' Smith. Sam Houston's scout. The same Deaf Smith who fought from day one of the Texas Revolution to the Battle of San Jacinto (yes he was hard of hearing but one hell of a man.)
While he didn't want war he told Stephen F. Austin: "I told you yesterday that I would not take sides in this war but, Sir, I now tender you my services as the Mexicans acted rascally with me"
Fought at Battle of Concepcion, and the Grass Fight, At the Alamo, he served as a courier to William Barrett Travis and carried Travis's letter from the Alamo on February 15, 1836. As Sam Houston's scout he found Mrs. Dickenson's party after the fall of the Alamo.
Ran an intelligence unit that spied on the Mexicans (has he himself did many times.)
At Harrisburg, he captured a Mexican courier with dispatches revealing the strength and position of Antonio López de Santa Anna's army. On 21 April prior to the Battle of San Jacinto, he and his men destroyed Vince's Bridge, the means of any retreat or reinforcements of both armies. He then joined his unit to participate in the main battle, riding as fast he could to join his friends after he and his men burned the bridge.
He was the courier that took the captured Antonio López de Santa Anna's orders to General Filisola's army to retreat from Texas.
He captured General Cos, who had escaped from the main battle.
Oh, and also Charles 'Skeeter' Skelton, Sheriff of Deaf Smith County. One good lawman and writer who, as a youngster, read everything he wrote.
I am only fit to strap the sandals of their feet (but it's a hell of a name.)
Deaf