The Horseshoe Bend battle is not narrated in the available passage: no date, participants, course, or outcome of the battle is given. The passage instead records a road encounter in which Jefferson Kyle Kidd receives a warning about the Horrell brothers in Lampasas.

The Warning in Lampasas

A tall man recognizes Jefferson Kyle Kidd from a time Kidd read newspapers in Meridian, saying he had been interested in the news. The man then advises Kidd against going to Wiley and Toland’s saloon, The Gem, because the Horrell brothers go there for refreshment when they are not shooting Mexican people.

Kidd’s Question and the Passage’s Limits

Kidd asks whether the Horrell brothers would object to his appearing at the saloon. The people present look at one another, but the passage gives no answer. It supplies no further information about the Horseshoe Bend battle and does not explain any connection between the battle and the warning.