Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-11-28
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WARS, AND RUMORS OF
WARS.
From the New Orleans Bulletin.
FROM TEXAS

Ton DuuUEf VI tt'S ~ 49,
the Sd Of November. From their col
umns we have CLEANED number OF items
that will be found entertaining.
A otalk" had been held by Gen. Rusk
and Col. Horton with Bowles, the Chero-
kee chief, the result Of which has been,
that one half ofth Cherokees are to JON
Gen. Rusk in pursuit of fugitive hostiies
who recently gave battle to the General
near the Salt Springs, while the rest OF
the Cherokees are TO accompany COL
Horton for the purpose OF running the
boundary line, conformably to the treaty
made with the Cherokee tribe, by Messrs.
Houston, Forb es, Cameron, in February,
1896.
The third regular session OF the Texan
Congress was 10 have commenced on the
9Th instant. The session, it IS thought,
will be protracted one, and certainly
full of interest. Subjects of the highest
importance to the welfare of the Republic
will come up Tor discussion, and settlement,
we trust. in the two Houses. The imam
cia condition of the country, the present
disturbed state Of our borders, the re- or
ganisation Of the Army, and the creation
Of a Navy, are all matters deep import,
that call for the action ofthe combined
wisdom, talents and patriotism OF the Ma
tional Legislature. The installation OF
the new President, Gen. Lamar, will also
prove an occasion replete with interest 10
our citizens, and to the friends and we'll
wishers, generally, OF the young Repub-
lie of the West.
The troubles on the eastern border oil
Texas have, we regret to learn, been re-
vived. 1t appears that, in consequence OF
a report which reached Nacogdoches oil
the murder Of some white families at the
Sabine Salt Springs, about so miles from
that town, Gen. Rusk, with force OF 200
men, Immediately started in pursuit OF the
Indians, and encanped for the night with
IN 20 miles of the Springs. On the fol-
loving morning at daylight he was attack
ed by a combined Mexican and Indian
force, (the latter consisting of kickapoos
and Boluxies) to the number Of between
300 and 400 The conflict which ensned,
as may be supposed, was not OF very
systematic character, and lasted about an
DOuT, w 1ttl TIC hb'iho
loss ofl4 killed, III Indians and Mex
cans) fled in all directions, rendering
pursuit impossible. Gen. Rusk had III
men wounded, though not dangerous Y.
One of the two Mcxicans killed is said to
be Of the family of Flores, of some prom
inence in Nacogdoches. A Cooshata
was also found among the killed. We
understand that Gen. Douglass Is left IN
command ofthe volunteers, Gen. Rusk
being on his way to the seat of Govern
ment.
On the Western borders, also, serious
difficulties have occurred. Col. Wells,
who reached Houston on the 1st instant,
gives the following starting particulars OF
an attack upon Texan citizens by par
ty Of Cumancho Indians. 1t appears
that, on the morning Of the Goth ult., one
of a camp of Surveyors, Give in number,)
about seven miles from Bexar, came,
greatly alarmed, into town, with intclll.
gence that their camp had been attacked
by Indians.
A party of four from town Immediately
went in pursuit, and coming in sight of
considerable number Of Indians, they
thought it advisable to return to Bexar for
a reinforcement In the mean time, how.
ever, the citizens, 10 the number of thir-
teen, had sailed out in quest oilhe Indian
enemy, whom, though more numerous
than themselves, they were about to at
tack, when by a sudden movement, the
Indians got between them and the town,
cutting them off in that quarter. AT near
Iy the same moment, much larger party
ofthe enemy was seen advancing upon
them from the opposite direction. This
left the whites no alternative but to en-
deavor to cut their way through the small
cr body of Indians in the direction of the
town.
They accordingly charged upon them,
when they opened and, allowngthe whites
to pass through the entire body of Indians
(about 1907 then bore down upon them,
killing eight of the party, slightly woun-
ding four, who, however, succeeded III
getting into town, one only having esca.
ped unhurt.
On the following morning, (2lsD so of
the citizens of BeXar started in pursuit Of
the Indians, Of whom they saw nothing
but came across the bodies of six Of those
killed the day before, and, little further
on, the bodies also oftwo ofthe Surveyors,
(Lamphan and Jones) stripped and scalp
ed. Col Wells also states that, on the
night OF the Doth, Mexican named Ruiz
came in from a nelghboring Rancho, and
reported the capture by the same Indians,
ofthree ofhls companions, and the death OF
another, who was killed in consequence
ofthe resistance he made. Six Mexcans,
in all, were made prisoners of, whom the