Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-24


the legislature need no admontions to ONT oul
and TO enforce the duty they to the pubic and TO
themselves :,
With great Difference to the Legislature, bumith sim
cere earnestness must urge OH you the apption OF
some legislative action to obvate the dilhcuies ana
. mbarrassmcnts set forth in my proclamaon, and
should any circumstances occur to prevent te speedy
action of the legislature this subject byrhch the
nublic NAV suffer loss Inconvenience, lshall feel
conscious that no fault be justly attribed to the
Txecu,ive. DAVID R. PRTER.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
April L. 1910.
Both branches met again in the afternoon and alter
session of about hour, adjourned to mel pursuant
to the resolution adopted on the 18th of Mawext.
From TIC Nss;,e. T;mes, ap,i12J
THROUGH the poeness Of Sam A. Maveck, Esq,
a very respectable citizen and member of lie bar at
San Antonio de Bexar in conjunction with rivae let
tiers we received, we have learned the folwing par
ticulars of another Comanche and Indian t:achcy.-
We place the account in editorial coluhs, nearly
in MIR Mavericks own words
The crpectcd Comanchc Treaty turned ed fghi.
Mr. Maverick, Just from San Antonio, srs that on
,hc 10Th inst sixty-ive Comanches came ns San An
tonic with Miss Lockhart, whom they had s,len from
the Gaudaloup year and half since. Aout four
hours after their entry, 10 or IL other oies met
in council our acting Secretary of War, Col.'Vm. G
Cooke, Col Fisher, Maj. Mcleod ant the der OH.
GERS at the head Of the forces stationed San
Antonio. The Comanches said they eme to
make treaty of peace. Our commissioners askd them
why they had not brought in all of the America chill
dren as they had promised repeatedly of late To in.
ouiry the Indians replied that they had not beer we'll
paid for PutDam's son, and would now see row we
would pay for the young woman Miss Lockhart) ana
if they were well paid they would bring the otheS IN,
otherwise they would not. The cool, ca!cnhtiDs VII
lainy of this position added to the abuse vlsne On the
person of Miss Lockhart could not fail to odse the
Indignation Of every Texan present upothis the
chiefs were informed that they mi ght conser them
selves prisoners and would be released on hdevery
of the 10 captives in their hands Nut this
time the company under Captain Reld was pnght up
and stationed at the doors of the council hoe and
vounr Indian man who was outside with thwomen,
entered and told the chiefs that they we're ant TO be
betrayed, but that those outside would giVsvery as
sstance and advised them to cut their wa,out; and
upon the instant they all arose, with knIveSows and
arrows and guns in their hands winch theNow held
in extended arms Several citizens were eter killed
or severely wounded at the first onset. Tfght be-
came general, but in very short time all IL Indians
with the exception of one woman, isupphs6 to have
escaped) were either killed or taken INTO theilaboosc
The men were all killed cXccpt2 old iellowSnd there
were sQuaws, who from their attire and wake skill
were taken for men. Never was juser cxccion done
to malcactors than OH this occasion. No maEho bad
seen Miss ockhart, her scars her burns, h'bruses,
every hair torn by the roots from her head Wild hest
tate to concur with this decision. twenty-five lnd-
ans were taken prisoners.
On the morning after the fight, general citing out
Of the Indians took place. The interpreter, border of
the commissioners, explained 10 the prisoners w their
chiefs refused to be detained prisoners, howley re-
sisted with arms, and that, though II was not ointen
ton TO kill them forced TO do it by tir own
treacherous fears. They were invited TO sendu one
oftheir number to the general encampment on LA
no river. A smart old sqnaw was chosen, who medi-
atcy set off, promising to return with all of hdexian
caplivcs to be exchanged for the Comanche pioners,
who are, in the interim to be kept BY Col Fher at
San jose 4 miles below San Antonio Whcthere cap
tives will be brought is of course uncertain; is the
opinion of Miss Lockhart, (who has learned thr cha
racer in severe school, and who very intligcnt
young lady) that through feeling for the prIs,ers in
our hands they will bring the captivcs in but owns
that has been their rule TO kill all captes be-
longing to Comanches, who are killed die in ~ way
whatever Let the Comanches take what coue they
will they cannot DO frontier settlements in
Jury than they have been heretofore doing Buwe do
augur the most beneficial results from the firm purse
taken BY our commissioners, who acted under rders
sealed until the opening OF the council Iheserders
came from Austin.
! II is painful 10 be obliged to couple with ths,r,t-
flying intelligence, the announcement Of the deti of
any of our citizens, but thus we must do Judge fHry
Thompson, Of this city, was killed with an arrowMr.
Joseph l.. Hood, sheriff Of Bexar county, was 2led
with knife Lieut.. Huntington, gallant youngnan,
after killing chief, was shot down by the same lIcf
squaw two soldiers in brayelyI attemptmg 10 dodge
some Indians from the back of the court ouse,
were shot with rifle balls one of them AIMED
Whitney, amiablc young man, Geo. Washington
Cayce, (son of Mr.. Thomas CayceD was killt by a
cross fire from our side The Indians acted wi great
courage and DESPERATION but they all easy dcs
patched. One old Comanche who had reccivi some
wounds but getting off three four hundrd yards
above town, despatched hy Mexican nth no
more formidable weapon than hoe with whiclhe had
been working Besides the 8 Americans thereas one
Mexican killed, name not remembered.
The Indians dealt blows with great skill on Il they
passed. so that some seven eight of cit.ns
now lying under severe wounds amongst tlsc we
must begin with Captain Howard, whose vaored him
to be almost cut in pieces by the knives OF the oman
hes but better hopes entertained OF his recovery
than that of Lieut. Thompson, who exposed hnself in
the manner. Capt. Caldwell of Gonzales, so dis
tingushed himself by the great good judgmenand eff.
cacy with which lie fought with stones after beng shot
through the leg, and losing his knife betweemhc ribs
of a Comanchc. The soldiers under Capt Rdds or
dcrs showed themselves ready TO do all that could
do. Among those who were badly wounded ought
10 name one soldier and also Mr. Carson, nphew OF
Col 7. Caldwell, who was also in the airay.) mum
Der ofothcrs such as Mr. Higgenbotton, Col John ID
Tomkins and several others were more or les wound
ed. Indeed the affair was so well conducte by boil
soldiers and citizens that after regret for TIN death OF
the good and brave men named the only tim we have
to lament is, that there not greater number o.
these insoent criminals to execute. Mr.. Maverick
left San Antonio short time after The fight that he
bcgs TO be forgiven ior not at this moment reoectng
all the names which ought to be mentioned
Extract Of a letter to s. G. Po,rcH, dated
"BExaR, March PIT, 1910
"Dcar Sam:-Mr. Maverick, who takes this, viii
carry information to the papers of the shedding of more
blood in this ill-ated city of San Antonio We have
had killed in the streets some of best citizens
among others, Judge Thompson of Houston, G. W
Caycc, Matagorda; Joseph l.. Hood, Sheriff; Lieut.
Huntington, two soldiers and one Mexican, thirty -odC
Comanchcs. Wounded, G. T Howard, Lieu Edward
Thompson, Mr.. Carson, and : or 10 others, number
Of Indians and about 20 prisoners. All haze to say
is, that have had little the hottest work you eve
heard of saw. All is quiet. presunr all vii
be published Yours in haste,
A. NELL.
Mr.. S. G. Powell, Houston.
Samuel \. Maverick, Esq, the gentleman from
whom we received the information of the affair a
Bcxar, the same gentleman who prisoner a
Bexar at the stormng of San Antonio, and who wrote
letter to Gen. Austin in cipher, informing him of tho
manner his artersts should direct their cannon; ant
who ALSO afterwards assisted the gallant Milan and hi
corps into San Antonio the occasion of TIN memo