, 1843-08-19

walt tDr his c1cilJ, VI
himself. afterwards to rally forth TO
attack his force, his citizens or his
property. Pointing his attention 10
a band IF men who were mel cross,
inp the river to the South s'oe' and
referring TO the spies who haa been
found ON American territory, he SAID
to Mr.. SniveIy. 81 demand OF YOU
,ba, vour men marrh across tins nv
er and Law down their arms before
me; then. az you say you are Out OF
provisions. ] will return enough to-
Won TO subsist yourselves whenever
Won NAV %, and you have free per-
to enter the settlements OF
the United States" The nrns, he
said. would be held subiec, to the or.
der Of his superiors. He told hm TO
90 over to his men. and gave km an
hour TO commence crossing. Col.
SniveIv and his Aid deprecated this,
course-saiJ that by natlon'l law
they had a righ, 10 pursue an enemy
.stueutv miles into a neutral terrific
rv'.-that they would be- IN danger
from 5000 or 5000 Indians, whom
lhev had lately seen-that they we're
in a starving condition-ihat a party
of IS. having become discoD'ent'd-
had ef, three DAYS before for Texas
that he had given them an order to-
save them from teing 'trenirG as
tandil,i.' INV Capt. Boone; y and that
since the IS had ccceded. his men
had become "disorranlZrd."
Having made all his arrangements
for an attack. Capt. Cooke advanced
TO the crossing place. The Aid had
bren senr forward by Col. SnIvelv.
I" signii, his wishes and address tie
men, int near hall an hour had elaps-
ed. when Cap, Co. Ike told Col. Save
|, Ia 80 and bring hrs men out mme-
dia'eIv a-fn"r, and deposiIe their arms
fifty yard in front Of him. This or
der wa complied with. The Tex; ms
hid become somewhat excited by The
adde's of the Aid. when thew were
stopped; the arms taken. they were
discharged, and put int" the wagon.
The T. xans now canned 10 have
surrendered rs prisoners. and some
demanded an escort L" the United
Sla'es; they informed that such
WAS not the case, but that they should
have an escort, il properly applied
for.
TIE mex, morhinn they were told,
thai an escort had been provided for
them tn the United States. but many
pleaded hard 10 return tn Texas, and
offered 10 divide the ten euns-which
Was acqulrsced IN. A division was
m de; hut the grea'er party joined
The escort for MrSs"uri--uanv OF
item cryIn, out. ''n" more OF Texas,
III 60 homr." With the rest, Shive-
" vas dnerted la make his way be-
yond the y. S. frontier.
The notorious Col. Warfeld was
among he cropd, and was the only
one who exhibited any thing like q
regular commission. The Colonel
seemed TO desire The honor OF SUI
rendericg to Capt. Cooke in person.
hut this was declined. Col. War
fields commission gave him the pow
or Of hest"w ing Al unlimited num-
her of commissions ION citizens If The
United Srates) To make war on Mey-
co; and thus Il Texan Captain slew
Charvis.
On The 4th Of July. the Caravan
passed safely into New Mfxiro.
The prompt and ef'ectunl measures
adopted by Capt. Cooke, for lie dis
persion o! This band of freebnoierS-
for. after reading The piratiral COM
mission, nobody will Think them
worthy If n lertrr name-deserve
the public appreciation, as. we douht
not. his conduct Will receive that Of
the Government.
We understand that Major Gen.
Gaines. commanding ,hs Depart
ment. has directed thai a military es-
cort he in readiness TO accompany
the Traders who mT' leave the wrs-
tern frontier about ne middle of next
month. for Santa Te; that ,sey viii
afford them prarc,na unrS they
reach the Rio Di North, unless SOM
er met Ivy IN AIMED Srce, as an es-
corr. from Sam Fs, il it SHOULD be
deemed necessary 10 ~ that distance:
and We NAV safety assume. that tins
COMPANY Will NEE, with M m"lesia-
lion wtntp'er. The Boundary line
"n that frontier has never heen run.
and Cen. GaInes snmes no ex'raOr-
omar: an'h"ri,y when he undertakes
thus. 30 pnsUre n safe communication
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