New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-06-24
THE TRIBUNE.
~--,.-rhe Camanches-Treaty-No ana
s,.,rcra-Tho Texans-Their Legislature
of The Tribune


Correspondence Of The Tribune.
HousroN, Texas May % 1880.
uop,cr GREELEY: My silence OF nearly TWO
Month. is owing to the fact that my BUSINESS oaneu
=. ,n,o the uninhabi,ed wilderness OF texas WHICH
r,a off from any communication with the post
o., am now just from the treaty ground upon
-, p,.voo near one hundred miles above the set
.,.,,s,,. Gov. Butler and Col. Lewis the Com
r,;..oners have been able to make treaty with all
,be tribes of Texas but am satisfied, from the stu
njdy of the interpreters that the Indians have little
ises of what IL in the treaty. The number present
,vss estimated al between 1900 and 2OO0, the "a
marches and Caddoes IMPOSING tuo-thlrds OF 'he
entire crowd. The Camanches are the cher ana
leading tribe. They count about 5000 warriors ana
ere able control the other tribes as they please
One question asked by the head chief OF the Ca
manches will give you some idea OF their arrogance
and ignorance. He inquired why II was that the
Great Spiri, had made many more red men IMAM
whi,e7 They have no idea of the strength OF the
T. s. and by singular system OF reasoning they
ere fixed in the opinion that they are The creates,
and most powerful people on the earth The old
warriors OF Spain who first conquered Mexico
spread tue belief that Spain the greatest nation
on earth. The Mexicans, they say whipped SPAIN
and they have whipped the Me1icsns-tnerelore
they are now the greatest nation in The worid. Inns
treat Win mem, hUC tus pIesSn'S
they look upon as the consequence OF the oread ana
fear they have inspired They have gent into w asn-
ington their most popular and influential chief his
name is Santa Ann0 large, power'ul ana wen
looking man. He is said TO be the only Carnanche
who places proper estimate upon ms "oIo or
promise What he states or promises all who kno"
him re1y upon with certain confidence what eHeci
bis representations upon his return VIII nave upon
his people cannot say bat from Inc SPIRIT maui
tested By them on the treaty ground, me = D WIN
have TO whip them into due sense OF 'heif s'aIon
unless the intelligence brough; by him changes their
views and feelings They have no villages or houses
They range the prairies from Red River to the hio
Grande and never travel afoot- They are rich In
horses, many of them owning as high as two tnree
and even Eve hundred head They rob and piunder
the ranches or villas Of the Mexicans along me hic
Grande with impunity, and even while Inc treaty
was going on, q war party came In loaded win piuh
der and several thousand dollars, Just taken iron
the ranches on the Rio Grande They brought tnell
scaips with them and held their wAroahce "i'ni
6fty Yards Of the council house. They guaro lne
virtue Of their wives with jealous care, but are Ut
tery reckless of the chastity OF their young ana IN
married women. They punish the adultery OF Inc
vile by cutting of her noae or lip, ana soneume'
both One or two of these victims were present
with them, no longer as wives. but as slaves. 1hey
have as / understand, no words OF delcacy In tnei
language. and their conduct is rude as thel
tongue Naked, and idle and filthy to the last de
sree-aa rapacious as the devil, and as shameless I'll
beas,s-they would more seek a hiding. place
than horse or a dog bah! the very recollection o
the creatures makes me sick They nearly all iooH
alike-broad fat, stupid features. | could take
piece Of charcoal and make a thousand such faces
dsy. They manifested great Impotence TO gel away
they said tina, this brush with Taylor would cal
off ali the soldiers from the frontier and they ~oud
then have nothing TO do but march down ana 'aAe
and kill till they were satisfied
The news from Taylor we ge; through New
e In ata Slith
reaches U.S. Gov Henderson has promptly responded
10 the call made upon him, and he himself has gone
70 the theatre of action TO take ifneed be- the direct
command of bis own troops. That which we all
feared has come at last-War, War. Is TINS the
mere wr,hipg Of the worm that is ,rodden on or Is
there more behind the curtain than has as yet been
shawn In one OF nv previous letters told you
that President Jones bad been notified by the Eng
lish Government of their intention TO insist upon
their Treaty with Texas, That message was de
livered by Elliot, the late Minister who then pro
caeded 10 Mexico Whether his visit there had any
thing TO do with their late revolution or this present
A outbreak, is more than can tell.
The Texas Legislature has adjourned, alter 8
stormy session of three months. They have done
little or nothing except reenact their old laws
Those solemn wise. took up idea that. mas
much as they had changed the form of their govern
meDt they must needs reenact their laws or else
they would have no laws-a bright idea and there
they have for three months doing little else than
reenact their own laws.
They reminded me of a scene l had witnessed
when n boy. Occasionally an old gander will take
notion that he must set and you only &c, rid OF
him by setting him gourds or something OF that
kind and have known them to set faithfully ali
summer waiting for their gourds 10 hatch.
am unfortunate in not getting your paper resu
larly and discover that my letters do not all reach
YOU hope for better things and will write again
az coon as ean for start TO the wilderness ngair
tomorrow Yours WAYNE.
City Items. TUESDAY,, June 2S