The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-11-24
Texas.
The Texas Union publishes the following letter
concerning the Indian troubles on the frontier:
AIDING PosT No. 2, -,
ns sLa Qru1oa Orf 9f 1874

IOREY' -
On the Brezos, Oct. S6 ls4s.S
SRI arrived at this Rost last plight on ny .U way S up 70
bor Indian agent here who has just returned from long
trip the country to visit the wild tribes he hsa WIN nm
found fewo the tribes and most Of them appeared inendy
disposed the Camanches entirely From them Mayor
Neigbbors got the intelligence that the Lapans and few
renegade bands were state of actual hostility that there
war parties then to the settlements that the
whole of the war party was about four hundred sOng and
that the Lapans declared most positively that they woud
one Of them LETT alive The cause Of the difficulty seems
be about this That some time ago party Of Camanches
started to Mexico stealing expednon and that party
of Capt CumpS company discovered then tan and pursued
them closely toT some tlme79nt nnay gave W e pos5
them start back and being much harassed BY the chase
and stole their horses as soon as they got chance instead Of
going on to Mexico, as they had started TO DO O..
men, they found themselves again pursued by them, and
the soldiers pursued them tight that stratagem they
soon as the Rangers the Japan camp they felt
tey certain that they were the Indians that bad stolen
their horses for the that the trail went to their camp
and several Of the Rangers said they saw the stolen horses
and they 6gee ae @paa sp pb6a 3 %
pan horses but OF course found none Of theIr ewn me
Rangers STILL then of opinion that the Lapans that
fed carried off the stolen horses Now the Lapans that
the RangeB have made upon them without cause and
agan be friendly with the whites This information was
given by the Camancbes themselves, in council with Major
forward and acknowledged that he and his party Capt
Crnmps horses and gave the reasons before stated Tor dong
it. Santa Anna and al the principal commanding Chiefs
say 70 Major Neghbor that their we've the cause Of
getting the whites and Lapans into war and that they VIII
do all their power the matter settled and to this end
they are to Major NeighbO and Col Bell in san An
tonic in few days. and to bring in the Japan chiefs if
they canand they say hatthe Lapans shall give up all the
homes that they stolen and that the whites must return
those taken from the apanE and that Capt Crumps hor
les shall be given up "a part of them in possession
of Major Neighbors,) and this whole affair shall be
planned and that they will all again smoke the pipe OF peace
together.
And the Camanches promise that if the whites viii do the
apans Justice by returning them the horses taken by Capt
Crumps men, they viii force the Lapans into terms,
they will not in willingly. Maj Neghbor says thes
a
lions from the Department authorize him to buy
any rather than have Indian And while he
has the CamancheS his side with their aid and few
presents he bring OF the other tribes to terms quite
easily He started San Antonio yesterday evening to
meet the Camanches and Lapans according to agreement
and fully confident that he will be able to bring them
TO terms He quite interchangeable in his exe0ns and am
inclined think that he may succeed, though there
several serious obstacles in the of settlement of these
dificulties
My health is bad. and am unable to write any al
present. but as as Maj. Neghbor returns you shall
hear from again Most respectfully your obed servt
M r. JOHNSON, Lit Col Frontier Reg't T. M ".