The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-06-20
LATER FROM THE BRAZOS.

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TuE ISp1AHs.-The Brownsville American
Flag, of the 2lIh ult., contains the following
melancholy details of Indian ravages:-
The accounts that reach us state that the In
dians have swept, tempest.Iikc. towards their
own homes. They bear with them many cap.
!irss and thousands of aersss saa ss!ss laden
I Of GcSoiation; what were once popuous villa.
ges are now deserted, or are the seats OF mourn.
ing.
This army when last heard from was moving
along without opposition, gathering prisoners
and taking off property. BY the arrival ot steam
boats from towns above, we learn that families
were seen along the whole line of the river
hurrying across to tho Mexican side for proiec.
ton. The river being once crossed they are
safe. Their ranchos may ho burned, their
crops destroyed, their property pilaged, their
valuable stock driven of, but their wives, them.
selves and their children are safe from these
terrible savagcs. The accounts that have
reached US OF their treatment OF women and
children are hrart.sickenng.
The Flag adds:
Human lif. has been sacrificed. The pro.
gross in this valley, and its prosperity and ad.
vancement have been retarded. Confidence in
the capacity Of our government to protect
its citizens is entirely lost, its protection is made
evident. We feel great confidence, that as
soon as advces are received at Washington,
our position will receive attention. The late
Administration certainly arranged matters so
rs to strictly keep the Indians within our own
territory.
Last year before, these marauders carried
their invasions even To the neighborh"od OF San
Luis Po,oSi; therefore, our Government were
advised that the clause in the treaty guarantee.
ing protection against lndians-or at least to
restrain them within our borders, meant svnc-
,hng-and whilst Iha, treaty was negotiating
a treaty for tho due execution of which an in.
creased army was so evidently. absolutely he.
cessary. the President declared that it was
large nough-and it was distributed in such
manncr as to he wholly inadequate to the ac
complishmcnt of any useful purpose.
We repeat that the officers Of the army at.
ford all the protection in their power to the
people. But what can he done when there are
scarce men enough to man the garrison from
which they are sent!
The Flag of the Cd instant has the following
relative to the late party who left Brownsville in
pursuit ola marauding gang of savagcs.
| The party of men which left this place in
pursuit of the Indians have just returned. We
learn from Capt. B. Willsey--for the recovery
Of whose family, it will he recolccted, the par.
iy was organized--,hat the Indians have made
good their retreat with most of their capives
and plunder. This party has been absent over
twenty days, have followed the indians to Lare-
do. About twenty. five miles from Laredo they
came suddenly upon small party ofthc sava.
grs an rrtook a number of mules and horses.
Capt. w. informs us that the Indians have ex.
tended their dcprrdalions far above Laredo, and
had driven off Thousands OF horses and mules.
The Flag, Of the 2d inst, also has the follow.
ing intelligence from the Upper Rio Grandr,
brought by Mr.. Simon l.. Jones:
The cholera is raging with violence in the
vicinity of Laredo and in the State ofCoahuila.
The inhabitants Of hlonclova and the neighhor.
ing towns said to be dying at the rate of
twenty and thirty daily. Mr.. Jones thinks that
the remedy used there is more fatal than the
disease. Persons when seized with this maa.
dy are at once taken to the river and there made
to undergo frequent bathing in the cold stream,
which in nine cases out of ten prove fatal.
The Indians are said to be still on the river
for hundreds Of miles, and in unusually large
numbers. The day before Mr.. Jones left Roma
man was chased almost into the very town by
! a party Of them.