Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-05-15
) RICHMOND ENQUlk
From The Corpus Christ! Star.

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last week from his surveying expeGls'", " ~
Paso del Ncrie, and from the anneAeu Few.
will be seen that although circumstances COUPE
LED him 10 returned before reaching inc Po."s VI
destination, YET The main obec, OF his m'ssl., s,,
The establishment OF the tact thai pr n
wagon route exists from this place 10 II aso
has been fully accomplished The report .na,
large bodies OF Indians had been seen oe'ween
The Las Moras and the Puerco induced Inc Cai
ifnrnians 10 change their direction ana pas
through Mexico, and their detection lell C -,
Sniyely with too small force 10 proceed.
those of our readers who know Col D. lhe Peiu
sal Of his leller will be sufficient, but 20 nose VINO
do no, we would state tha, he is a surveyor os
area, experience ant ability, and that ms s'a'e'
ments may be relied upon as strictly accurate.
The letter. il will be SEEN is addressed 10 COL
Kinney. and 10 this genlleman's enterprise and
.ncrsy are we indebted for the valuable intorma-
ii,n contained in il. The necessity Of surveying
> military road 10 E Paso, has oeen SO org OBJ
vious thar we wonder The Government has not
done j, lone since, instead OF letting the du'y de-
volve un,n private individual, al very heavy
exn.nse. and We trust thai, as Congress mas ap'
propliated $4,000 for The purpose survey nom
Ihis Loipt will he commenced al once Inc on
" obstacle that now prevents lraVel upon ."e
road will b. done away with the moment inc 10
vernmcnI places troops upon inc ron 'e' e'p"o'
n cnnino with the indians, following them 10
thrir mountain recesses. and compelling them 10
abandon mi, section Of countfy forever a lew
companies Of mounted rangers WOuid ~ uo'e
10 eff Ct This Than all the infantry IN the county
and The men for his purpose, otfceis ana al
are now ready, ami can be organized ana tqu'p-
ned al moments notice. The calling INTO ser
vice Of such 4 force will be hailed all over me
stale with The greatest pleasure, and would DC
bur simple &C, oil justice 10 The exposed lion.
Tier sertlr ments. Bui We Shall! no longer de
tain our readers from Col SniveIy's lel'eE.
CORPUS CHRISTI, April Is, le49.
Col. H. L KINNEY On The 9th day oil
Ma rch last ! left this place in company with
Captain Allan and his party, whp designed
going 10 California. My object in accompany
ing this party was solely for the purpose OF
marking out road for wagons from this place
10 Ell Paso. Our route was up the right bank
of the Nueces river. Tie country is Level, and
alter examining il closely, found that good
wogan road could be had, near The Nueces, TO
The San Fernando road, and from thence to the
head spring Of the Las M,ras. Al this place
Captain Allen and his party came to the con-
clu,ion 10 take Mexico in their route, which
caused NE TO return; having but seven men
with me, and believing II TO be imprudent 10
take the Canine Real with less than twenty
well armed frontier men.
My opinion, and from statements which !
can rely on, Is that good prsctic bic route Tor
wagons can be had to II Paso, with abundance
Of water, from this point
The Cammo Real is large road made By
the Camanches rom the head waters Of Las
Nloras near TO 81 Pasu; and from al accounts
il IS Practicable wagon road.
nave the honor 10 be, very respectful ly,
your obrdenl servant, J. SNlfELG.
We exlrac, The following article from The
same number al the STAR
MORE i>DAs RuM Rs. When Captain Jack
Eyerilt left here for the Riu Grande, some time
since, he took with him wagon belonging 10
Colonel Kinney, filled with Goods Iris wa
pon on lis rrtlrn, was u bring out Mexican
family from Mler 10 this place, the head Of
which. Gonzales. accompanied them A part.
OF muslangers, who arrived here few days
since, report that the whole party, including
the driver. have been murdered by the Indians,
the mules stolen, and the wagon brok n 10
pieces The driver, whose name was Welsh
was a temperate, industrious man, AMI Tue
mules were a very valuable Team. Ohe ola
Mexican VINO left with The wagon, i sand 10 have
escaped during the fight, AMI returned 10 Mlef.
We rus. hi, rumor is incorrect. bur from tbe
late reports OF The presence 81 iargr bottles 1T
lndians IN lhc Rio Grante, We tear ne worst. a
Iay Or two, however, Will relieve u from sus-
pen>r.
The same men who troush, The above news,
also state that another body Of lntians entered
the town OF Rio G,ande City, (Clay Dayis'sJ
AMI stole therairom all The horses belonging 10
me artillery companies stationed al that place
Some McxIcans went IN pursuit. and succeeded |
IN recovering part II the horses The Indians |
are said to ~ headed BY the no oflons Rogue, |
Mexican, who was taken prisoner 10y lh' Ca
.nanchcs when a boy, and remained with them |
upwards oil twenlY years So great was Inc ter |
Tor occasIos,d by Inc presence OF these Indians
upon he lilo Grdnir, mat The different parties "
iUr protection.
MOVEMENTS OF Troops. BY gentleman who
lately arrived from Preside Rio Gfandc, We
learn that on he 23i ult. three companies Of the
first infantry arrived a, that place and L on Ihc
26h for point twenty-five miles further up the
Rio GranGe, called Eagle Pass. We understand
tia. il was heir intention 10 establish pos,
either al this place or The Preside. These troops
were under the command OF Cap. Burbank, and
hey were accompanied by Capt. Bryant and
Lieut.. Michler, OF the Typographical Engineers
TIE Star has several paragraphs censullng
hc Goyrrnmen, for not giving 10 Wssen Tex
- he pforection OF mounted troops from The In
!ians. That paper OF The l4th e1claims:
"How long will il be before our government
will have their eyes opened 10 The utter Inuthty
II employing infantry against The best horsemeh
10 the world-or such the Camanches undoub-
.dly are2 A dozen companies Of Texan Ran
,ers would proect our frontier, carry out he pro-
visions OF our treaty with Mexico, and soon
rive the Camanches ID their homes beyond The
nonn:ainsn