Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1849-06-15
Farther Indian DepredatiOnS.

We find the following details of the dsas.
mous news from Texas (which we briefly pub
lished by telegraph in The Tribune of Thurs.
day. in the New Orleans Picayune Of the 24th
ult. New York Tribune.
By the arrival here yesterday Of the steam.
ship Globe, Capt. EIery, from Brazos Santiago
the 18Th, and Galveston the 2lst inst. we have
received the Brownsville Flag of the 10Th and
the Galveston papers TO the 2lst, inclusive.
We deeply regret to learn that, from the ex.
posed state of our Texas frontier, no troops of
that branch Of the service which is alone adapt.
ed 10 cope with the ferocous tribes of wild In.
dians in that region of country being available,
an rrupIon of Camanches has lately taken
place, attended with The most awful destruction
of life and properly among our defenceess el.
low citizens. The following, from the Browns.
vile Flag of the 10Th inst, tells the melancho
y tale:
On Thursday last our town was thrown into
great excitement by the arrival of an express
from Palo Alto, announcing the startling intel.
gence thai numerous and formidable band of
Indians had just made descent upon that place,
and had already commiued many acts of start.
| ling and savage barbariIy. The stage from
Point Isabel had been intercepted, and the pro.
prielor, Mr.. Bangs, and Mr.. Lombardo, pas.
senger, were taken prisoners. A train of trans.
port wagons had also been captured between
Brownsville and Point Isabel, containing much
valuable merchandise.
Such of our citizens as were abl e to procure
horses speedily repaired thiIher, but their num-
bers were too small 10 DO more than defend the
settlement of Maj. Taylor; pursuit was imprac.
ticabe. The commandant at Fort Brown, Col.
Morris, likewise dispatched in wagons some
thirty inlanry-all his disposabe force, leaving
only guard at the fort-but their progress was
too Iardy 10 avail anything against a foe so wi.
y and well mounted. There were no mount.
ed men in the garrison. Before the arrival Of
this force the foe had retired; not, however, un.
til tney had perpetrated acts Of savage barbarty,
the mention whereof causes our blood to curdle
But partial accounts have reached US of the
acts OF these savage marauders. DoroIeo Ia
mora, most esIimabe citizen, we regret TO
learn, is among the slain. Mr.. Zaroma had
just declared, under the Treaty, to become an
American citizen. One of Mr.. Zamora's sons
was killed at the same time, another badly
wounded, aud his daughter, girl about fourteen
years of age, carried into captivity. AT the
rancho San.a Olaya two men were killed, anda
woman and two children taken captive. From
the rancho de los Indios, Mrs. Willsey, the wife
of Capt. Benjamin Willsey, his brother and sis
ter-in-law, were carried off captves. The aged
mother of Mrs. WilIsey persisted in following
her children, and did so for some distance, re-
gardIess of savage menace, when the Indians,
sezng her, tied her hands behind her, pierced
her with their lances and arrows, and left her
on the ground weltering in her blood, as they
supposed, dead. This poor woman, however,
succeeded in reaching neighboring rancho in
most shocking and mutated condition, and is
now, we understand, a maniac.
The destruction of property on this river has
been immense. We learned to-day of the loss
of seventy horses by one gentleman. We are
rejoiced TO learn of the escape Of Mr.. Bangs and
his companion from captivity. They were,
however, reduced TO state of nudity.
The foregoing is but faint outline Of the
acts perperated within the last few days in our
immediate vicinity.
The position of our officers on this line is
truly painful, placed as they are upon an expo
sed frontier, without the means Of affording that
protection which their position implies as a duty.