The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-29


We suhjoin the LILLE additional news which our
files of Texss papers, by the Galveston, bring
Iadiaas.-On Friday, the 9th inst, two Mexi-
Ears, named Antonio and Manuel Savala, came
" rom the Medina, about Is miles from this place,
.lls'IE Two horses and quantity of Indian equi-
pa nv s'aung That they were the Medina, when
tney saw seven Indians coming down TO water
their horses. They succeeded in eoncealinp them
selves ~ me underguwth. One of them had a
rifle and the other two pistols Az The Indians
came up, one OF The Savalas who had the rifle,
shot one of them. The Indians retreated a short
distance, and then came up again. when the other
Mexican shot another, and they both rnsbed out of
the bushes The Indians became frightened- and
doubtless thinking themselves surrounded, made
the best of their way off, leaving the two horses
and equipags,- Western Teran, 18Th.
The following is taken from the same paper:
| Capt Walldce's Fight Nth The Endians-Lieut.
| Col Hardee having learned that number of In.
dams were on the Espantosa creek, he dispatched
Capt Wallace, with twenty five men, to ascertain
the truth of the report Capt. Wallace went to
Leona, and reported that on the 5th inst he dis
covered about ninety Indians, who attacked him,
and made three successive charges They were
repulsed each time, with a loss of six killed and
seven wounded. Capt. w. had three wounded
| their names we have been unable to ascertain.
| The Indians then retreated.
Since the above was in type we have been in
| formed that Capt. Wallace was not certain of Kill.
ling more than one Indian, but thought that six or
seven were killed. Capt. McCown and Lieut.
| Tyler, with twenty men, were about to start for
Espantosa creek when our informant left Leona.
| Mr.. Aipheus d. NELL, who was in company with
| John S. Willbarger and Daniel G. Sullivan, when
the latter were killed by the Indians, and himself
| badly wounded, but is now recovering rapjdly
from his wounds, has given the editor OF the Nue.
ces Valley, further particulars in relation to his
fortunate rencontre with the Indians, from whom
he so narrowly escaped with his life. We quote
from that paper: He says that the Indians were Lii
10 l-.,lk II. 49,
heard it said by several, among whom was an OIL
Ger of the U. s., gentleman who has had consid-
cradle experience in the Seminole war in Florida,
that from the manner Of attack made by these In
dians, he is under the impression that they were
Seminoes When Ne and his companions dis
mounted TO defend themselves, they tied their hor
ses About half of The Indians dismounted and
did the same Thing, and marched up towards them,
deliberately firing their guns they approached.
Sullivan was shot through the body the first fire
upwards of one hundred yards. The second She t
ne received was through the head by rifle ball,
| instead of an arrow as stated in our last The
Indians appeared not the least inundated by the
SIGHT of firearms in the hands of Americans as is
usually the case with ou prairie Indians but rush
ed fearlessly upon them using both the arrow and
gun. A party Of citizens from S m PatriciO went
10 the place where these men were killed and
found tie bodies Of Sullivan and Wihbarger which
thew buried.
The Sheriff of Gillespie county has made aflida-
Wit that Capt. Beardsley of the Sth u S. Infantry
had nothing to do with the burning of the store a,
Fredericksburg, in that county.
| There is news from Eagle Pass that John w
Powers, who has been in prison at San Fernando
for the murder Of B. b. Cain, was there killed by
the sentinel while in the act of trying to make his
escape He was shot in the head, and died in
stantly. From the same source learn that re-
port from Col Hardee reached Eagle Pass, which
stated that Capt. Cakes had captured from the In
dams near Laredo, ninety packs and mules. 1t is
supposed that the indians so hard pushed by
Capt. Cakes, that they were forced to leave Their
mules.
The Austin City Gazette, of the 18th, says "a
salute of seven guns was fired by our citizens from
Capitol Hill last evening at eight o'clock, in honor
of the passage of resolutions through the joint
committe of both Houses Of the Legislature
a. serng the right of the State TO the territory and
jurisdiction of Santa FG and their determination to
maintain it at all hazards"
The same paper says " Maj. R. S. Neighbors
has arrived in town, and is prepared to cooperate
efficiently in the movement upon Santa Fe."
Death Of Judge EIciHg-The Austin Gazette
of the 18th, announces the sudden death in that
city Of Judge William II. Ewing. The Gazette
says: Judge Ewing arrived here by the stage on
Sunday evening in good health, and at the usua
hour retired to rest in Of the rooms of the
upper story of Captain Swcher's hotel During
the night he rose from his bed, and being either
asleep or forgetting the construction of the house
he left his room and stepping out upon and
oil the gallery, which is level with the upper
floor and not provided with hand rails, was preeip
tated several feet to the ground. He fell hi,
head and survived but few moments. Wher
found, life nearly extinct, Thus died. in mid
n die age good man, who had performed his duty
III well to his country and society"