The Arkansas banner., 1850-09-03
Indian Dcprrda,snn..

Ahaian Dcprcdatkons.
 Every account that reaches u. from u. ~sahee Frontier, is laden with the narr,,,on. ', s0sns new and horrible outragc. somm,,,ed \. ind'ans npoR the property aud persona of IA. settlers. The warliks tribes ovoa our Ao,,s... oo'osned ey frequent successes is their rnurs.... maFauding expeditions, no longer eonse. ,A.,, taeks 10 small aud defoaeeless partea of ,,,,,... upon the plains. bet, in defiance of the in, ,s,.... bodies Of troops stationed upon the line of ,h. r.., ter openly enter and Piilage even large town, The CaInAnches. Tsnkaways. and Linaa.. au , 'arge, Wi'y and wsrke tribes, have tnraexl ,h.,,. 'eA"0n entirely to committing depredatiess seo, tee whites; added to these, considerable hosy .s ssmIno'es, under WILp Car. the beldest, ana u.,., o'ood-thirsty chief that ever lived upon on, hO.. are making esidea, preparations for a weI.en,,.. ted guerilla war. The condition of the ~t,l.,.l 'amSHtaoie; relying upon inc strength and o,on..I protection of the federal government. ,h.v l., pushed forward their improvements into th. d.a,1. of me Texan wildernesses These are Bow ali abandoned; tho hardy pioneers have either ,e vii. ness the devastation of their homes aad tn. ba,c. ot their families, or to desert their reside, and .. safety in come of the larger tewns Even |. ,A.-. are found consternat0n and continued dread or ,,,. invaders of tho merciless savages Neither ifs no, property is safe.
 And during all these difficulties. where are ,Ao.. troops which arc levied and sustained for ,h. o.,, sioIe purpose of the protection of this frontier, By far the greater portion of them is sbopt in h. concentrated under the federal executive ,e aid ,A. Indians in making upon the citizen of \ .ov.. reign State. lf ever any oct ef pres,d.n, ass.,- we'd the utter condemnation of the people of ,b,. country. it Is this. While the settlers of tA. fran. tiers of Texas are crying aloud for protection h. arTogaes to himself the power to do wha, cSnei,s. Itself cannot lawfully do, to throw aside sAt,r,v all regard. for what has hitherto beea eoasde,.d sacred, the sovereignty of one of these United States, to cut up and carve out the aek aowiedv.a
 territory of that State to suit his own purposes and to send ihiiher the soldiery of the Union 10 msla. tain jurisdiction which he alone has arbitrarily established Can freem-n, can patriots, can re. publlcans look silently and unreprovingly upon such dangerous, such unprecedented asarpationsr
 The New Orleans True Delta aIiuding to ,h.se o1trsges, says
 |" These frequent forsys have caused much alsrm along inc frontier, and the settlers eIy sesd sf pfo teciion. They say that unless prompt and hlcl.nt measures are taken 10 drive the Indians oh and ie keep them of, the whole western frontier ulll be abandoned by the settlers oi whom are already breaking up and seeking a home of security A meeting was held At San Antonio on the 6,h ult, at which series ol resolution were adopted, remoa. sFating against the neglect o ,hn frontier and sp- pealng to the Governor, and 10 General Bfooks comma ande; oi that military department. for proee. ton. General Brooke, la letter dated 29lh Llt addressed 10 the Secretary of the meeting stating one hundred men of the $. Infantry at that post, and that he had written to Gen Scorr, strongly ad- yising considerable increase ol the mounted force upon the frontier
 Subsequently the citizens of San Aniono aidIess ed petition 10 Governor Bell n which, after rep resenting the state of things the irohiief, they press their belief that the force referred to in the communication of Gen. BSooke will be entirely n- adequate to the present emergency, and tbe delay of waiting the action of the War Department will prove ruioous to this frontier under present circuinslan ces." They conclude by requesting the Governor to call into the hnnrdiatr service of the State q sufccn, force oG volunteers 10 clear the country of the maraudlng bands. and to pursue them 10 their without such chassemeut being administered iu the Indians, the future security of the frohtsI st- 1 tiers cannot be ehectuaily established.