The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-08
--latest from the Rio Grande-- More In
dian News.


By the arrival of the steamship Yacht Capt
Thompson we have Brownsville dates to the Sd
inst, giving US the important intelligence that the
Indians were advancing in large numbers upon the
settlements Meetings have been held in Browns
vile, and measures taken for organizing a COM
pany of mounted men for the defence of the city
and the surrounding country from the anticipated
invasion. The Rio Grande Sentinel of the 80
inst. says:
by the arrival of the U. s. steamer Mentoria,
Capt. Anderson, Saturday last, 29th ut., from
Camp Ringgold, we learn oil more depredatons by
the Indians. Capt Anderson reports that the
greatest alarm manifested by the inhabitants
on this side OF the river. As the boat was coming
down, he says, several families had removed to the
other side, with such Of their effects as they could
hurriedly convey across. One man particularly he
noticed, after having removed his family to the op-
posite bank, had hastily driven some Of his stock Of
horses and cattle into the river, and was himself
swimming after them when the boat passed him
This was but short distance above Reynosa; and
the man gave the cause OF his great alarm the
report that party of one hundred Indian warriors
had inst been seen in the vicinity OF his farm
We also learn by the Mentora, that some thirty
horses and mules had been stolen from Capt Fords
command OF Rangers at the San Antonio wells
where they had been placed under a guard of eight
men, The Indians are said 10 have surrounded
this small detachment, who had fortified them
selves with barrels and sacks of provisions left
there by train Of wagons, dispatched a messen-
ger to Camp Riuggold, and were awaiting the re-
suit Their express, after running narrow escape
from the Indians, arrived INTO camp and reported
70 Major Lamotte, who promptly dispatched Capt.
FRINGE, in command OF sixty men, with orders to
proceed to the wells to the relief of the besieged
Rangers. The detachment OF Rangers we IN
derstand, under command of Lieut.. Hysmth
The following letter. which we publish from
our attentive correspondent at Rio Grande CITY,
contains information still further confrmatory ol
the foregoing reports, it shows that the Indians
are swarming in the Valley, and in force
RIO GRANDE Cry, June "a 1880
B4essrS. Editors - We received intelligence
this morning that six hundred Indians are making
descent upon their white brethren and the Mex
cans. They are separated into three divisions
One is to descend the Nueces to Corpus Christi
another to traverse tie Texas side of the Rio
Grande to Brownsville, and the other to go down
on the Mexican side OF the river. The second dvi-
sion which MENTION attacked, about week since
between Guerrero and Corpus Christi train OF
wagons loaded with goods belonging to Mann 81
Co, OF the latter place. lone OF which company
brings the news took some OF the uxen and hoses
but left the men aud goods unframed. The div.
sion of the other side of the river was seen on the
Salado by Mexicans who say they were armed
with six-shooters. They may attempt to concen-
tate their forces in your section of the country and
give you something to do"