The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-06-24

| Later from Western Texas.
| The U. s. transport steamer Fashion. which lef
lndianola the Goth instant, arrived here vester
day morning, and brought later news from West
ern Texas. II is contained in the San Anton;,
Western Texan of the 18th instant, and furpisbe
the first account that has reached this CITY of Col
Hardees expedition into the Indian country.
The Western Texan says:
Some six weeks since, Messrs. Rollins anf
Stem, Indian agents, applied to the Executive o
the State for military force to be sent into the
Indian country to arrest those Indians who killed
two Germans at Craigs trading house last fall, and
| stole the small girl from Arkansas Bay about the
same time. The Indians, in their treaty with
Agent Rollins, in December last, had agreed to de.
liver up these offenders, in the event tina. thew
could not do so, then to point them out to such
military force might be sent to arrest them. 1t
was with the view of carrying out the latter clause
of the said article in the treaty that application was
made to the Executive.
Gov. Bell Immediately made the necessary re-
| QUESTION upon Gen. Harvey who sent Col. Hardee
| with two hundred dragons, in company with the
agents, into the Indian country. After arriving at
the German settlements on the Llano, the agents
sent runners out for the Indians supposed to be in
that vicinity, who, in about six days. succeeded in
bringing into camp the Lipans and the Camanche
chief Catumsie. The Camanche chief Little off
was also notified, but he was on the east sdeo the
Colorado River, and was prevented from attending,
| as is supposed, on account Of sudden and very
great rise in that river. The party under Buffalo
Hump, being on the Brazos, was not notified, and
there was no attempt made to do so, as it was un-
dersood that their chief had just died and the band
was in confusion. Catumsie and the Lipans were
| the only Indians present, who signed the treaty.
The agents made them a talk, explaining the OBJ
ject Of the expedition. The Indians replied at
once, that they had kept the treaty, and were will
ling to do So that they were ready to 60 along and
point out the offenders, if they could be found and
give all the assistance in their power. For this
purpose Caravan, the second in command to Ca
tumsie, was selected to accompany Col. Hardee
who started in company with Agent Stem on the
Goth of May for the Upper Brazos intending to
make examinations among the Indians upon the
Clear Fork of that stream, and down to Fort Ora
ham,
Agent Rollins left the command on the Llano
and visited the Lipan encampment further up that
stream, where he obtained thirteen Mexican child
rem, prisoners among those Indians. On the third
day after leaving the German settlements, and
while on the North Fork of Bradys Creek, the
command of Col. Hardee was again visited by
Catumsie, who came in to say that he had, since
visiting the camp on the Llano, succeeded in get
ting the white boy Hart, stolen from Refugio. Col
H. sent Capt. Steel back to the Camanche camp,
who obtained the boy and brought him to San An
tonic; he started for his home yesterday morning
On subsequent day Agent Rollins saw the
chief, Catumse, and obtained four Mexican boys,
making in all seventeen recovered from the Lipans
and Camanches. These prisoners together with
eight Camanches under Catumsie, and six Lipans
under Chipoe, were brought into San Antonio by
the agent on Tuesday.
The agent states that the Indians he saw are
certainly anxious to remain friendly, and will not
engage in difficulty with the whites if thew can
avoid it. He believes. from all the information
that could be obtained, that those who made the
treaty have observed it, if not positively more fully
than could have been anticipated from a wild and
haf-starved people.
The Indians who came in are behaving with
great propriety, and delighted with the changes
in San Antonio since they last it.
Fr. Rollins many other Mexicans among
the Indians, men and women, but those who were
grown invariably refused to leave the Indians,
stating that they could go home at any time if they
desired it, but that they preferred horses to ride,
and ldleness among the Indians, to work and SER
vltude at home. Many of the children refused to
come, and the agent was compelled to hire guard
for several nights to prevent them from absconding
The names, ages and residences of the captives
given up are as follows:
James Hart, aged IA years, Refugio, Texas Re.
gina Estrada, 9, NOW sick in San Antonio,) San
Fernando; Jesus Gusman, 10, Sabinas Idelo,
Mexico; Jose Maria Ancha, 9, Felipe Ramares,
IS, San Fernando; Vidal Gonzalez, IA, Santa
Rosa; Benito Santillano, II, Tlascalo; Herado
Dias, 10, Saltillo; Andres Munos, 10, Santa Fe !;
Juan Armand, 10, Chihuahua; Dubige, this boy
has been SO long with the Indians that he has for,
Ideo; Aburisaiiss sqss f' ~. Guerrero Miguel
Herrero, 16, Guerrero; Anacheto Agaero, 16,
Santa Fe; vienta Flores, 9, Narciso Herrera IA,
Hiiaro, Herrera, Ell Paso.
The subordinate officers of the command were
Major Merrill, Capt. Newton, Capt. Steele, Leuls
Stewart, Delano and Walker.
Notwithstanding the niggardly conduct of Con-
gress, we cannot but notice and laHd the plans of
the lamented Gen. Brooke, the energy of Gen.
Harvey, the activity of Col. Hardee, and the saga
city of our Indian Commissioners.