New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-10
TEXAS.
Indian Difficulties, &c.

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pers, to the Plat ult The Telegraph announces
that Gen Brooke being convinced that there are
no other means to conciliste the Comsnches, 10
about to organize an expedition ag ainst them. III
says:
He has determined to punish them so effect
ually that they will in future either remain open
enemies or be deprived Of the power to commit
depredations. We understand that as soon as the
Spring opens, a campaign will be made directly
into the Indian country, and the saVages VIII oe
visited in their own hunting grounds. The Semi
mole chief Wild Cat, is now waging war with the
Comanches in the neighbOrhoOd OF FL Pas0, and
he will probably force the Western bands to fall
back toward our settlements on the Colorado.
A strong military force therefore should be sent
TO San Saba or the upper tributaries OF the Colo
RADIO to disodge any of the hostile savsges that
may gather there. If the dragons East OF the
Brazos should also be concentrated on the upper
tributaries Of that river, these perfidious tribes
would be hemmed in so eiectually that they would
be compelled to sue for peace. These savages
boast that they have never been conquered, and
the course Gen. Brooke has hitherto pursued, has
only served to fatter their self esteem.
The work of removing the raft OF the Colorado
river is successfully going on. There is good
spirit toward the work among the planters OF the
vicinity, who say that ii other means fail, they
will take the hands from their plantations, and
finish the job themselves. steamboat intended
for navigating the river has been transported
around the ratt-the contractors taking advantage
of freshet which enabled them to convey the
boat over an interposing narrow neck OF land,
without serious difficulty.
Fridays mail brought US the following
From the N. Bee Feb. n.
By the arrival of the steamship Galveston, Capt
Place, we have received files of Texas papers to
the 22d inst.
We learn from the San Antonio Ledge, that
two engagements had recently taken place be.
tween the Indians of the frontier and the United
States troops. In the neighborhood Of Laredo,
the savsges made their appearance, and after
committing various depredetions, were encoun
tered by Lieut. Walker of FOrds Rangers Two
were killed and two mortally wounded. Lieut.
w. retOok IS mules and horses, and young Mex
lean captive, who had been with them two days.
On the next day, Lieut. Bureson had fight win
Is more the Indians, killing three Of them, ana
suffering loss ofone man killed and six wounded
himself included.
gang OF negroes were lately discovered IN
Washington County, who were ust prepanngn
remove in a body to Mexico. They had secreted
a large number OF arms, horses and provisions ia
the woods, and would have set out on their Jour-
ney in a few days, but the plot was dlscoVefe' !"
season TO defeat all their plans.
We copy the following items from the hoas'on
papers ofthe 2lst:
ICE.-The weather on Saturday night was the
coolest that we have experienced since Decem'
Der. Ice formed in open vessels nearly az ihon
thick, and small pools of water were frozen oyo'
Potatoes and other hardy vegetables, however,
were bat little injured
Notwithstanding the late heavy rains teams are
daily arriving from the country with Cotton.
The Brazos is again rising. and there is every
prospect that il will continue several feet above
low watermark during the Spring months
WILD WOMAN CAUGHT-We have been in
formed by Mr.. Lawrence that the famous Wild
Woman OF the Navidad has been caught party
of hunters who were out hunting deer accidentally
came upon the camp OF this singular creature and
captured her She is an African negress, who fed
10 those wids when the se>tlements were de-
serted, Just after Fannin defeat, and she has
been wandering like an orang outang for period
of about fifteen years. Her food during that pc.
Rod has consisted OF aoorns, nuts, and other via
fruits with such other food as she could OCCASION
ally steal from the neighboring settlements. one
cannot speak any English, bat converses Ireely
with the Africans on the neighboring plantations.
Thus is solved the mystery that has hitherto
given romantic interest TO the story OF the Wld
Woman of the Nayidad.
The Victoria Adc0cdts Of the 9th instant states
that Judge Townsend Dickinson wa drowned
about three weeks ago in fresh water lake, oV
miles west of Corpus Christi Judge Dlckinson
was travelling from Brownsville to corpus Cnrisu
in company with Mr. Armstrong, and In crossing
the lake in the night they missed the road and got
into deep water Armstrong managed to get
ashore but both the horses attached 70 the buggy
In which they were riding were drowned. Judge
Dickinson resided in Harrison county, and iormef'
" filled the station Of Jadge OF the Supreme
Court of Arkansas
EDUCATION IN INDIAEA.-There are Ia toe
State of Indiana 1907 persons, ever II yesS"
age rho cannot read on urIfe IA
This is a melancholy exhibition Of ignorsn9os lin