New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-21
NUMBER il.
Later from Texas, ;.l,I.,

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We have received later dates from Texas. The
Galveston Newa of TIE 17tt aavs:
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lDiAs iae uaiveseon News pub
fishes the following letter dated Fort Belknap,
February 15:
On Sunday, the 18th February lass j ,r,s.
barbarous murder was committed N tHa -
Worth road. within FIVE miles Of Fort Relkne,,
by one of the bands Of Indians inIabits,g IL
Wichita mountains The perpetrators ara s,,T,s
posed to be the Wichita or Waco Indians. thsv
have been roaming over this mart of ,reras
more or less, during most Of the winter. ateaIs
ing horses and killing and driving off eatt1a s
In September last. Mr.. Jessa Stem tI,s ex.
Indian Agent. for the Indians in tEis narf of
Texas, left this place. ~ is family
I to visit his relatives and friends in Ohio He
reached his home in safety and health and
nrl1f l0 INV ryf~Ttt n
several others, returned to this eounfrv AZ
Shreveport. in Texas, the company sensratsd
those having charge Of some wagons u,rau;np
their Journey and reaching this nlace Il
Mr. Stem and Mr. Tepnennon@ ran,a;nad tal,;,'d
to attend to some business. ex neotino 10
the wagons before thew would reach R,t,ar
They were delaved hevond tha;r a,,,oatst;1sss,
On leaving Shreveport they employed two.
horse wagon and driver Ia brine ~, ao,na i ~;
cles purchased. They Travelled in co,nrar,.
without accident, until Sunday. the 12tb inst :
and within fourteen miles Of Retknang whens
some part Of the hired waron broke which IL
was necessary to repair bef1re the co,,d
be completed.
Leaving the broken wagon in cI,aroa of tbo
driver. Messrs Stern and Tennanno,, . n, al
their iournev exnect;nu IN raacb tt,a f,rt T.,
sun down. On Monday morning before da =,
light. the driver started On horsehack ,uitb tIa
broken part of the wagon. to this nlace for fbe
nurpose of having IL rensired bont day I;,,ht
the horse the driver was riding ahiad ! ~, II
something nv the road side 1vh;cb
he supnosed to he two ,,arsons as1aa,, :, 80;
shirt sleeves. and not wishing to distprb tbe,a
or be disturbed. he was aad tx na ss ~,
Tested. He reached the fort and inor,;red fo,
Massrs stem and Iannan,,on T,,t ,ii..I1 II !. ~ ~
nothing Of them He then reateJ ,ha
rences If tba ,,raviouo Al n Is,sa.
tn he manifested prenerat;ona ,ga- 80 -
start ont ON Yhe Fort Worth road viii, 80, =,
of ohta;nino If nossibla so,na ;f,,, H.,
regard In t6e two ay,,ecta 1,, -
person rode into Reknan and ,.arnrtad ~
bunting fo, % tt1a ia d;scova,ad NJ a1 ~ 4
les hv the road side. ans, xvtbont g..
his borse rode into the fort and go Va r. sd
intellgence 4. ! . s'' ~ soy, N''t
Major Merrill co,oy,,a nd ;n,, II y - 80
ont wagon. aceomnanie bS a
command and causad tho leaa 7ho,,;a, - L. -
broupht into the Fart ma sL,,,l ns M, q S.a -
was broken the iawsbone was LFol.en "a
wound on the side with sharn instrnmant
Mr. Tannennor,a sln1 i, shr,s. -
cd. and one Of his arms also broken Nea : ~ !.
bodies was found an old rife the stock sll
tered to pieoes. and the barrel verv no,eb ba,,t
A pair Of moceasns and bosv cova,;na : l.,
also found near the snot-tbe sama sod ~,
the Wiehitas and Waeos The ho,;es usse ~, ~
terre,l ON Tuesday. 14tb Febrnarv IN tba h,r;al
ground attached 10 the post. Nefbing If an
GEARS, was taken from the bodies afta,. 9ba ,e, ~
petration of tbe deed excent tho two coats
hats. Their watches. breast rims and ,nnreS
were left. apparently untouched The two
mules attached to the carria..es and . borss.
they had with them. we're taken hy tLa In;a nc
Every effort will be made To ;nnrel,end the
perpetrators of the atrooious crime. -
The telegraph between Galveston and Hons.
ton is now complete and in successful onerafion
An interesting little boy named Charles P;er.
son. six years old, fell from the steamship Mey.
leo, on her last trip from New Orleans neoY. tho
Balize. and was drowned. - s'.s
The Wesleyan Banner. of the'11tb inst savs.
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