The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1854-05-27
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Dech permitted 10 make the following extract
from, u letter TO him from Captain Granger.
dated Forr MERRILL, May 9Th, 1851.
just at this tine the country is flied With
Coinanchcs. On the 18th, Lieut.. Cosley of our
Fort, had n se>ef> fight with 30 Of the Red
Skins. lie only had u sergeant and 10 men.
Sergt. Burn and two inca were killed, and 1t.
Z. was wounded. The Indians stood their
ground well and the engagement was despe-
rate for half an hour. Tie Indians were arm.
ed with guns, bows, arrows and lances. Cos.
ley's men only had rcyolvcrs and fought like
tigers until their ammunition gave out. Five
Indians were left dead on .he field and AS
many more wounded. The fight was unequal
live to one yet {. and. his mon charged
through them repeatedly, several Of the horses
were pierced witt rows and lances. Within
u week past me Indians have done more mis-.
chief than within the last three years. They
are chiefly coihanches, with u few Mnscalarocs
and Lipans.
From another letter wo have tho following
names of those killed and wounded of tho
Government train, the attack Of which was
noticed in our last.
killcd-D. s. Mcintosh, Jack Mcclure, l..
pnt'crsons, Perry Petty aud August Sartor.
Wo~undcd--powers and Ferguson-both re-
covering.
Mr.. james Dawson arrived in our city on
Sunday morning, III days from III paso. Mr..
ID. has furnished US with the following mem.
moranda Of his trip in which is embraced In.
formation of value to many whose friends nrc
on tho prnir'cs; and corroborates the opipion
of the inhabitants of this place, briefly, but
iorcibly expressed, in the petition 10 the Gen.
cral commanding this District, that the yalu.
able goods ana property in transit between
this place and III Paso requires, and Is with.
out protection.
Mr., ID. left VI raso on May LIST; met this
day Mr.. Hedges, who LEFT san Antonio with
about 400 head of cat,lc--had been attacked
by Indians aud lost two men. Ingram and
Mclaughlin tho former pierced with two
balls and fourteen arrows-nnd he'd lost nil
his cattle but ore hundred aud five head. On
the I'D inst, met the train Of Henry Hucgcnin
100 miles from FL Paso, which had hecn stop.
ped by about 100 Indians at Barcla ON the
l.ympea and detained over ono day. The In
dams refused TO ict him pass. The indians
were warriors, and had about 20 rifles; M.
balance were armed with hows and arrows.
On the 9th he fell in with the train of Pyron
IL edwards near Leon Springs. They had not
be,, molestcd. On the 9th, met III. Matson's
train at the head Of tho Escondeda creek-arl
well, On the 9Th met w. Smiths train at Live
Oak creek, travelling with n party of California
eniigrants, with oX-wagonS, stock, &c. On tho
9th met Skillman's mail at Towards Springs
all well. On the 10th fell in with trains of
Ronquino and Narila, about Z miles FROM first
crossing Of Devils River; and in the evening
of the same day me: fairehild, with 800 head
OF cattle, also Government train of Sanigucs,
bound for the head of Devils River and Live
Oak creek, with supplies for tho posts ut those
places. On the nth met n California party,
driving cattle from Bell county, under control
of Mr.. Dunlap; had in all about 1900 head,
but so careloBsly scattered over the country M
to be in emrainent danger, rs they extended
nearly eight miles, but too short of hands to
proceed.
This brief memorandum shows two things
First, that on the FL paso road from San A..
tonic, q vast amount of business is transacted
and, secondly, that though Indians, trains of
goods, drovcs OF cattle, aud Caliiornin cmi-
grants arc oiicn met, yet there arc no troops.
We learn the following from II. j. Jones. of
this place, who has Just returned from Corpus
Christi: On Wednesday last. the 10th in.
stant, when six miles beyond Fort Merrill, in
going, nc Jaw twenty-five indians coming in
this direction. On his return from the coast.
he was informed at the Fort, by Capt, Grain
ger, that al express had n short time previous.
y come In, and reported that n party of In.
Jians, about two hundred in number, had
crossed tho Nuoccs, at the Rocky Crossing on
Thursday evening Of last week, proceeding to-.
wards this part of tho country. IL is believed
that the 20 seen on the previous day were Il
part of tina. Dulnbcy.
We nrc also in receipt &c intelligence, that
Senior Flores, living OF n rancho abou, % miles
below this, on tho Goliad road, Ind his rayal,
lado OF horses stolen recently by Indians as is
supposed.
A rumor IL also cdrrcnt amongst us that
Don, Pedro Carrorn, the Mexican clown and
ropo-dahccr, together with his entire troupe,
who has been recently performing In this
place, were murdered by Indians on their 70.
turn To Mexico, at some point beyond the
Nucces.-.SiB datoHio Leiger.
eTy" Welcarn from the city papers, that tho Grca,
Northern RaiLroad Is now completed To Wltlin
twenty miles OF ,ho State lino. 4 low days since,
IL Is eoid, tliat u party of abou, twonty gentlemen,
made a visit to the pincy woods portion of the road.
The excursion a dcscsihoda u very interesting one.
The .,rain, for a portion of the distance was. ran al
the rate OF sixty miles per hour
eS Ahlll has passed the Virginia senate allowing
certain lrov negroes Ia the county of No,toway IN
cesinye thcmsCl,cs, The negroes hsa petidoueI Zoe
ihc p%ttilcgc, they had been set rtcc hy the viii
Of their late master, and thoir dcgirc Is TO hc soll to
bic neat MIN. \ largc aWnber Of vii,c citizens.
feeling an Interest in The negroes Cor thclr good
character added ,hcir nauies 10 the gcqu,st
~ 8oeh = The STATE OF fscllnF. says the San An.
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