The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1854-04-29

-FrobdJe murder 81 Jour ehibirou-Er-
Pressses sent 10 the F~oris-7roops and eiti-
zens Ia pursuit.
On yesterday. about 3 O'Clock, r. NJ. news
was Lioagbt from Mr.. Gnlagher's rancho on
the San Geronimo, about 23 miles from this
city. that a party of Indians, -four or five in
number and supposed tn be Comanches,) had
made their appearance at that place, bnd Kill.
cd and driven off n number IL sheep, and that
a man nnd woman. Uhe shepherd and his wiic)
were missing, probably carried oil by the In
dians. AT the door Of tire tent, in Which the
shepherd lived. MI arrow was found. The fur
ni,nrc, etc, in the tent, were scattered about,
and q trunk broken open and its contents
thrown ont. From that place they then took
their route over tho hills in tho direction Of.
San Antonio.
This morning at two O'Clock, slfrs. Forester
arrived in town from whom wo gather tho fol-
lowing dreadful account
Her husband, James Forester, had resided
for some months past, on a small rancho IS
miles from town, n short distance of the Fred
ericksbnrg road. Yesterday between Q and 3
o'clock, her husband was preparing to come
to this city; n German neigbbor, who lived
about n mile oil, had rode up and engaged in
II conversation with Mr.. Forester, and during
which time, n COW came running up with her
sides pierced with several arrows. Upon see.
ing this, the German remarked that there must
be Indians about, and that he would ride over
home and pack up a few things he had and
then return, ns he was alone and that two men
would he better able to meet the Indians, :f
they came, than one. lie accordingly started
oil and had been gone ten or iifien minutes,
when three Indians, well armed with rifles,
bows and arrows, knives aud spears, made
their appearance n short distance from the
house and commenced calling. Forester
came TO the door and asked them what they
wanted. lie did not understand their answer
ana told them To 20 AWAY, that he did not
want them abont his house.
lie had scarcely ceased speaking when his
oily was pierced with n rifle ball and hc fell
lead al the door. His wife, IN seeing him fall,
ran. out aud raised his body from the ground,
whcn finding him quite dead, she laid him
down again, and rising was icllcd TO the
ground by u blow from one of the Indians,
who by this time had run IN TO the house,
She screamed as sh, fell, which attracted the
children from the house. The Indians, on
seeing Them, rushed into the house, leaving
her lying on the ground. Sho immediately
started oil TO the house Of the German, but
the screams of her children induced her to re-
turn TO the house, and there n most horrid
sight met her view. Her two bows and little
babe were struggling in the hands Of two of
these iiends, while the third seized her daugh.
ter, a girl of twelve years, by her hair aud
bent her head back, as ir about to cut her
thront or scalp her. She could no longer wit
ness the heart-rcnding sight, but fed To the
house of her neighbour, whom she met a short
distance from his house returning MS he had
promised. She related the dreadful afipir to
him, and begged Of him TO return with her To
r rescue Ter children. if they had not already
shared The fate of their father. lie said MS he
had no weapons. and there were certainly
) three, and, perhaps, more of the murdcrcrs, il
would be advisable to 90 to the house OF nm.
other neiclbor, n mile farther, aud If possible,
get more men. When they arrived at tbc
house OF the next ~Dcighbor Ia Mexican) they
found only one man and n hoy, and il was dc.
terinincd that they should Immediately start
to town, on horseback, for assistance. They
J arrived at . o'clock, this morning.
! Mrs, FORESTER states that two Of the men
wcse dressed ms Indians, except that they wore
wool hats. She seems TO doubt that they wore
really Indians. One she says had light hair
and was of fair complexion. The third she
describes rs being q very large and powerful
r man, and she believes, from his appearance
that he is u Comanchc.
=. Active measures have been taken Ia pursue
these maraudcrs. a party Of twelve men o.
Lieutenant Stockton's company, under his
command, started last night a, l2 O'Clock. tax
ing with them several of the Lipan Indians u,
%trnilcrs.
Expresses have been sent in various dire
tons, and to Forts Inge. McKnvitt, Tcrrct, anC
also to Austin and Corpus Christi, in ordcl
that no measure shall bc untricd TO trace thcs;
dcprcdations 10 their proper source, and t.
punish the perpetrators of the murdcrout
, crimes, which are becoming almost of dali,
occurrence on ourrirontier.
r Another party Us about to start, consisting
Of some f,rty or Rhy men, (~eitizcns and sol
dicrs.) They will bc accompanied by Major
. Ncighbors aud g.. T. Howard, Indian Agents
Capt. Whitel has also volunteered his services
: They will also take with them some Iipans
O These arc the facts as they occurred W,
q we will make no comments on them, but lcav,
4 every man To draw his own conclusions.