Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-03


The bill was further debated by Mr. Howe,
of Pa.
INDIAN MURDERS IN TEXAS. )
By the arrival of the steamship Louisi-
ana, at New Orleans, on the Goth ult.,
the New Orleans papers have late dates
from Texas zee
An extra from the office of the San
Antonio Western Texan, dated the 18th
instant, gives the following account of
the murder of nearly whole family,
near that city, by the savages. 1t say !:
We have just listened to one of the
most heart-rending recitals that it has
ever been our duty to hear or read. On
yesterday, April sixteenth, Mr.. James
Forester and family, consisting of his
wife and four children, were enjoying the
Sabbath day in their humble cottage.
which is situated in this county, and
about eighteen miles northwest from San
Antonio, and also accompanying them
was a neighbor, who was a single man,
and whose residence was only mile dis
tant, when On sudden a cow made her
appearance, and from the actions of the
cow they concluded that all was not
right. Upon examining her they found
that she had been shot with several ar
rows, and fearing that Indians might be
near, the single man proposed to return
to his house and bring over his most
costly effects to the residence of MIR.
Forester. He according left for this pur-
pose, and had not been gone but few
minutes when three Indians made their
appearance at the door, we'll armed with
rifles, knives, &C., and demanded some
thing to eat.
MIR. Forester proceeded to comply
with their demand, and had hardly
turned, when one of the Indians shot
him through the heart he fell dead
without hardly struggle, the blood
gushing through the wound and also his
mouth and nose. The mother with her
child in her arms two years and halt
cid, sprarg to the door, but before she
couldescape, she was knocked down with
gun, receiving a blow on the back of
her head, and they supposing her dead,
commenced their other depredations
She Immediately sprang out of the door
without her child, and started for the
bushes which were near by. AS she
turned the corner of the house, she was
met by one of her own children, girl
about twelve years old, who had been to
play near by, and attracted by the noise,
was coming to the house. She screamed
to the girl to run, and the child bein
frightened, instead of fleeing, run imme-
diately into the house, and the mother
secreted herself in the bushes. She had
hardly secured herself when the dreadful
cries of her four little children at the
house, and actuated by those feelings
known only to a fond and devoted mo-
ther, when her children are in such al
awful situation, she, thoughtless of dan.
ger rushed to the house, and coming te
the back part where she could look
through, she saw sight too horrible t.
relate.
One ofthe savages had her older daugh
ter, girl of fourteen years of age, by
the hair of her head-here the poor wo
man commenced wringing her hands anj
wailing, she could not relate what fol
lowed, it was too horrible, and Goo
grant that we may not be panied to heal
such another tragedy related, and too, by
a mother about her children. Seeing
there was no hope of saving her family
she fled, and arrived in San Antonio this
morning.
She believes her children all murdered
and she says if they had all been killed
before her eyes, she would feel far diff
ferent than she does now: if they are no
dead, she knows they are in the hands O
savages, and will undergo the most crue
treatment.
Major Howard is now collecting a com
pany to 60 in pursuit. Where are tn,
young men of our city7 Arouse from
your lethargy-seize your rifles, prove
that you have still feelings worthy of ,
Texan. Follow these savages, and rescu,
these children if alive-if dead, never lie
sleep close your eyelids in your peaceful
homes until you can raise your bowie
knife in the air covered with the blood O
these savages, and say, l have done my
duty, have avenged this horrible out
roge.
An extra from the Office of the San An
tonic Ledger, of the same date as tn,
above, adds:
Active measures have been taken t,
pursue these marauders. A party O
twelve men Of Lieut.. Stockton's compa
ny, under his command, started las
night at twelve o'clock, taking with then
several of the Lipan Indians as trailers.
Expresses have been sent in various di
rections, and to forts Inge, McKavittt
Terrett, and also to Austin and Corpu
Christi, in order that no measures shall
be left untried to trace these depreciation
to their proper source, and to punish tn
perpetrators of the murderous crimes
which are becoming almost of daily oc
currence On our frontier.
BADLY CORNED.-A traveller, fatigue
with the monotony of a long ride throug
a sparsely settledAsection of the country
rode up to a small lad who was engage
in trimming and dressing out sickl
looking field, and relieved the oppressio
of his spirits, thus:
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