The true Democrat., 1854-05-09

and 3'o'clock, her husband was preparing to come to this city; a German neighbor who lived about mile off, had rode up and engaged in conversation with Forester, and during which time COW came running up with her sides pierced with several arrows. Upon seeing this, the German remarked that there must be h. dians about, and that he would ride over home and pack up a few things he had and then re- turn, as he was alone and that two men would be better able to meet the Indians if they came than one. He accordingly started off, and had been gone ten to fifteen minutes, when three Indians we'll armed with rifles, bows and arrows, knives and spears, made their appearance a short distance from the house and commenced calling. Forester came to the door and asked them what they wanted. They asked for something to eat, but before he could comply with their request he. was shot through the body with rifle ball and fell dead. The mo- ther with her infant child in her arms sprang to the door, but before she could escape, she was knocked down with gun, receiving 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 her house, she was met by one of her children, a 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 being frightened, instead of fee- ing run immediately into the house, and the mother secreted herself in the bushes She had hardly secured herself, when the dreadful cries of her four children at the house, and actuated by those feelings known only to fond and de- voted mother, when her children are in such an awful situation, she thoughtless of danger rushed to the house, and coming to the back part where she could look through, she saw sight too horrible to relate.
 One of the savages had her oldest daughter, a girl of fourteen years of age, by the hair of her head-here the poor woman commenced wringing her hands and wailing, she could not relate what followed, it was too horrible, and God grant that we may not be pained to hear such another tragedy. 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 different than she does now; if they are not dead she knows they are in the hands of savages, and will undergo the most cruel treatment.
 Active measures have been taken to pursue these marauders. A party of twelve men of Lieut.. Stockton's company, under his command, started last night at l2 o'clock, taking with them several of the Lipan Indians as trailers.
 Expresses have been sent in various direc- tions, and to Forts Inge, McKavitt, TeTett, and also to Austin and Corpus Christi, in order that no measures shall be left untried to trace these depredations to their proper source, and to punish the perpetrators of the murderous crimes, which are becoming almost of daily oc- currence on our frontier
 Another party is about to start, consisting of some forty or fifty men, (ctizens and soldiers. ) They will be accompanied by Majors Neigh bors and G. T. Howard, Indian agents. Capt Whitel had also volunteered his services They would also take with them number of Lipan guides.