The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-04-08
Editorial Correspondence Of ihe "aI, s'.om ''e'
INDIAN D1PAEDAT10NS
S.> ANTONIO. March 10. is'i'

san ANTONIO, March 10, ls'l
Tn. Governmnet Express rider has lns'
..,,,,.. III, rom Laredo. which h. lett on 'he
evening" oi the 18Th. lie reports party
-, man. To have come down on the YIN,
,,,,,,n tire, miles 81 the town. and attack
,.d q, trptn of Mexican carts, loaded Win
good. for II Z Bee. Que MEXICAN was
..,,,,u.l, wounded, and TIE rest OF the
transfers f.d into the cbaPParel ba'
,.w article. were stolen. rs the news soon
reached town, md company went ou' III
pursuit. under Lieut. liter, who hah JUL
come IN from long scout The 'ho'ahs
we're Iursu.d about hiiy five miles III
the, ran-d the mountains where their
trail was lost In their fight, they dropped
their guns aud blankets, AS we'll as the lew
Ataelrs the, had stolen.
On the l2tn, another party, supposed
also t. b. L,paus, came within SIX hundred
yvd, OF the town. and Killed Que horse
taking OFT upwards OF twenty head. Se'
.caI N.xicAns VINO We're out heid'n2 ca''
tie. bav. been siuce MISSING, and AL IN"
rsnh tos from above and below, were
coming "a iof protection. All the Nl'taiA
that could h. sparrd. iiom Font Ncl"tosh,
and Font Ewell. were out ~ scouting par
,,r, At the tim. the Express lrll no rur>
th,r new. had been hrard For the last
two months the Expectations OF the In
,i,ans have been lncrsssu,. SIEVE" eiuheh-
ot " ehh county. have been murdered, aud
the lndAus on every occasion have ESCAPED
with immunity There are over i've hun
drrd Infantry Ia the garrison, at fo' VIC
lntosh, but ihes are altogether uhht To
cope with the lndians, who come down uh
eSpectrd,. we'll mounted, aud commit
their d,predAtio;.s even IN sight OF the
Font In. General Government have
, made no provisions Tor horses, eqalp'se'
Ac. aud the wHole county Tor twenty
miles above nud below the town, Is lrii al
t,p. either unprotected. The Indians are
, known To be- Lipan-, and are supposed /"
be come ct the sam, party "h" lat"ly NJ
tackled the Raucho oi II =. Bee, aud drove
q oft .,l.out ,lght, bead oi mustangs from
Rnou.'. cnuu. hes. same Indians art
. now r.rrtyiuu ass,stauc., and belug fed AT
+, tie, nitrd States Post 81 Fort gr, on
the L-una. ", h.pita the Chief OF the
I.ipan,, was met 10, Lleut. Writer al the
5tn InIautN. At Fuft e. wheu IN pursuit
' at the lndians Witch attacked Bees Kan
,lo, but druicd that the, hrlonged to his
haod, although be adu'ittrd they might be
llp,ns. winch he could not control
puhlc meeting OF the citizens OF Neb'
count,, MAS he'd at Laredo on the ] tn
, tor the purpose OF taking some steps to
wards redfe.slrg their grievances. keso
t,t.,,tuagu.lN raffi.I tpT
ward the proceedings to the Governor
J. with the request that tie Will have the ques
n ton of the guli, or innocence OF the LII
; pans inquired into, and that the facts o
the report be made known to the niiet
States GoYernment, and an urgent appea
b be also made for a sufficient mounted force
It was also resolved that the meeting rec
ognle the right to apply IN the name o
the county to the civil authorities Tor pro
cess to arrest the murderers aud robbers
= and should they be found IN the lipai
camp, aud their delivery resisted to tak'
them by force, should 1t even l"soive th'
=, destruction OF the whole tribe. com
mittee was appointed to correspond VIII
the ciuAcus Oi l.exar. \urc.s. Starr, liN
> dslpo nrd lru,.ro" crunt.s. To dsk a"
tu utgHui1uL - iufrr 81 not les thnu ~
rupdt.d MN, wto -ndi be prepared a
v thr, own t xp,us, o. cary INTO effect 30
lvi process Of the county against the Ia
dAu- Several other rr-outluns wrr
passed. whlrh were ar.i'd uuanlmnu,l,
' aod the nieetlug adJ"ufn'd 10 meet aeal
u the 10th II Npul. whcn II was sup
posed the, would have heard ltom tie
Governor
Gen smith has started for IL Paso, nae
Is nhou, to form another post. ""r nun
d,-d srd hrN miles above Lardo uea
TIA. crossing OF the Rio uraudr at pr->'d
y Del \0rc 'wo companies have br,i
: otd-red ont t,un under the command u
y i.rurs >tnrht,u ,od Blake. ana four com
,aurs nom Ruagolh Barracks
small patty einl. fcm III i'-o la
evening". ahead ui the n,,l tam, "hcl
they pass i several daNs h,ck soldier
Nifr w,s k,llrd by the Iudnn-. d loug'u.
to w 50 ,ts team, which ~rot ou la-
month with goods. >h. had .tfa,rd IT
~ the creek with he. husband, at Limplj
-puug, and vas about hal nile iron
tAr wagons, when thri were attack hA
pntN ct lnduus. who caltur Il the wo
nav, aud not hring able IL car,, her oi
alive. from Tia. resistance size made. shu
her on the pot ilct husbrnd, who wa
unnrmed, escaped and CT sale back to tn
camp VI. sam" patty were met shoi IT,
after, with the scalp on the point Of
Lance
The Governor OF New Mexico has pro
hlhlird Wet, thn from digging sal. at tn
Lake. which he had irascd, has offered
reward ii" two thousand d"la,s Tor his ~
pr-heus",,, aud various other amounts i'
those connected with him IN the late a'ira
with the Nrsicaus 1t srrrna n matter q
doubt VIII her the lakes N question are i
New Mexico or lrxns
! have $50 tine tor more At present, u
the mall is alread, closed and the stag
Will start Ia n lew minutes. ID X
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