New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-07
Later from Texsa


arrived yesterday from Gatyssto, -. -
dates to Saturday. The Newa ~ a.. 1".s
says: ~'''e
The weather is as mild IS though it wsrs n.
| middle of summer, and genial showers eoy.;..s
to fall at intervals, stimulating vevatation ~
causing the fall crops in the gardens to looL
unusually forward. We should not, however
| Do surprised If we have a severe norther in 4.
| day or two, as such weather as we now have.
usually precedes these unwelcome visitors,
The Civilian says:
Slight frosts have visited every part of Texas
the present fall, with the exception of the Calf
coast. The weather has not been cold enough.
however, to damage crops of any description
The San Antonio Herald, after announcing
the arrival of Capt. Callahan and his roen, SAYS.
We doubt not the Mexicsns and Indians will
now combine and openly invade our State
Unless something is speedily done to check and
intimidate them, we shall soon expect to hear of
depredations and outrages all along our unpro-
tected frontier. In this emergency, it ia useIess
TO look to either the Federal or State Govern
ments for relief or protection. They have been
Appealed to in vain, time and again We are
promised few companies of mOun nted troops by
tne Commander of the Department Bat what
ptotection VIII they afford! If they can protect
themselves ana their horses it will be more th an
.hey nave neen able to do heretofore The fact
i5, Inc regular troops are not adapted In from
tier service, no matter how we'll drilled They
are not composed OF the right material 1t re-
quifea men familiar with frontier life and uith
some knowledge of Indian warfare "a overtaLa
and ehastise the small maraudine bands of cav
ages that have, aud will continue to infest onr
frontier, requires troops that can move as ras-
idiy rs the Indian, and like him, subsist them
selves, if necessary.
Tha A ,,ut,r Stns.
Major Neighbors and s p Ross, Indian agents
for Texas, representing that there is prospect
Of trouble with the Camanche Indians A num-
Der of horses having been stolen from tha
agency, party Of Delawares pursued the trail
FIVE days in q northwest direction. They met
party Of Yamparicos, who informed them thew
were going down to the frontier to kill white
people and steal horses. They also said that
the Northern Indians had declared war upon all
the people southof Fed River white and red.
The two parties esrnped near each other, and
the letter thus describes what took place be-
tween them 5Est esasr ts@@ ~ or
bout midnight they proposed to gamble with
the Delawaress but the captain told him he had
not come there to gamble-however, he had no
objection TO four men playing at q time: and
whilst they we're playing the Delawares man
agsd to cut three or four of their bow strings
half in two, The Yamparicof told his men that
at daylight he should commence the fipht
Neither party slept during the night. just as
day was breaking the Yamparico ordered his
men to ire, but the Delawares, understanding
them, fired first, and killed four the first fire.
and charged the camp, killing three and wound
ing one-letting two escape to tell the news
They found on them black cloth coat, velvet
collar, also one under shirt, striped, and from
etains of blood showed to have belonged to sorne
white person killed by them.
They (the Delawares) brought in ten head Of
horses and mules,s and seven scslps4s They are
going to have scalpdance to-day Our Indians
are anxious to hear from you They saw with
two hundred Texians they can whip all Of the
Northern indians The shield belonging to the
famparico had fifteen or twenty scalps fastened
to it--about half of which are white scalps.
letter from Capt j II. Baylor Special
Indian Agent, to Maj, Neighbors corroborates
the above, besides giving the following addi-
tional information t5
4" They told Jacob that they had met the In
dlans that killed old Skidmore, and had learned
from them that there were plenty of horses
down here; and that they were on their way
down to kill and steal; and that large war
party was coming down to kill John Conner
katemse, Lambshead. and all they cnuld fipilss
They seemed to know all about the condition of
the posts and our frontier; and said that they
had Joined the Sioux Indians against the whites
in the North. s-''Pe 9f''i Ts'sf5 "i '-7 7''7F
f84s 4s 30 4g7 49,
have no doubt we will have the devil to pay
and our frontier is in the greatest danger. /
hope you may succeed in your plan, as il is the
only hope have of having any thing done The
Indians here are ready and willing to go against
the Camanches, and | think them about the
best protection we have, if they are managed
by some white man. A few killing scrapes more
will give them distaste to these parts any how
Jacob learned from the Captain he killed that
the point selected for winter quarter Of all the
wild Indians was on main He'd River, where it
runs through the mountains ; and that some
eight or ten tribes united with the Sioux in their
war; 5 ft