New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-10
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] Later from Taxas
INDIAN DEPRBD ATIoNs md MURDERS.

BY the steamship Charles Morgan, which arrived on
Saturday we haye later dates from Galveston and IN
terror Texas Fhe election Of municipal officers for
the city OF Galveston took place on the 3D. inst Bfr
]. =. Brown, the Democratic candidate for Mayor
was elected by nine majority oyer j. Ffayiland tic
nominee Of the Anaerican party rha Democrats
elected eight out Of nine AIderaen tie Treasurer spr
veyor and other 6eers.s The AniaFran perty i nol-
inees for Marshall, Clerk and Hafbor-daater, were
elected. h. viii S33ss M .S.sa48 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Indians have commenced operations fer the
spring in very energetic manner on the Upper Qua
da1npc and in the valley of tie Cbolo stealing and
killing Horses and cattte and committing murder
when opportunity offers. letter Of the 22d from
Cboo Complains bitterly rich and well settled
locality few miles os t#p large towns, (san
Antefiss and New BraynfeIss} one the headquarters
4 of g troops should be In continual peril FROM
Inaraa; ling s5ands of savages. az5,
I AsIettar from the. same vicinity says (: 9#
The Indians seem to be III Ia state of madness and
stsrration at the same time From some young and
toerabiy fat colts they cut out the best pieces ofea
Wse tney haa Killed other animals far suitable
torFped, and thsnlet them entire perhaps,
s7efe too much on fheiean order. Our stock at
loohs very had on account Oft the severe
We4ther sne.faa pasture. The loss we sustain from
the Indians s mere severely fet because they are sure
to pick out the fattest ana animals that have
BEEN iattened on corn and. tss often take from
near the houses .sss}aaHsS s5, s8s
X. iThe Texan Ilasthe follSHing .sS
E On Yesterday, Wednesday, the 27si irat SheEplad
II tidngs came to our city, that the s tie q.
nf Who lett pTfsut OF the Indians that aBpeaTed
j there on tha2l killing cattle and driving BIZ horses
had ovettaHen four Of them in the vicinity y the
4 Bandera Pass and had cemhatsWith them killing
three and severe " Wounding the others and G8o from
them some fifty hrses. Weregret also to learn that
three Of our citizens, engaged in the combat were
I wounded, and oness probably dangerously.
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y little LATER were unable fellow the fral in eonse.
1 dueuee of a heavy fall Of rain, and returned.
The Texan, of the 26th, has the following intef.
/ gence Of q later occurrence: s4 .aa'f@ .la 90
! We st op the press so announce that two persons
were murdered yesterday near the Cedar Brake, on
the Cibolo. and only eighteen miles from San Antonio
/ Alr. Hi at whose house these murders were com,
4 Tie particulars. Tt that Ars HiI Mfr. Brown
q and two Others left the house of H about four clock
Yesterday to visit the spot short distance from the
house, where a German boy killed an Indiana few
DAYS ago. an account Of which We have given in an
other article The Indians, 1t seems, were watching
them, and as they left came to the house Of
Hill, and shot a negro boy, some eight years old
and the mtither of the boy who was the only other
/ person saved her life BY crawling under the house.
II hr.Robinson and brother Of Mr.. Hill were at work
4 in the garden about ie0 yards from the house. They
Hill barely escaped BY running TO acrsek near BY and
swimming across. I.he Indians then pundered the
house. taking away all itzs valuahles. and destroyn
what they could not carry the1 taxing four mules
and two American horses, they o. a.>spartedi.
AS soon as Mr. q. brought the ne Us 2 e our elty
Cen Smith in one hour had a company u hats,sat . oi
the savages, who were six in number Thfn el the
arrows, that were cut and pulled out from
and the h6ysiafe now on ON desk before us as Z,
write. Two Of them We believe to be Camanche
arrows, and the other of the TonquBays. We expect
every moment to hear Of more depredationa and
murders. 3Ersgs1 55S& w
Citizens to the rescue your families are in danger