Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-02-09
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persistent systematic Ebert on the pat, Of reckless
and Interested persons TO accomplish that result can
not be doubted, Their cherished object we fear, will
soou lie CONTAMINATED. The Government viii not
force the lnllas Texas, II it Is to be at the eI-
pense of uneeaslng turmoil AMI yexatI1us wransngs
with citizens She Is under the most solemn obliga-
tOns to protect the Indians in their lives An proper
~, II these obligations cannot be complied with in
the State, they eau lie out Of Il, The Government
can suls'-t aud protect the Indians North Of Rel
River mere economically and With css trouble, than
in cur Reserves She has leased nom the ChOctaws
for term Of 40 years. district u country extend
ing from rs to 100 degrees Of Longitude, and from
Red River to the Cannian--ahout 100 miles square
Il is the policy Of the Government to COLOMBO the diff
tcrent tribes there aud the Witctrs Kickapocs aud
other bands ARE already there, AMI military post is
being l,,aic IN the Reserve, II would evidently lie
better for the Texas Indians 10 remove into reserve
Of 100 square miles, than to be rsat up in the limits
Of leagues In any view of the question therefore,
whether We regard 1t as affecting the interests Of the
Government or Of the Indians, their removal would
probably suhscrvc the Interest Of both But the
question to which We desire to call cspecia attencn is
how would the removal affect the interests Of Texas
and more especially Of the Northern frontier! As
affecting this frontier the matter has significance
that should challenge cur most serious attention.
The removal OF the Indians is virtually removal of
the military posts along our Northern borlcr. The
breaking up Of the reserves is breaking up Of the
protection of the Northern frontier. Beknap, Coop.
er and Chaabourne go with the reserves. We lose
the large amount Of public funds disbursed in main
tanning those posts, the money disbursed by the In
dian agents in subsisting the Reserve Indaps--an
amount in the aggregate that ha, been sufficient Tor
several years past to furnish market for surplus
produce in the frontier counties that could not have
been found elsewhere, md that has put d-llars into
every mans pocket, who had bushc of wheat or
corn, bundle Of oats, rack of hay or beef to
sell. The pccuniary view of the removal, however,
is not the most serious When the military posts and
the Reserves are broken up, the frontier instead of
advancing, will probably recede. We take away n
buwori that protects us against the thefts the tona-
hawk and scalping knife of the wild tribes of the
plains. The Reserve Indians have themselves been
Il tower Of strength to the frontier. They have
proved themselves valuable aud reliable allies and
have fought CALAMITY for against the wild Indians
81 We have information from the BRACES Agency |
that the Indians on that reserve who had assembled
1t the Agency buildings, have returned penceably to
heir villages and farms, satisfied from the assuran-
es of the Agents that the party who killed their pco-
'le in Pao Pinto county would be tried by the laws
f the State. Maj. Negbbors left the Brazos Agcn.
y on the LIST. inst, for Waco, with the Indians who
witnessed the killing, to give testimony before Judge
Sattlc. 1t is believed however, that no arrests have
ecn made of the party that killed the Indians.
ChOctnw Tom (whose wife was kietl) and children,
rave left the reserve and crossed Red River where
heir relatives reside Some of the Anad lhkos and
Caddoes have also left. With these exceptions the
'her lndus in the Reserve quietly awaiting the
csult of the attempt to enforce the law against the
,erspns who did the killing.
The following additional facts in relation to the I'M
ortunate affair of the 9th December are reliable
The party of Indians consisted of q eouls-sevep
ucn--,tle others women and children. Of these
hrcc women and four children were killed, and
sight women and children horribly mutatcd with
Jugs ard buckslot. Two of the children were suck
ing infants. Young Stephens according to the
statement Of an old Anadahko Indian, who was bad
y wounded and witnessed the whole affair, was shot
" enc Of the party Of whites. The attack was made
While the party of Indians were asleep. The only
.un fred by them, was the one that wounded Barnes
he Indians not killed raised the war-whoop, shot
ono arrows, when it is said Capt. Garland's party
Choctaw Tom was at the time alb
cnt driving wagon and team which he had pur-
loscd for the farm Oh the reserve leaving his wo-
len and children to come up to the the next
ay by route than the wagon road. They
ere delayed one day by the citizens engaging with
hem in bear hunt.
The above facts it is true, rest chiefly on the state
nents Of Indians survivors of this tragedy. We do
lot pretend to say how far they are true. That is
question that ought to be left to the decision Of the
NV and the verdict of jury. If true, the annals
Texas furnish no darker record OF blood-no baser
murder than that of choctaw Toms party of Re-
erye Indians.
ET The Overland mail from St. Louis to San
francisco carrying the special messenger with the
Presidents message, made the trip in Is days. aver
ging six miles per hour the whole distance of 27OO
niles including stoppages. This is unqucstionaby
he most extraordinary staging performance on re-
ord. The Overland company it will be remembered
we're running the trip referred to on a wager with
he propretors of the Isthmus routes to deliver the
residents message at San Francisco first The