Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-10-21
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From the San Antonio Herald

| g Frontier Psemedisa,ed.
From the San Antonio Herald
We publish in TO days issue let
ter written by DIR. Hudson TO thu
.Stute Gozette, in which some alarm
ing Indian information is giv'''
which will tend 10 send thnl, OF
anguish through the hearts Of tue
frontier people.
The facts as given by DR.. hudson
we're narrated TO him by a Mexican
bow, who had been captre among
the Camanchc Indians ior several
wears, and who, after biv'ng effected
his escape, makes kncSn the follow
ire facts. And the many evidences
which we have recently been called
upon to chronicle of Indian outrages
al 90 to subs,apia,c the allegations
of The escaped Mexican boy.
LETTER FROM DIR. HUDSON.
SAN SABA, Texas, Sept. -, 1859.
The following We obtaiued from
MvAlcan bow, perhaps seventeen years
OF age, vno came into the settlement
on Col6ado on the 18th inst and
who sd be made his escape from
the (amanches. He says in Mex
lea, as interpreted by Antonio Pa
dir:
any name is Claminta Galinda
Che Camanche Indians caught me in
Santa Clara, Mexico, when small
(perhaps twelve years old). My
mother was living, my father dead
They took Inc north long ways
then TUNED me more to sunrisc-pas
sed through mountain country. When
we got to the camp | found many
Mexicans, who, like myself, were
prisoners; they were servants to the
Camanches. | was put to herding
horses, with others.
"Thc white men let the Indians
have guns, pistols, ammunition, blank.
cts, clothing. They send many wag.
ons full Of things to the Indians the
white men give us a heap of GOOD
things, and the Indians let the white
nen have a heap Of horses.
"The Indians all come together
and have big war dance and smoke
the big pipe. Ten nations join il
covenant to fight Van Dom, Texa
and the indians that fought under
Van Dorm when their women anC
children were murdered. All the
tribes that are going to fight are EN-
bodying and preparing to start down
As soon rs the weather gets cooler
think they have started by this
time. The first fight is to be on Var
Dorm and the friendly Indians, anc
the nearest white settlement to Var
Dorn's battle ground.
"The Indians have a great many
horses.
1.-THE Texan warrior, Van Dorm
and the Camanches had big fight
Van Dorm killed heap of the Indiar
women, children and warriors. Tn,
Indians that escaped the big ighr
came to our camp; they all had :
| big talk-said we must all leave there
or all the women and children would
be killed. We started and Travelled
north, little to sunset | do no,
know how long we travelled; we Went
slow had the women and children
along had to hunt buffalo to live on
We kept travelling until we pas sed a
big camp of white men in a big valley
Oh a river, where high pines grow and
there are big mountains. These
white men gave US heap Of drains
sugar, blankets, clothing. and they
tell us they love Indians, and say the,
will not let the big warrior, Van Don
nor the Texans fight us. We travel
ed two days more, and took up caml
again and still remained there.
'.This is the first time tie Indian.
have taken me down south with them
stealing. There were many Indians
We travelled two days, and came tc
the big camp Of the white men. We
stayed there some time. They CAV,
us blankets, provisions, and every
thing they had we wanted. Wher
we started from there south, we al
travelled together one moon. We
then began to fall off into small com
panles, to 90 into the settlements
My company had six men. We hob
bled our horses at pool ofwater OF
the big prairie. We travelled tom
days afoot, and came to Colorado riv
er. After crossing the river, tn,
Indians left me TO take care of tbei
blankets and other things until the,
should return with horses from tn,
settlements.
"They were gone three nights. Or
the fourth night they came back will
a number o. horses. The river wa.
very full. They made no stop at tho
river, but went in, commanding mt
to follow and take hold of one Of the
horses, and the horse would carry me
across. l failed to get hold of one
and \ cannot swim. stopped, ane
one OF tho horses after swimming
awhile, came back to the side where
was. l caught him and made m,
escape to I be settlements"
In p.."ih the above | have lset
the language >f the interpreter q
nearly as practicable.
J. w. HrpsoS