, 1859-10-19
STARTLING INDIAN NEWS.


lFrnn the S.n Antonio He:ald.l
We publish in to. days issue letter written
By Dr.. Hudson to the STATE Ea=<sk, In which
acme alarming Indian information II giTen,
which will tend to send 4 thrill Of angaiah
through the hearts OF the frontier people.
The faets .. given by d.. Hudson were mr.
rzted to him by Mexican boy, vino had been
q eaptiTe among ths Ca1nanche Indians for ssv.
er.l year,. and who, after haring effected his
escape, makes known the following facta. and
the many evidences which We have recently
been called upon to chronicle Of Indian outrnges
all 80 70 subssantiato the allegations Of the cs.
capped Mexican boy.
LETTER FROM DR.. HUDSON.
SIR sAuA, Te1.t! Sept. =, 1s3.' !:
The following We obtained from Mexican
loy, perhaps serenteeu years Of age, who came
into The settlement on Colorado on the 17tb
inst, and who said be made his escape from the
; Camsnches. He says {ia Mexican, u inteEpra-
a." nauas il Cl4minta Gslinds. Tho CAM
aucho Indians caught me in Santa Clara, Mex
leo, wher smull, {PerbAps twelve years o!d].
Ny mother WAS living, my father dead. They
took me- north long ways-then turned mt
more to aaurise-passed through mountain
many Nezicans, who, like myself, were prison
ers; they were servants 10 the Cauauehes.
was put to hesdiug horses, with others.
-" The white men let the Indians hare guns,
pistols, ammunition, blankets, clothing. They
send many wagons full Of things to the Indians
the white men give Us heap Of good things,
and the Indians let the white men have heap
"The Indians all come together and have
! big war dance and smoke the big pipe. Ten
nations join In covenant to fight Van Dorm,
Texas and the Indiana that foug ght. under Van
| Dorm when their women nnd children were uur.
dered. All the tribes that nre goingto fight are
arrt1nArfrv ou1 IN q AoN1 II
! as the weather gets cooler. think they hare
started by this time. The first dgat is to lie on
| Van Dorm and the friendly Indians, md the
nearest White settlements to Fan Dorn's battle
| ground. ~" !'.'' .-'''
Toc !ndians have = great many horses.
The Texan warrior, Van Doru, and the
+ Camanches hsd big fight. Van Dorm killed q
heap Of tbs Indian women, children End war.
riors. The Indians that escaped the biz fight
| came to our camp; they all had a big tatk-saitl
sse must all leave there or all the women and
| children would be killed. We started and trav:
eled north, q little to sunset. DO nos know
how long we travelled; We went slow; lad the
| women and children along; had to hunt buffalo
to live On. We kept travelling until We passed
big camp Of white men in q big valley on d
river, where high pines grow and there are biz;
mountains. These white men gaze us heap
fdrnms. sugar, blankets, clothing, and they
tell us they lore indians, and SLY they will not
let the big warrior, Van Dorm, nor The Texans
fight US. We travelled two days more, and took
up camp again and still remained there.
=" This is the first TIME the Indians have taken
me down south with them, stealing: There
we're many Indians. Wetraveled two days, and
came to tic big camp Of the white men. We
stayed there some time. They gave US blankets
provisions, md everything they had we wanted
When ne atarted frnnn there south, we alt trar.
e1ed together one mson. We then began to fal
off into small companies. to 20 into the settle.
ments. Ny company bad six men. We hob
bled our horses at pool Of wnter on the big
prairie. We travelled four days uloot, and came
10 Colorado river. After crossing the river, the
Indians left me to take care Of their blankets
and other things until they should return witt
horses from the settlements
:" They were gone three nights. 0a tie fourth
fight they came buck With q number Of horses
The river was very full. They made no stop nj
the river, but went in, commanding me to fol
low ard take hold Of one Of the horses, and tht
horse would carry me across. failed to gel
hold Of one, and cannot swim. 1stopped, ant
one Of the horses utter swimming awhile. CANT
back to the side where was. I caught hiu
and nude my escape to the settlements"
In penning the nbove hRye used tile 1ang
uage Of the interpreter as nearly as practicable
J. ". UuDsoS.