Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-02-05
Indian Troubles-The Other Side.

Indian IrouDies--Ihe OthSF sue -.t
For some months past. the papers OF
Texas have been filed with accounts OF
Indian depredations on the frontiers oi the
State, and much sympathy has been ex-
pressed for The sufferers bullf there be
any ruth in a letter from the Brazos
Agency, published in the w ashlugton
States me FAULT is not all on one eide.
! rhe letter states ihala party OF Csddo
and Anadahco Indians lately went oLi on
Ia hunting excursion. They had been on
he mosI friendly terms win The whites,
but party OF men in Eralh county deter
mined TO make an attack on them, and as
ceIlainng where the Indians were camp
ed came up to them in the night, and
shot them in their beds. Three meu
and three women were killed instantly
they never moved. A young man named
Stevens, a son Of the old man in Stevens
vile, shot woman who was lying by
the side Of her husband. The man tose
and fired al Stevens, aud killed him, but
moment after, the Indian was killed by
one of The white men. A liille boy was
badly wounded, and he will probably die.
Eight other children we're wounded.
Choctw Tom was absent from his camp
at the time. lie had purchased wagon
from one Of the settlers near Gslconds,
and he had came in with lot OF game.
His old wife was instantly killed, horribly
mullated with load of buckshol. A ne
phew of our old friend Jose Maria, the
Jolly lille chief oil the Anadshoos, was
killed.
As soon as the attacking party had fred
their once. they all Ged in the greatest
precipitation TO Golconda-lour miles dis
tanl--and asked Tor reinforeemeats to GO
back and finish the work. They left
young Stevens lying dead, and they never
welt back 10 inquire after him. The cit-
izens in the neighborhood refused 10 aid
in the matter, but lbey went 10 the ground
and took charge Of the remains Of Stevens
and the Indians. They sent an express
10 the agent here, and informed bin, at
the same time, that The assassins had told
them that they were going TO collect sew
eral hundred men and come up immeoi-
aieIy TO 6Dish all the Indians on the re-
serve. Capt. Ross, the special agent,
was unfortunately absent on private busi~
ness al Waco, bul The person in charge
came Immediately TO Fort Belknop, and
in few hours after his arrival there.
Capt. Palmer, Of lhe I'd cavalry, was
here with his company. All ibis hap
pened on Monday last. (27tb December.)
On Tuesday, some Of the employees a,
the reserve, with some Indians. went
do@n 10 secure and bury The murdered
people. When they arrived on lie
ground, most distressing scene occurred.
There was no oubursl Of savage feeling
against the murderers I; but The utter deso-
lalion expressed in the coanieHsacss Of
Chociaw Tom and his son, as they sat.
with tears rolling down their ch,eks. by
the side o! The muiillsed body of the wife
and mother. and The quiei, siiaed sobs of
all the relatives, as they washed and dres-
sed the bodies in their best attire, made
an impression ppon these rough frontiers.
men that will not easily be eGsced.
Tom and son, distracted with grief and
fear. have left The reserve. No one knows
where they have gone. bui they have Va
ken their hike ones. leaving behind them
all their cs,Iie, bogs, wagon everything
bul their chldreB<