Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-04-06


rcrsllcT +. Sm, b. then Ia command oi Ih
military department Texas, finding that Ih'
regulnr ,oree on that frontier was insaiiirlen
for the protection Of the lives and property o
our people, called into the service, 10 the emer
gency, but without regular authority TO do so
six companies of volunteers, for three months
service, This was 10 the winter Of lSoi-55
Dnnng the next winter, the wiater of 1855
SO Govetaor Pease Of Texas, on simir
emcrgency, called into the service one comp,
Nv Of volunteers for three moGths' service, nn'
! iwo rompiuirS one months service. ench.--
And subsequently,, il was found necessary b,
Governor Pense, aud hv Governor Rnnnels. hi
successor who is 'he present Governor, 10 rnl
into ihe service comp1nies of voluneers I,
serve Tor li,nird poriods. This nddi'om
fnrcr hecnm" necessary 10 cons qnence df th'
luck Of FFder,l troops 10 give us proteciion.-
Aud This necessrv s the more apparent from
The fact ihnt six Of those companies were or
dered oni by General Smith, who was iu cnn
mnnd Of thar dcpr'ment mud from the letters
mud orders oil General Twigss. the present
commnndynr there, who shows the wnnr III
sufficient force to protect that frontier, while
the Governor ol Tes,s IS urging that f,ct on
The attention Of the Secretary Of Wnr. aud
bph the SAcrrOry of War mud Gmeml-iu.
Chief recognize the fact thar the force there
was and is Insufficient.
The State OF Texas became liable to piv
these volunteer companies, aud has piid them;
for which purpose the LEGISLATURE appropriated
III. snm ~ SlSi,5Ai5l, of whcr aunnn,
Sl4S 99S75 has been p,id out, leaving on
hand S35,515 10, subject to b. drawn. Aud
the State asks ConeressS 30 reimburse this sum
As evidence Of he necessity for the services
Of these volunteers, and Tor this expenditure
by the State, again call your attention 10 these
official p7pprs, and TO the evidence they con-
rain, Of the vast amount Of property stolen
from our people by the Indians, md of The
who have been killed on our frontier, by them
IN The last ige wears. might quote from this
evidence, htt il is before yor, aud need not
consume the time. will, however read one
paragraph rom the report of Major Neighbours,
the superintendent Of Indians in Texas, to Mr..
Nix, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, da
led Jlnu'ry II, 1853 1t is as foIlws:
"To sum up, the whole investigation shows that
there have bcpn stolen and 'rven of from 'front.'
Ter since the ls Of November about six hundred head
cf horset and that seven persons have been killed or
captured by tie Indians in the same time, npmey
one Mr.. Davis, two AIessrs- Renfro, two Messrs.
johnson and man, one Mr. Johnson's negro and one
Mr. Johnson'3 son. tnien cap'ive. The amount Of
pro-. ysd Aad ctrY-u off Is estimated by
citizen at, nj 'st, s60,O00, without taking into
sileraton the lives that have been sacrifice iHouse
Doc. No. 27, page TO-
And this is what came 10 the knowledge of
the Commissioned of Tndmn Aff,irs, from the
1st Of November 1857, 10 the 17ih of January
1853. two and a half months.
have said that two very important battles
we're fought with these Indians during Jastl |
year On the 18th Of May last, Captain John |
5. Ford, with command consisting Of one hun.
ired and twa volunteers. including officers. |
ind privates, tnd a detachment Of one hundred
md thirteen friendly Indi,ns, under the com
nnnd Of Captain Ross, gave battle to over
hree hundred Indians, in which there were
eventy.siy Of the Indians killed, and two Of
Captain Ford's command killed, and three
Wounded. And in this battle he captured over
hree hundred head Of horses
h this canpaign Captain Ford demonstrated
he pr,ctenhiltv cfpusuing the Indians across
he plains, to their haunIs beyond Rcd river,
nd chsstisng th"m in their own country, and |
hus striking ihat terror among them which |
hey@have so often nroduced amoog our from
ier people. The pay rthis service is a part /
,C.that,wh;ch the biienowin the CommlHe" I
t ihe/Whole proposes to repay to the State Of
rexni.
General Twiges lie elerrniped 10 continue this
pelicv Of pursuing the Indians to their hiding /
,lares, and of visiting the caiamities ofw on
hem at their homes and among their families.
IS the only means Of putting stop to their /
ourderinr and nhlngine Of our rritizrns, which I
Tey have been doing for some wears past. nnt
n account ot insults or aogressions nf'rpd BY Il
ur people, bur MS sort Of business orrupiilon;
,r the sake of pnnder aud 'be"fv' "nd.ns 2 ,
,e,ns of snfp,rt. instead Of coming IN, as .
lev nre invited 10 do. aud settling on the re- o
,rves. where ihev could be at peace with the Ic
h,es. and receive the care and protection and a
,rrial support Of the Governmen', ms eyend +
under our present Iadian policy; aud where =
,ev cnnld be learning something of hnbits Of I
,dustry, and of the arts OF peace and clvilzi- q
on. .
n view of the continuation Of Indian dep .
'dations during last summer and fall. Gener- P
Twlgcs ordered Major Van Dorm, with three 10
,mpanies Of regular cavalry troops, into he a
,dian country. These were accompanied BY L
number Of friendly Indians, under Mr.. Ward 4
I'd Mr. Ross And on the lsi OF last; =
~tober, Major Van Dorm, with this cavalry g
ID Indian force, gave battle TO force OF from II
rec TO five hundred ladians. In this battle, II
e commander. Major Van Dorn, and eleven n
her officers and men were wounded, and three o
en- killed ON our, side Fifty-six warriors o
ere k,ed--the number of wounded not >
,own; and over three hundred animals were Ia
ptured, and about one hundred and twenty $
ipes were burned mention these things Il
order that the extent and character of this u
dian war, about which so little seems TO be G
own here, and which has made it necessary Is
: the commanding general Of the Texas de- I.
rrmen,. ard for the Governor Of Texas, 'o =