Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-02-08
LETTER FROM pnLKNAP.
BELkSAP. Texas, Feb, LIST, Il


=. Al how the human mind weares herself with her
own wsnderings, and, involved in gloom, often
| speeulates amiss "
FOR several days past have been eOgtatng and
seeing, feeling and searching In every
other way imaginable for something to communicate
which would be interesting 10 your numerous readers,
But, alas Il seems that my mind, though weariei
| by lis own wanlerinss." has been all the while
I" speeulating amiss," and " Lambda" will conse-
quenty have to up this time rather in the roeh-
fire However, We are never AZ a loss, living, as We
do in this important part Of the world, In the only
city Of much distinction on the frontier, to give you
some news, not 50 very Rsir. either for Indian ex'
element lepredations NC, have ceased TO be Hsns,
and have become almost stale, but We fear We cannot
soon say, entirely obsolete But suffice III say, they
1.-THE Internal Indians still very nsighbOTiy, and
| having their regular visits. Two gentlemen from
this pace-wm, Powell and Col. Thomas Hunter
left here on Sunday evening last for the Clear Fork
| in two horse wagon. Having Travelled about or
| miles they discovered, few hundred yards from
the road party Of Ave six Indians. The Indians,
seeing them at the time, Immediately started in
pursuit but our young friends being unarmed, as
well rs considering discretion the better part Of val
or" took to their heels Tor rather, made their horses
do SOY until they arrived at Cribb's Station, few
miles father The Indians having followed them near
" mile, changed their AMI took TO the woods
Hunter, from whom | received my information, says
" Times looked rather squally, and began to think
considerably about going under" The Overland
stage also attacked on the same day night, but
not stopped Several arrows were shot On the same
| day. (Sunday,) Mr. Jack Harmauson, a citizen OF
this county, rraed party Indians from his house
to within few hundred yards Of town and on Mem
day following, Mr. Switzerland and his little brother.
citizens Of this county, who had been out herdng cat
tie, were run home by party Of five or six Of the
red skins" Since that time, scouting parties have
been out almost necessarily, but without success
| than the discovery nj nlenty If fresh sirns
Yesterday was cold, clustering, disagreeabe day.
To-day is just the reversc-warm, still and agreeable,
with bracing spring atmosphere. Yesterday, il
showed little, but soon became too cold To-day,
not cloud is to be seen. In fact, it's to be hoped
that the worst Of the winter has past, and SPRING
welcome spring-is near at hand.
The most common street talk in our city, is con-
corning Sam Houston and his frontier policy-his
veo-ism--his base line-sm- his moral suasion- ism
with regard to the Indians, SC. The Governor will
find that his friends on the frontier who fought 50 no.
bly, and manfully for him during the gubernatorial
vanvass of 1859, will be far from sustaining him in
his views and sentiments set forth in his late
sage. Especially will his " moral suasion" policy
and annuity paying system " be repudiated by the
people of this part of the country. Having heard
the expression of great many-among them, too,
those who supported him in the last eection-I think
can truly say, his message will not take, or the
frontier J. Of course mean his message in the main
iU- q. Z ;hUfG are, doubt, sound and sensible
Eicws-such for instance, mad been previously
recommended and expressed by his immediate prede-
cessJr. Wpll may You ask Who're are Houston q
itds on rhe frontier? bet his messnge be thorough
Il circulated, .nd The frontier people sin
Idle GEgei JigitS ikCy are fCW GtL far bCtiCs6n.
profess to he toretecr Of the happening OF future
events. nor am gifted with prophets vision, but
one thing will predict ere two years shall have
rolled eround-tr3 the period for theuezt rubernato-
riaI election shall have arrived mighty tergiyisH-
ton--a tremendous a1uyulSiuu will have taken place