Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-11
rho indian Deprodations in Texas.

FROM the Austin VazeHe oI tne 5lst ult.
we extract the following -
We learn that the citizens Of Bosque have
lately given the Indians some hot chases. A
gentleman informs us that Captain Wilson
and two of his .neighbors Intercepted two
parties, and set them afdoh They escaped
BY abandoning their horses and taking to the
dense brush, where, once out of sight, il was
impossible to trail or follow them. The Cap
tain had stationed another party at pass In
the mountains, who intercepted a band Of In
dians, and recaptdred thirty head Of horses.
The Indians discovered them a little too
soon, and escaped In the mountains, but a
part of the citizens still watched the gap, and
three days afterward intercepted another
party, of whom they killed three; they also
recaptured fifteen head of stolen horses. Two
Indians made their escape. .. lttu r'
The scalps Of the three Indians are pre-
served. Among other things found on the
persons of these Indians, was Government
blanket with ~. 81 marked upon il, and a
Government gun. One of the redskins be-
ing wounded cried out, 'don't shoot, me
plenty sickl' The men desisted, and were
passing him by, when he shot at one Of them
and killed his horse. This was Mr.. Gilifllin,
who, turning upon the treacherous Indian,
made hin somewhat "sicker." .... y
On the morning of the same day, on Ris-
ler's Creek, few miles northwest of the
place where the above stirring events trans
pired, Mr.. Daniel Roberts and one of his
neighbors discovered party of Indians herd
ing some horses on bluff near his house.
These citizens slipped up upon the Indians
and fired, killing one of them. They fell
back into thicket and reloaded; then sailed
out and fred again, when an Indian followed
"Wah," and fell on his, face. The Indians
then retreated. There were seven of them,
and it is supposed that they are the same
band which killed Mr.. Freeman and Mr.. Rag
gets little son, and spared his little daughter.
Three Of the number were. those, doubtless,
killed my Messrs. Allen, Anderson, Gilifllin,
Kells, Renfro and others. r---T e q
twas some qualification to Mr.. Renfro no
doubt, for his father and brother were mur-
dered by the Indians two years ago, not
many miles from the spot
We are receiving many letters from the
frontier, and the people assure us that if Gov.
Houston will come up on the Spanish pony
his friends talked about in the canvass, he
can have all his doubts about the depreda-
| tions and murders of Indians removed by
occular demonstration. .If.r .rfr..rs..-
The facts show that the Indians on the
Reserve are among the parties committing
the depreciation. In many cases they appear
well armed, and in citizens dress. A skull
of an Indian, brought to Austin, was recog-
nized; we learn, by Hon. Robert Taylor, the
Commissioner of Gov. Houston, as Caddo,
and yet it is said that the Governor would
not be persuaded of the fact. If these Indians
are really the cause of the murders now being
committed, we trust they will be summariy
dealt with. The evidence taken before the
Peace Commissioner abundantly confirmed
the fact and subsequent events seem to indi-
| cate that they are still at the bloody work.