New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-04

the Indians, issues the following spirited call for
volunteers:
A savage foe has invaded onr very dresides. He
women and Children He ia rayishsd III ncshsrs s
and daughters of Texas Hs arrows, tomahawk
and scalping knife are red with the blood Of our
citizens. F0rbcarance has ceased to be virtue
Let the deadly Texan rife, the six-shooter aud the
bowie-knife now ayenge these wrongs. I invite
brave men from McLennan, Bosque, Bell, Falls,
Hill and Corren, TO calamity come forward and
enroll their names. A few months can do the
work. Let us pursue them to their mountain
homes. and hunt them with fire and sword from the
face OF the earth. Each man must nount arna
and equip himself with from three to ten shots one
hundred rounds OF ammunition, and ten days, ~
tions to start with. No man swanted unlass no
viii observe discipline, march at night II Heees-
sary, live hard and fight well But ND one shalb
starve, as wen be ii the buffalo range. Ican be-
found at the Waco House Till the first Of April,
when shall look daily for marching orders. We
will elect a full quota Of officers as soon rs the
Company Is full.
The Belton Independent says:
We learn from Mr.. George Williams, who has
Just received letter from his father in San Saba
county, that the Indians had killed Mr.. Robin.
who was in company with his brother and Mr..
Jones when met BY them. The Indians all got
away. In few days after, Mr. Williams, his SON
they met eight Indians, and the result was, Mr..
Williams killed an Indian, and they Id return killed
his horse. ss.
The Waco Democrat of the 29th ult. has the fol-
lowing: -
VIM. E. Oakes, Esq, Of Goryen county, informs
Comanche county, went ID pursuit Of seven Indiaig
who had stolen big horses the night before, and
came upon them, Killed two, and whipped the other
five; Jenkins ,i 5Ia was s shot through ts BODY -
over. He rode home, and died two days after
wards from hawounds. A man by the name or
Willis ID said to have been with MI. Jenkins ut te
I...k, L. ~
be that these red scoundreIs are almost daily
numbering our suffering frontiersr1en.
In recent letter from Jack county, Capt Hair
says:
The troops have mustered in appear to give
general satisfaction below; but they can effect but
little The Indians are scattered ali through the
settlements in small bands, prowling about at night
and concealed in the day time, while the large
bands show themselves with impanity. When nnr.
sued, they scatter In small bands.
The people around this place are moving In with
their families, deeming It imprudent To remain |.
and there y scarcely an hour Of the day but there
is some one arriving with fresh news of Indians;
about the houses. M
Jack county would effect the plan of communities
ton from Red River to San Saba. IT gives more
confidence to the settlers than any other plan that
could be devised.
learn that Captain Dalrymple has lust returned
from a long chase after the Indians, without any
success His horses worn down-no forage Or
grass for them. c
A few days since, a blacksmith in the employ Ok
the Overland Mail Company was found murdered.
Dates from Jacksbor0 of the sth say The Indians
were around us last night, but we cannot pursue
Of the 9th says that Mr.. Lee, of the horse mail,
was murdered and scalped in Jack county. Va
rious letters indicate the presence Of numbers of
Indians in the settlements of Jack, Palo Pinto,
Bosque and Coryell. 4
Allison Nelson, member OF the Legislature from
Bosque, reports the organization of the Bosque de-
| tachment, under his command, and gives an ac-
count Of several scouts. He writes the Governor
We have met with some success. One party in
tercepted five Indians, from whom they received
thirty-one head Of horses and their party, on
Monday the 9TH inst, succeeded In killing three of
the Indians and recovering fifteen head OF horses.
Both these occurrences took place at what is
known as Beams Peak, twenty miles northwest OF
this.
With two Of my neighbors / intercepted four
Indians some forty miles northwest Of this. As
they were coming down they had only three
horses, two of them riding one horse; we chased
them till they abandoned their horses and escaped
on foot in the brush; We trailed them three days
4 afterwards into the Leon Bottom, where they.
could not be traced any farther. sI have scoureds
/ the country for seventy or eighty miles north of
this, and find that there are small parties consist
i ing Of from two to fifteen, that have come down
| since the last foray (thare were four Of these
4 parties.) We traed them until the trail was lost
among the stock and in the mountain. saw
| Lieut.. Dixon Walker and part of his command
/ during my recent trip; they are eneamped some
| fifteen miles west Of Johnson's Peak and are,
doing all they can to intercept the parties either
| going or coming.
The Fort Worth Chief of the 21st speaks of the,
| Indians still committing their depredations. On.
the 9th they stole 100 head of horses on Barton,s
Creek, and passed to the north within half mile
of Palo Pinto, in open daylight. The inhabitants.
are said to be lin deplorable condition, without
corn, wheat, or food of any kind, and cannot leave
their families to hunt for game cattle. Still later
the Indians have made an attack on the settle
ments in Palo Pinto county, and killed man ON
Lake Creek; and in the corner of Erath county
they killed woman and two children. But these
Indians were afterwards overtaken by Capt. LAM
bert with six men who killed three Of them. A
man named Houston was severely wounded in o
skirmish with seven Indians headed by 'sCaddo
jack Capt ]. M. w. Hall passed through Pal9
Pinto on the 9th, and found the body Of the mail
| rider who had been killed by the Indians. Mr..
Pendle of Comanche county, reports that the RAN
gers had killed five Indians, who were Caddoes and
armed with six shooters and Sharp's rifles and had
American blankets.
a party Of ten Indians, who murdered three or
four persons in Medina county recently, were pur-
sued by twelve citizens, one Of whom furnishes the
San Antonio Texan the following account Of their
adventures;
| We took the trail which led due north After
proceeding about five miles, we halted to elect a
captain, who should take charge of the party, num-
bering twelve men in all. Mr.. Knox and Mr.. Ross
| Kennedy were proposed, but the former declining,
4 Mr.. Kennedy was elected. Following up the trail
for about four miles farther, we came to white
horse on the prairie, which had been shot with an
arrow, and looked as if wearied out from hard
run, and as if he could go no further. About this
place there were two trails, one bearing north
4 west and the other small trail going northeast
Eight of the took the northwest trail, leaving
four to follow on the other. After proceeding
little further the latter trail, something was dis
covered in the fork of large liveoak covered over
i with an old Government blanket; on advancing q
little closer, we saw something like mans foot
hanging down from the tree. We dismounted from
our horses and pulled the blanket away, discover
ing dead Indian. We pulled him down from the
tree, and on examining him found be was shot in
the left breast with ball. Looking around we
found cofee-pot, tin-cup, and part of bottle Of
whisky We supposed some person had been
killed close by, but being on so warm a trail fol
lowed the other eight men, who were on the main
/ trail, and informed them OF the discovery.
Going up the Rio Blanco through the mountains,
we came to water and gave our horses some, and
took some to quench our own thirst; after which
we pursued the trail very hriskly, when we came