Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-02-22
EXCITING NEWS FROM THE FRONTIER !
Two Women Murdered and soalped and two
others Carried into CapiivltYl

!. Others Carried into Captivity
We have Just received the following commnni
II eslon from Weatheriord. conveying the shoekin,
intelligence that two females have been barharous
\ ~ ymnrdered and scalped. What NAV not tho dc
fenceless people Of the frontier expect next :
What will he their condition II the " annuity pol
y Icy OF Governor Houston should prevaill
!, Mr.. Barber, the author Of tho accompan ying
letter, is a reliable gentleman. and Ia fully en-
Q dorsed by our friends. II, j. Mckenzie. Of Parke,
county, and Junius W. Smith. of Fort Worth
as gontle@an oi the highest standing and the
, most undoubtcd integrity.
wEArnfRroRp. February 10Th, 1860.
DR.. c. r. Pryor, Editor Dallas Herald;
DnR SIN Herewith enclosed YOU will find
copy Of letter received at this place, this eve.
ming, from Col, Samuel r. Barber, u reliable
gentleman Of Palo Pinto county.
....r sr PALo PiNTo. Feb. 9th. 1850.
j. II. PRiScr, Esq.: Dear Sir--l take the cur
liest opportunity of addressing you few LINES.
from which you will discover that we are again
under the greatest excitement that we hive ever
been nor that we are scared. ns YOU might rcn
SOM bly @uprose, hut fran the fact that there
have been rho most hrart.rending depredations
'committrd on the $. W. corner of onr county that
have probably ever been perperated by our In
diun curmy, On Tuesday, the 9Th inst. there
came Is Indians into the neightorhood Of Robert
Martin. attacking sc,e.nl families. which were
defended hy hrhre spirits Of the frontier. They
succeeded, howrvcr in approaching de'cncel"ss
house, in which were four innocent femnes whom
they forced from their home. A few men, (per-
laps three or iour.) pursued on their trail and
Travelled hut u few miles, when they found two
of the cnptives dead. one Of whom was sc,lpei,
and signs of savage III u'a'ity disfgured the per-
Sons of both. Tie company in pursuit became
so much excited and incensed thu. they dctcriun.
cd 10 pursue, though Claying first to take care
OF the mnrdered) their f0rce '@ing small. they
sent an express to our town for additional aid,
which we could not afford, except ioounen. who
in my opinion. would have been no mid ut all the
Indians having then two days the start What
they have done with the other two cnptives, God
only knows They have perhaps shared fate of
their twn sisters. ere this time They were the
daughters of Mr. Semly, who formerly resided
on the Kercli. '''
The Indians had with them 20 or 30 stolen
horses, and were supposed to he Caidos, by their
cursins the citizens whom they assaulted in Eng
lsh. -t,.t ..as'.
.s could givo other particulars, hut these are
authentic and. at present, -uii,ient.
H. Yours, uilaste. SAMUEL X. BARBER
Upon the reception of the above letter, u rub I
II meeting Of the citizens of Wcatherford and
vicinity was called, and held, when the following
proceedings were lad.
d The meeting was organized by calling John u.
Prince to the Chair, and appointing r. j Nc |
Kenzie Secretary.
On mot ion pi " II Sisk, Esq. the Chairman
proceeded to appoint John II. Baylor. Ezra Null
kins, James W, Price C.IM Coll,m and j. Q !
Cummins, q committee to draft resolutions rx-
pressive of the sense of the meeting who, after
having retired short time, ,returnrd and reported
L.. IL. 4
unanimously adopted. u Er''ta ' Ha an
y Reso,ced, That W., learn with heartfelt sorrow i,
the sad intelligence of the murder of two women
and the captivity Of two others of PiO Pinto \
county; that in our opinion it il hut one more
butchery. added to the list of murders committed
by the Indians, formerly of the reserves.
Resolued. That our friends of Paln Pinto coun-
ty may rely upon the aid of Parker county in I
their troubles. and that we viii at once repair
to the scene of danger, and render such assist
ance as we can ttF '.a a0
Rcsolued, That from the course of Governor
Houston, we feel that the frontier has heen alan
doned to mercilcss savage foes, and that upon
the citizens Of the frontier and adjoin ng coun-
ties, lies the only hope of protection. Ma.
Resoired, That we believe the Government is
now feeding and armipg the very Indians who
IRE ruthlessly butchering helpless women and
children, and desolating our frontier: and that
be Substitution for blankets, there will never be
peace on our bDrders. i,7f ssng4B.r J.. s. r,t 3f
Resolved, That the course pursued by the Gov
,rnOr so far, and as set forth in his message is
,nly calculated to involve the frontier in greater
iificulties nnd complete ita ruin. The Govern
nent has tried the experiment Of feeding and ,
ostering, and 30 far, tile reserves have hut proven
o be con enicnt harbors for horse thieves and
he fruitful source of our border troubles
Rcsotred. That while we do not wish to dictat,
o the Governor, what is hest to d., nor mean to
Nc disrespeciful. we are determined not to let his
oue for The Red man. or HE peculiar notions Of !
rontier policy, hrak up our friends and endan-
er their lives and property Y .s'Hrl {
bad @ a JNo. BAYLOR, srso i
anft adel aba EZRA MrLKtN, sn I
lia JAS w. PRIcE, Committee. q
iepsA @hl ON. CoLLrM, a
loias agt nti.9 JC CrMMlvs, =
On motion, it was ordered TINT n copy of Col !
3arbers letter, together with these resolutions.
Ne forwarded to the "White man, - "Fort Worth +
'hief.'' Dallas Herald" aud g State Gazette'
vith request 70 publish the same. II
On motion, tho meeting adjourned. ID 4
da4g'f }. II . PRINCE, Chairman. v
r. j McKENzIE. Serretary as. ' &
We nuke the following ex ract from letter g
rritten subsequently to the above: 1ag !
s''rwo of the women that were carried of by
he Indians were released ard have retuined : I
.ater intelligence coirms, too truly all that is lc
tated in Col Barber's letter. M
A YouNo LADY SENT WEST BIT ADAMS FIX C;
REss "A beautiful and accomplished young lady tt
assed through this city last week. en- route for
{ Louis. where si,e was being sent by express. r
he from Paris, and being unable to speak NJ
ur.. harharous lingo,' her friends had adopted Ii
his method ,f sending her to her destination
he was regularly entered upon tie way hill. and ca
eight paid all the way through.-NoyoM Day
look.