Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-10-06


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AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. Is, 1906,
Special Correspondence Telegraph.
Two important measures ran the
gauntlet on Yesterday. The Senate
pcsscd the substitute, recommended
BY the special committee, for the bill
protecting the frontier. In this con-
ncction l give you few extracts
from communication to Gen. Sher-
idan, written by his Exccllency the
Governor. This letter will reach
Gen. Sheridan in a few days, and
am much indebted TO his EXcellency
for glance at it, as it will be OF
great interest to our people, and at
the same time assure them OF his
deep and untiring interest and de-
tcrmincd efforts to do all in his pow
er for the protection Of our Scared
and dcsolatcd border:
A letter from Cherokee Village,
G. n, says: I..
"Since | last wrote you the lndi.
ans of the Prairics (Kioways and
Comanchcs) have had their usual
annual Council, and being reinforced
BY the Arrapahocs and others, have
determined to make war upon the
State of Texas with renewed vigor. "
Again, in another letter:
cat the earnest request of Tinab,
Coddo Chief 7 have the honor to in
form you that party of Usage In
dians, on their return from Texas
with large number ofhorses, pass
ed by the Cottonwood Grove about
week ago. x * 4; They We're
met by party of Caddoes that
were out hunting, and one Of them
was recognized as belonging TO the
Osagc band that remained South
during the war"
A letter from Mason county, Aug.
q, says:
isThe Indians made raid recent
w on the head of the San Saba,
Killed VIM. McDougal, wounded a
Miss Schellenburger, drove off about
six thousand head of cattle and all
the horses in the vicinity. There
were not less than one hundred and
fifty Indians in the party. 4 y
1 have already apprised you of my
misfortune, l. G. the death ofwy wife
and the capture of my daughter by
the Indians. My dear child is still,
if living, a captive among them, as
are many others"
A letter from Judge Weaver, dated
Denton, Sept, I'd, 1866, says:-"l
desire to state that yesterday, a
week, the Indians, reported ten in
number, came down Elm, below
Wambolls Store, within fifteen miles
of GAINESVILLE, where they met Mr..
James Box and family returning
from Hopkins county. They killed
Box with q sixshooter and arrows
and scalped him, took his wife, two
grown daughters and other children
and have cotton off with all OF
them" .5g
The Rev. James M. Johnson,
whose circuit extends through the
counties of Menard, Mason, San
Saba, &C., writes, Sept. LIST, that
"The Indians are coming in greater
numbers than usual, and are armed
with superior guns. The LIST Of Au-
gust last, twenty four Indians met q
party of citizens on COW hunt, at
tackled them, wounded Mr.. j. Ii.
O'Neil severely, chasing some OF
them for miles; got several Of their
horses, robbed the house of VIM,
Russell 4: 4 y taking off a great
many horses. 4: 4: X On the 18th
ult., they came near Stevensvillc,
Erath county, in large bodies and
drove off several horses that had
been collected for the purpose OF
being brought into the interior. y
= 4: On the 26th, they killed Mrs.
Cooper on the Leon, and came as
far as Green's Creek the next day,
killing and driving off all the horses
they could find. At the same time
they were in Erath, there were 9TH
er Indians in Parker, Palo Pinto,
Stevens, Bosque, Comanche, Brown
and Hamilton counties. They show
more courage and boldness than
ever before" -e
Four prominenteitizens ofLampa-
sas county, write as follows:
"Mr. Perry Townsend, to whose
integrity and veracity every citizen
in this county will testify is JUSTIN
from Fort Chadbourne, in the vicin-
ity of which he resides, and reports
that party of four men (from whom
the Indians had taken hOrses) being
in pursuit of them, came upon a
body of twelve Indians driving of
some FIVE hundred cattle and thirty
horses. The Indians, after linger-
ing sometime to ascertain the
strength of the party, cut out the
horses and drove them of, leaving
the cattle behind. The four men
then continued on to meet another
party of stock hunters sixteen miles
above the mouth of the Concho they
crossed three large stock trails GO
ing out + x. This county
used to count its horses by thou.
sands-now scarcely a hundred. can
be seen, and still the work goes on.
Each meen diminishes the number
Of settlers and Of stock. Unless
remedy is applied-dnd that iD1ne-
diately-tke frontier ioiH and must b
dbandoned7 Many settlers have left
the country-others are preparing
to do so-stock and improvements
are offered at nominal prices-age
eral feeling Of insecurity prevails
Mr.. James Mullens, whose family
have been identified with the from