The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-11-21
A Gard from Gov. Harris, Price and Others.
CALorrA. Mexico, Oct. u, 1866.

A Gard from GoV. Harris, FTlee ana OtneFs /
CALorTA Mexico, Oct -, 1866.
Editors Nashville union AID Azaericda:
GENTLgMES-He noticed with surprise laige nun
Der Of gross Misrepresentation and false reports CIR
culated in the United States by newspaper corresponds
ents With regard to the condition OF affairs here, ana
cannot very well devise the motive moving parties TO
so persisely and ndustriousy uisreprcsent Our little
COLONY We have seen it reccnystated in the papers
Of that country, upon the authority Of one 81 those
yeTaeous correspondents, that this village had been
sacked and burned, ana large majority OF its ithabl-
tans carried of IS prisoners by the liberals 80 lar
from this being true, there has never been hostile
foot within tle limits Of quiet little village since
tile beginning Of its settlement. The village and the
colonsis who have settled around it, have been free
from acts Of hostility from all quarters, and have been
permitted proceed in the Improvement and eultiVa-
ton Of their respective places without interference or
moestation.
1t is true that some twenty obi American colonats
were surprised, captured and robbed ut 0mealca, and
carried oil prisoners y baud Of glerriIlas in May
last and a5outa week after six other Americans met
the same fife a the hands Of squad of the same band,
la Purta BIT each ofthese places ten or twelve
miles distant from our village, and within about three
miles Of each other
For years past Omeaca has been held BY the liberals
~ sort OF outpost Owing to their presence, the
lands o0meacT, though appropriated to colonisation
have been surveyed sectionzei preparatory to
settlement
Early in the spring the liberals withdrew, and
twenty odd .tmcrcas Immediately "squatted upon
the estate. Some Of them are known to us to be men
of character ard worth others known to have been
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guerrilla band, then stationed not far below 0mealca.
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Eft AaNy very #otlty anu eAceAe4L men nave YislteC
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return because 1-ey co".4 aot procure laheS II tns
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tAose "Lo c'.te peioLc 'Aeln eo'ae o. lnese ana
nave oeSh aIau4oRca oY the of8lhai claimants u
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main mere oen Sal'ieo that oer ol'eat grants were
r unnecessarily large, are feaaJ ana Wiling 10 Gtau
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true men "ho NM Wish 70 maize their homes Mith us
and upon precisely INC same terms that re OBTAINED
: them from the government thus placing the ne#fet
yer upon an equal I0o5S "lIi ourselves ID every re
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are fesaiTea that 20 man o. lAis character shal
hereafter ieaEe tAis valley oT want q land 70 set