, 1870-04-25
THE TEXAN INDIANS.
The Kiowss anf the Camanehes
) on their Reservations.
Their Raids.
The Whites Murdered, Sca1ped,
Knyished, and Robbed.
A Call for Phil, Sheridan.

A Gail for Phil, Sheridan.
cmrspo~xenee ef TAs Cz<ea9o 7H1.~<.
SurnHAs, Texas, April :.
Although having no particular Affection for
General Sheridan, having bseo tue Southern
man, and supporter Of tho lost cause, yet I
cannot sit quietly down and SEQ the noblo Red
Man exalted to the skies. Is 4 pattern OF ytztae
and morality, while ho IA daily zpbhing and
numbering al along tho Texaa border. ]
write not in defence Of Sheridan md the army,
but IN defence OF our suffering people, and to
show that only BY repeated casdgations, and
the presence OF military force, cAn the savs6es
bo kept at peace.
That kindly measures will not sva1 With
them unless when they are under the influence
OF fear, is well known to al who know tho p1ai
ric Indian, and that no peace man without the
assistance Of troops has ever accomplished
anything, is zlown in the recorr1eof the United
States before and eince the war, And in the e1-
had the best men that could be obtained, and
they used all their efforts to Keep the p1ains
Indians At peace, but could never do anything
with them bat By force.
And now what desire to show is, that only
By force and the influence Of fear can the pr.i-
RE Indian be kept from rayaging tho border
aud numbering tho people. The Indians Of
tina plains,-the Camanches, HowAs, Chey-
ennes, A1spahoes, and Apaches, have no re-
ligion, beyond a worship Of the sun And earth.
They believe ip happy hunting ground, to
which they are admitted il thoy have perform
cd sufficient c1editable actions that is, stolen
q large number OF horses and mules, got. =
number OF white mems scaIps, and rasiuhed a
number OF white women. II they have
not attained these pcrfeetions they arc
compelled to roam, until their friends have OBJ
tanned these offerings for them. Unlike tho
Indians who formally inhabited the Middle
States, they have no traditions, no sense Of
honor, and mono Of the attributes that are
supposed to belong to the Red Man, from tho
reading Of HiAwatha, and Coopers works,
desire to give slight summary Of what
the Indians On the reservation neares. to Us
here-the caruanches 1nd Kowxs-hsyc been
doing during the past year or so, and how they
acted uuler the reace policy.
At the Medicine Lodge Treaty al the Indi-
ans promised to go to tho reservations select
cd for them, and then they wcro to have corn.
watermelons, &c., raised for them they wore
TO receive 1atipns and goods, and they psora-
ised in return to remain at peace, The c.
mAnches and Eiouas GANG down to their res
e1satiou, Piece Of the finest country in tho
worll, containing some 2o,0o0 Square milea Of
tine ltnd, watered by numerous rivera and
strssns, abundantly timbercd, and abounding
the grass grows ii tke winter, tbs1 worc Seto to
live. and hunt the buffalo, on tho plains West
| Of them.
IL February, 1865, Colonel Lcarcuwosth, tho
hlova and GamAnehe agent, got down in the
and rations, and established bis agency n the
Eureka Valley, As he named It He founl
that his Indians bad been amusing themselves
| in Texas, while waiting for him to como down,
| and had With them several pr7soners whom
| they had captured. What lad these Indians
the pence, and while waiting for their presents 5
| will tell what they did in cur country.
On January !, 1865, party Of Intlians wero
keen near Jim NeJ's Lookout knoll in
alontaene co'ln1y, where they Killed man
named liaT7is. WHO WAS hcrding cattle. They
| cane down Clear Creek and over TO Elm Creek.
then out By Gainesville, and over by the c1uss
timhers into their reservation again, They
numbered about 100. They Killed fifteen nee
pic and wounded a number, carried on some
prisoners aud large number Of horses, On
Sunday, the tsh, they. got to Lewis Finley. i
killed ono Of finley's children, and burned
killed 3Ir. Leatheswood, Nr, Long
Nr. paskhll Tom Fitzpatrick and wife, nd
wounded J. u. Knight, Jesse Giyens, Joha
Mcdonald and Charley Lo,ing. At Fitzrat-
cos houee, near Gainesville, they carried on
3Iss. Mcnascc and her two little girls, and
frpm another house they carried on colorcd
Child. They tore all tho clothing or Mrs. Ale
natco and the four children. and they were
each CARED before an Indian on his horse.
between tome OF the pcople were following
and tue savssGes, and the Texans weze driven
Lack. The Indians then stopped to rest. and
Mir. Mesaseo was thrown OF her horse, atiII
with cold, and the children were tl,-;;,rn dow7,
ncar her. NLat was her :. !...v..or, on looking al
her darling ch.I.aa1 to find them dead, frozen
! 10 dea'h, tasing been carried oy the red devils
clothes on, until life Was beaten out Of then
BY the fcrre Sorthet! When tho Indians goi
really to resume their znarrb, they mounted
but left Mrs. Menaaco, firing few arrows
At aer Al they left, only ono OF which took ef.
fed, wounding her in the side. The poor WON.
ar, deiirious with fear. then crawle1 about i
NILE and = half to Sam Dorsey's house, where
slr was found next morning in delirious
.tltc, covered with blood and destitute of tho
slightest garment.
Ibis is truth, and it can ali he svor, to br a.
trustworthy witnesses Ii there are in Mon
t,Gue Eounty, Texas, az can every incident
Which si1l relate.
In February about thirty Indians came into
cur eectaon Of country from the came direc.
ton. They had i fight With some cattle herd.
c1a At Clouds ranch, on Mud Creek. and
Killed. man named stackhouse. They tool
his tcap, and then cut on certain parts aud
rut them in his mouth. Then went over on
Clear and burton Creeks, wounded ! man
named Gilbert, and carried OF three children
Of Mr. McElroJ's- These three child1 en- we1g
afterwards bought back BY Mr. McElroy. at the
Indian agency, in June.
turned from this raid, issued the goods ~ he
was ordered. I presume. But the Indians
| were not satisfied. and a rastv OF Camancfies
went down. under Chief named Horseback
to stack Ills agency, This caused him to send
t. Fort Arbnckle. and two companies Of the
Tenth United States Cavalry were ecnt up. and
the attack on the agency was not rnade.
After the troops returned to Fort !Arbuckle
the Indians did As they pleased at the agency
and alao at the Nitchita Agency, 4 few mile
away, and compelled the Agent fos the l&ttcl
Indians, Major shanklin, Of Kansas, to leave
IL they threatened his Life.
At that time tho Indians we're well armed, a.
they are at present. Major Wynkoop, lv or,lel
Of the Interior Department. lad issued them
number Of eeven-ahooting Spencer carbines
with which arms they were 20 successful it
their Eaids, the citirens, with squirrel rife.
and ehot-guns being unable to withstand then,
In March and April tho Kiowaa and Canaan
chee did the most Of their numbering ant
stealing down On the Trinity River, near For
| Worth, and on the Rrazoe, near Pa1o Pinto
They carried on two children from near The
latter place, md took them TO Colonial I4eayen
worhs Agency, whore they canped. In Apri
Colonel 1eAyenworth again called for troop.
to obtain these cartivcs, and two companies O.
cavalV were again sent from Fort A1buckle,-
under Captain Walsh, to Colonel Lcaven.
worths Agency. The children we're then de
livered up, Colonel Lcavenworth paying \ ran
eom for them. After this 1t became too ho
for the Agent Le2yenvor1h and be left. aue
left his clerk, WAktly, In charge OF his agency
In April the Indians again raided to nea
Jacksboeo, and killed Me1ic2,, who VAS d1iv
Ing team into Jaeksboro. They shot Georg,
Sells Oh his horse, and got the horse, The,
we're pursued BY the troops from Jacksboro
Lut got away.
In June, the Camanchea burned 3Iaio,
ShAnklin's Agency, and tzn OF III his en-
ployea In the sanc month about twenty
Indians made raid through Denton, Wise
and Montague Counties They took 4 negrc
naan named Ike, from Il. II. Esds' house, OF
Ctet Creek, Cook County, and tied him TO q
ttre. They then whitfield pieces out Of him
to see i be was black al through, eca1peS
lin, snd left him then He was nearly deai
from this horrible Treatment when found, bn
be has recovered from bis injuriee, and i've
to testify to the Bed Mans nobility. The,
III - ME-