New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-18

Indians On the War Path.
We copy the following from the San An
tonic Erpress:
Our entire frontier in the direction of Fort
Clark down to Laredo Is mp in arms over
the horrible Outrages of the nations wards,
who emboldened by past successes and in
no ways intimidated BY the presence Of the
rangers, have come in on q numbering and
stealing expedition in force. Through those
cbliging gentlemen. Captains Wagner and
Kendall, we are able to lay a part of the
horrors enacted upon the frontier before
the people.
of Indians, numbering about forty, and
dressed in Mexican costume, made their
appearance at Speer's Rancho, at the Eagle
Pass, crossing Turkey creek, in broad day
light. Old man Speers came near losing his
life, he not identifying them as Indians until
they were close upon him. He managed to
escape to shelter, and the Indians cOntented
themselves with taking all the horses they
could find. Leaving Speer's house. they
attacked Mexican train encamped near
by, killed one Mexican. and carried off as a
csptive a young boy. They then proceeded
southerlv, visited Finley's Rancho, on the
Chapperoso, stealing but not killing, from
whence they passed to the Pendencia settle
ment, in the broad daylight of the next
day. They surrounded the houses and drove
the people indoors, and took every horse
they could Jay hand ON. Here also boy
was taken captive by them and carried of.
Their next visit was to the Carisa, and it
was here that David Adams was killed in
sight of his house. Adams was q very estima-
BILE citizen. and well known throughout the
country. A party of six Americans and
two Mexicans gave fight to the Indians near
this place, but the odds of forty to eight
were too heavy, and they were forced to re-
tire Both Mexicans were killed. Soon
after DR.. Woodbridge, of the frontier forces.
with party Of a dozen rangers, came up
with the Indians and gave battle. The fight
ragged at intervals all day. This gallant
little band managed to kill eight OF the red
devils, while they lost one man killed and
two wounded. At last accounts the Indians
were pressed hard; their horses were in an
exhausted state. and the whole country in
state of excitement that brought ont
every man armed to the teeth. Scouts were
out from all the neighboring forts, and the
rangers were fastening to head the fiends
of.
From the developments, since writing the
above, it is evident that the Indians have
divided their party. Twenty-Five OF the In.
dams passed up between the a4ancO and
FriO. Meeting two rangers Ell route to
Fort Inge. they waylaid and killed them
both One of them was Walter. the eldest
son of one of our nOblcst of frontier de
tenders, Captain R;st,arz, the other was JO
Reeve. of Quehie. At latest accounts Lieu
tenant Vance and fifteen rangers had struck
the trail Of these murderers. and had re
solved to follow them to the last. The
country is Mortified. The alarm has spread
in every direction. Fathers and brothers
look into the blanched faces Of each other
and silently wonder how much longer the
strong arm of government is to allow its
people to he ruthlesSly massacred. How
will our Congressman act in the emergency!
We demand that he lay before the assem-
bled Representatives Of every State, the
picture OF desolatiOn and fear. that haunts
and infests our border. Human patience
exhausted itself, with this last bloody fOray
of these tiernls incarnate.