The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-05-27
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
How the Wcd Men ARE Behaving in
Texas = Big Tree Again on the
Rampage.


Texas = Big Tree Again ON the
Rampage.
Correspondence Of the ~, Louis Globo,l
FIT RICHARDSON (JACKsBoRo), Ten, I
fa ts May IL, 1874.
The inclosed report obtained through
the Kindness of Lieutenant Orleman:
speuks for itself You may deem 1t of
sufficient interest to publish, Thou
sands Of your readers have, probably,
no idea of what Is transplring on the
frontier of Texas, or how uncertain IL
the life Of either the settler or traveller.
OF course, the soldiers are supposed to
be always their own protection:
FoRr RICHARDSON, TEXAS, May 8.
To the Post Adlutant, rt, Richardson, Texas:
SIR--In compliance with the request
of the commanding officer OF the post,
1 have tho honor to fubmit the follow.
ing report:
lefi Fort Sill, Indian territory, on
the I'd instant, en- route for this post,
via Camp Augnr, 10 receive n lot of
cavalry horses for the tenth cavalry.
On my arrival ut West Cache creek, |
found three hundred warriors cncamp-
cd on the south bank. had u talk
with their principal chiefs, Big Spotted
Horse and Indian Frank, and was in
formed by them that their party con-
sisted of one hundred aud sixty Paw
nees and one hundred and sixty Wichi-
tas. They We're Well armed with inn
proved fire arms, well mounted, and
claimed TO be out on buffalo hunt,
with verbal authority from their agent.
They demanded ratious and ammuni-
ton from me, which refused them.
They further stated that they would
start for Red river next day 9th in
SAINT. | told them there were no buff
falo any wherein that part of the coun-
try, and advised them TO return To
their reservations, but they remarked
they wanted to see the country any
how. The fact that they had no squaws
or children with them, aud no pack
animals, and that they were far east OF
the buffalo region, aroused u suspicion
In my mind that they were on raid
ing expedition into Texas.
On my arrival at Camp Augur, ON
the 9TH instant, | acquainted the conf
manding officer OF that camp with the
above facts. lie informed me that a
small party of Indians had fired into
his campon the night previous, kill
ing one cavalry horse on the picket
line. That he at once ordered out u de-
tachment in pursuit; that they had
CHASED the Indians some distance
without being allie to overtake them,
though they succeeded in capturing
one pony, several blankets, etc.
On my departure from Fort sill the
commanding officer of that post de
sired me to make the following report
to the commanding officer of the post:
First, That Lone Wolf, Kiowa
chief, had left the reservation on or
about the the LIST instant, with from
forty l4O) to fifty (50) warriors, to re-
move the remainsand avengethe death
of his son, killed last December In a
fight with Lieutenant Hudson, fourth
cavalry. u
second. That large party of Co,
manches had left their reservation and
gone along the eastern border of the
staked plains to attack the Tonkowa at
Fort Griffin, Texas. That they claim
cdto have taken enough warriors along
TO tight the troops at Griffin, In case
they should interfere with them. They
stated that they were going to avenge
themselves on the Tonkowas for the
death of Comanches killed in Colonel
Buelps fight last Water, in which u
small party of'ronkowas took part.
! would further state that the Indians
on the Fort sill reservation came into
that post few days before left to
draw their annuity goods and rations.
There where fully three thousand In
dams, tComanches, ISiowas and |
Apaches), aud their behavior at the |
post during their short stay was very |
insolent and showed bad disposition. |
Some OF their young men strung their |