, 1877-12-26
BORDER TROUBLES.
The People Of Texas Greatly Enreged
by tho Killing Of Howard.
Causes Which Led to This D1ns-
sacro by the Greascrs.
The Way the Affair Is Viewed By the
Friends Of Howard.
4 Scheme 10 Render The Crta,trs Present Char.
settristits RudmenlarJ.
Testimony Of Gen. Sheridan Before tho
House Military COMMITTEE.

Tas4imnnv of aan. ahayidan Raforo tbo
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Aoaso mt'l1"tS ""lnA1''0o'
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THE HOWARD MASSACRE.
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BAN ANTONIO le1.' ICE sG-ic1as ter
Howard and his associates at san El!zar.o, and,
IN view Of tho real facts In The case, It ia very
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pupet!! eo lne c.u.,s ..,s "aNh 'eu ~ ~" @ TO-
the old history Of Teras that they may properly
be- called continuation OF II,
Ahout thirty vcars ann 1udra z,,nc1.
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mann, o1 Aust'n' puFchasea 1!ofu Inc elatc
OF Texas TWO OF tho salt lakes near Ean
Elixarlo, aud tbe third ono was purcl,as-
I'd br 4 Mr., Maverick. Of san Antonio.
Tue salt 10 deposited IN these lal;es oy thu Wa-
teF "ash'hR II from tne at1aechs n''ts' aha' as
the likes are dry nlo0 months III tho ycar, tho
depostt, which ranges In thickness from one
half Of an inch to foot and a half,
e.n hn nb,nI,o1 w,,h,r, a,v ,,h.- ~
~" Nv oos0s" "tt"ous M! o'''c' VI.
fort than shovcl!nR up ana enrtlNg away.
Tho Mc1lcans and Indians havo had the "frco
r,,n' Of these salt beds for the past 2G0 years.
and, as they arc about 600 miles from the
frontier. thcY 1ere tho onlv denct,,1cuca nf thc
asa,'.,' ~ T,,ah..,snns a1s rosth.rr' 'cs.'.o, "I
9ta. -. '..Sn ,, 1s,.s aua sa
Mexico, as well as Western Texas and New
Mexico.
,upnB HOWARD
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~ s1u eou''." VI "..so N'',p''l'At.' ~. ana'
xhilo Howard was on tho bench ia Ell Pa,o
County, bis father-n.Daw requested him to look
after his interests aud collect q tag from those
who appropriated hi, salt. and. to mnko tbo
t1'nk sue.ate' ae p'Js.ta llo'n Mf' Mavot'eS
lease OF lila lake. JuoGo Howard undertook
the work, but found 1t m uphill busincss, ow-
Ing to tho opposition Of one Cards, an Italian
,n,rch.nt nj Kan E1tzorfo win ha,, y r,r.,,,,,
snn,n.. tfo-"rd rr1-,nT III ~ a,,,.,1s saaso ~
ssa'"st nona'o' sfo"'ps oo' u anns ho
hsa given Cards year before
cratic convention ut Austin. Cartl;e, who
v.a hont m rcvarva hu, ,rsa IN, r,,r.,,,,r -,
nsas w as"eo' Wv "eo ~ ~ eo"sa'5 ="
seek It 10 manly way saw 1T this salt bust.
the entire State OF Chchihauha was dcpoudent
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earmo,,tv and ~ n" nrTtcan tca,nst.rs t eae s.,
sro t heq IN ho a1 ,hs
rage which Judge Howard proposed TO t.nposo
an than. and thnt they coui At nnco nrrnoro IN
ac,end ,hcir .acrcd ond ,on1.c.,, ,h,i.hcd 1,1b,.
TheJ wnnted salt, and wanted 1t bad,-tu fact,
Il was
Il onousp-noo CASE WITH THEN,
and, whom Cards told them thor had only to
KILL Howard mud MI would be plain smiling for
them, they hesitatel not at such trffe, but
uhteledu than sotye. and informal thc Jr,tpo
.has .,,ex h.5 ~ no,,t ~, ..,h,,.n ~. ~ -,
nus @ Ivy ataa san o' ~ sis III tot t''oa.t' put m
a. .oms Ut o"iolSc' aao taa' "o snost lcaSe tno
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~ m sno ..1'in ha srt a.u a n"u & no 'aea M
~ uunE anJ JtHi.'b vi snc a ho1t, nnu, wren ~
" ,ia5 ~ en4 sa ta1es 3 eanpanaons, = no
tty rits Hn stu ~, - - .iH s "Tuun"eu H.a
s.aenas1 aa - .",s t Ms t " 70 ct-
Gountv nv a" thcir iro,s frn, ts snnth s3o ~
.ros ~ w. tnit I'LL af. ~ NV ha'o ~ eue VI
.s., ases tunL tLGi ~. ucsu " na"s rno Juase
,si"a" ,nao, u5 H. ,ratn., m ne SIso
II ~ Kt,,s ; hn 1}ar ., a
~ thn ahe-tW haJ arrho tt ,..i.
men to that oxuoecd frontier post which Ia
75Q miles dfatant from the baso Of 6unp1tes or
rctnfprrcmtntk. As tle bAlt-trefns and cnttlc-