The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-09
THE MEXICAN BORDER.
Gen. OFd's Report of Operations I'm Texas
Good fleets Expected From Mex
lean EnrOnera lion.

WAsHtNaToN, Nov. 8.---Gen. Ord commanding
the military division of Texas, has submitted
with the report letter from Judge PAschal re-
latlng to an n alleged attack upon certain Lpan
the, vicinity Of Santa Rosa q Mexican town,
uader protection of the townspeople, who were
profting by the traffic in the plunder brought
to the relation between the Indians of this sec
ton. and several of the Mexican towns
4aniIn,oloryt San carGf f The 1 Apaehes are
both countres. They have no however GG friendjv
leagues with certain towns, whore they trade
for stolen mules. This is undoubtedly the case Ease,
with the people Of San Carlos, who also have
amicabe relations with the Comanches, who
nunl excursions into Mexico It seems al o that
chihuahua, not receiving The protection 1t was
entitled to from the central government of Mex~
manches, the practical result Of which was to
aid and abet the Indians:
Al extract is enclosed from tho OHcial Gazette
headquArters OF the military commander of the
army Of NortheEn r, Mexico. This article shows,
says men Ura that hs dndahs VS. haye SO con
try. They have always lived in an immense
nnexpElqred IN, e., and rugged region, contiguous to
and murierers, and the Mexican governments
Notwithstanding that three or four of it's north.
ern states were SO long exposed to aud raided
upon by them, did or could not send any relief
until now The article also shows that these
Indians have murdered indiscrminately in
Texas and Mexico, us has been reported by mo
before. Gen. Trevino has said Ia his official
gazHtte, that a campaign against thes rniding
Indians will have to be made to stop the United
States troops from crossing after raiders. AS q
matter Of course. the order for he United States
troops to cross only in pursuit of them will
no longer be- operative when there are no raid
ers to pursue.
The immense extent of country raded over
by the Indians can only be understood by n
study Of the Mexican archives and reports We
have good deal of tho same sort of country
and the small command which Gen. Ord has
svaiabe only gives him about ono soldier to
eVery 12O SOU re miles of it. Therefore it will
be n great satisfaction If the campaign of Cen
'rrevno is successful. and tho Un1ed States
troops can be relieved Of the Necessity Of hunt
Ing savages who do not bel ing to this ountry
but to Mexico; and says Gen. Ord this will
mako 1t u pleasure, as well as q duty, for us 10
contribute to his success by every means in our
power.
The report concludes: I would like to impress
upon ths government that the officers and men
VINO scout with their commands in the desert
districts of Texas are entitled to something
moro than commendatiOn The climate Of these
deserts is for the most part rigorous. and the
troops are subject to extremes Of heat in SUM-
mer and. cold In winter, with frequent y iva
tions. such aa hunger and thirst It would not
be regarded by them hardship and would
rebound to the advantage of all concerned If
the regiments that have SO many years endured
such service could take their time for duty in
the vicinity Of civilization. refer especially to
tho Tenth Infantry and the coIored troops.