The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-05-11
THE WILD WEST.

"e"' San0's Surveying Party and the
N"untry they IRE ina Brush with
the Red Skins and Capture of stolen
Stock.
General r. NJ. Gano, who, with survey.
ing party of nine, all together, started west
10 locate lands on the Goth of March, has re-
turned, They passed through Brownwood
on the An of April, making about twenty.
i've miles per day, and Coleman on the 9Th.
ltey were now upon the frontier and man.
ssei, with guns aud dogs, to supply the table
pretty well with birds and rabbits. After
crossing Colorado river they SAW great nun,
bers of antelope, but they we're wild and none
were captured. The party reached Fort
Concho on the S!h, and after viewing the
fort and adobe buildings of San Angeles.
proceeded to Ben Ficklin, the county seat of
Tom Green, and spent the night on the banks
ct tho South Concho, beautiful stream.
round no lands for location in Tom Green
or Crockett counties, and they proceeded to
fort stockton, passing up the Middle Concho
over beautiful valleys covered with MESQUITE
grass. Every section is we'll wstered to
Camp Charlotte. Leaving the Concho, thew
crossed by Grierson springs, to the pontoon
bridge on the Pecos rver The scenery
mere was magnificent, a valley of from. eight
to ten miles in width, with mountains rang
ing on either side. The water of Pecos
river is too salty to be pleasant
From there distance Of sixty five miles TO
Fort Stockton, the county seat of Pecos
county, the country is more brushy and the
grass not SO good. AT Stockton they found
an abundance of fine springs, which form a
river at the town, which 10 known MS the
Stockton river. Being satisfied that there
were better lands in Preside county, thew
continued on to Fort Davis, the county sea,
OF that county, and they had no cause to
regret 1t, rs the land WAS q great improve.
ment upon the other, consisting of beautiful
grassy valleys, wstered by clear running
streams. Some of the valleys looked TO con.
tain as much as from go 900 to 100 900 acres,
and many of the hills in these parts are rich
N silver, coal, iron and lead, From Fort
Davis they proceeded to Peno. Colorado. &C.
companied by Lieut.. Neville AMI five of his
rangers, having learned that there was dan
ger from msrsuding bands of Indians. Pass.
Ing down Msrivllss creek to the Cottonwood
springs, distance of eighteen miles from
reno Colorado, and shout twenty miles from
the San Antonio a. Ell Psso railroad survey.
and some five hundred and fifty miles from
the city OF Dallas, they began their survey
and had run line of about twenty miles
down Marivillas creek when they learned
that the Indians were in their rear. They i'm.
medlately returned to the cotton wood
spring snd csmped, their wagons under
guard OF five men, snd General Gsno pro.
ceeded with Ten mounted men in pursuit of
the Indians, who numbered fifteen. The
Indians, so soon as they struck the trail of
the Surveying party, left the valley and
crossed the mountains so as to
place mountain range between
them and the whites. They
evidently had about eight horses end twelve
mules and thirtsen cattle, 81 ~ ,,roperty
with which they were tryi.,. % reach the
lilo Grande river. The rangers and sur
veyors pressed them so closely that they
killed two mules and two COWS, and finally
deserted six other mules and two cows,
a canteen of water and I'LL arrow,
in their fight, which were
captured and brought back by their pur.
suers, whose horses were SO faded that they
could not overtake the Indisns, who had
ac,ttered into email parties, making it
difficult to trail them, and 80 they left off
the chase. General Gsno return ! % Dallas
few days since, leaving the sn'r ,ying party
still in the field lie leaves thursday for
central Kentucky, to be a. ".s during the
summer, when he will re'u Vi 10 Texas. Gen.
Gano says that too mucl praise cannot be
bestowed upon Lieutenant Neville and his
rangers, whose presence in that region is
constantly needed; fifty such men, we'll
mounted, in his opinion, are worth more to
Texas than five regiments of infantry.