TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916
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No. 116 REPORT FROM H. I. RICHARZ TO J. W. THROCKMORTON
Castroville 25 Feb 1867 To his Excelency J. W. Throckmorton Governor of the State of Texas
Herewith I forward to your Excelency the desired statement in regard to Indian depredations in this County of Medina. In these parts the Kickapoo and Lipan Tribes commit most all the stealing and murdering the former are encamped near Santa Rosa, and the latter near Monclova Viejo about 25 miles above Piedras Negras in Mexico. to they are under cover of the inter- natined [ ?] Can a whole regiment of mounted troops stationed along the our borders will not prevent these savages from mak- ing successfull raids to this part of Texas. From a residence of fiveteen years as this frontier and per- sonal observation and aquantance with these Indians and the people of the border of the Republic of Mexico, I know that the Indians sell all their plunder to them, they protect them in turn, and give them all necessary information in regard to our horses stok chanse of stealing them, and the strength and move- ments of the troops, so that the most deligent efforts of the troops will be baffled. Young Buckeloe from Uvalde who passed though here the same who was taken prisoner by the Lipan in Febr. last year· and who made his escape last month with the aid of a good Mexican states that both tribes besides numbers of horses are continually bringing in whole droves of cattle from west of Medina and part of this horses and stock is sold to border Mex- icans and fugetives from justice from the United States, this I have also ascertained from reliable persons who are residing in Mexico. Your Exelency will be convinsed if this state of things is to continue this part of West Texas will be entirely ruined, there is hardly a family to be found west of the Medina River who have not to morn the loss of one or more of their members by hands of those Indians. As these two tribes being in Mexico can hardly be punished as they deserve there will be left an other chanse than to make
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