Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. IV

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916 operating in South West Texas and on the lower Rio Grande, at first under Capt McNally and latterly under Capt Hall, which has had several engagements with marauding parties from Mex- ico, has killed twenty-three and wounded three of the Mexican invaders and has re-captured and restored to the owners many thousands of dollars worth of horses and cattle stolen by these Mexican robbers. This force has been maintained by the State at an expense of about $100,000. which amount is not included in the Statement of the Comptroller of money expended in frontier defense. Some small portion of the appropriations for frontier de- fense for the last four years has been expended in police service in the interior of the State and while the exact amount cannot well be ascertained I am quite confident that it would not exceed $40,000. Taking into consideration the service performed by McNally and Halls companies as mentioned above and to which special allusion is made by Gen. Ord in his communication to your Excellency of the 6th inst. I can very safely say that at least as much as the whole amount given by the Comptroller in his two statements of Nov. 21st 1879 and Jany. 5 inst. viz. $1.922.689.15. has been expended during the time indicated by said Statement. Since writing the above I have received a dispatch from Capt. Peak, commanding a company of the frontier battalion stationed on the upper waters of the Concho River, informing me that one hundred hostile Indians were encamped near the head of the Colorado River and that much excitement and alarm prevailed among the out side settlers in consequence. Also, the same information from Capt Arrington comdg another com- pany on the upper waters of the Brazos. Both companies are now moving in the direction of where the Indians are. [JOHN B. JONES]

I Enclorsecl] Rough copy of Letter to Governor about Expenditures for Frontier Defense from 1855 to 1879 A. G. 0. Jany 12 80. c~424 A.G.O. Tex

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