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Should I be continued in the service, I should not hesitate to move upon the point occupied by the head chief of the Coman- ches, and chastise him, and any other interfering or aiding in the matter adversely These facts corroborate and substantiate others already re- ported to you, and indicate the necessity of inaugurating prompt and efficient measures to give protection to the frontier, and to punish the parties who have grown rich by trafficking in the spoils wrested from our unprotected citizens.- They can not, in justice to the frontier, be overlooked- You will pardon me for again insisting upon the necessity of having a large force in the field, and the good results to be an- ticipated from a fall or winter campaign against our combined enemies. This, in my belief, affords the only secure plan to secure Texas against the inroads and ravages of her savage and ruthless foes- I am happy to state, that Capt Ross fully endorses these views, and no man in this State is better acquainted with the wants of the frontier, and the character of the Indians.-
JOHNS. FORD Capt. Commandg. Texas Frontier.
Gov H R Runnels Austin Texas
[Endorsed:] John S. Ford
No. 177 LETTER FROM D. E. TWIGGS TO L. THOMAS
Head Quarters Department of Texas, San Antonio, July 6th, 1858.
Sir,
The 2nd Cavalry remains at or near Belknap. If they are intended to be placed under the Orders of the Department Com- mander for the defence of this frontier, I would respectfully rec- ommend a change of policy with the Indians. For the last ten years we have been on the defensive. I would suggest that it would be better not to detach the regiment to the posts as for-
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