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afforded- Much uneasiness and alarm exist in families for their safety and 'it is greatly to be feared that if the Indians fail to get horses by stealth they will attempt it by violence and perhaps attack some family or families situated remotely from other families- I am respectfully and etc WILLIAM E. JONES [Endorsed] His Excellency Governor Pease Present Petition on Rangers.
No. 136 LETTER FROM W. E. JONES TOE. M. PEASE
San Marcos 7 July 1855
Govr Pease,
Dr Sir,
On my arrival here I met a rumor, which seems to be pretty reliable, that the Indians had stolen thirty head of horses from a Mr. Fisher a german, living between the Guada- upe and Blanco-- about 8 or 10 miles from Capt Callahan's residence- It is said that the trail crossed the Blanco about 20 miles above this place and then turned up on the highlands which separate the heads of Onion Creek from the Blanco, and thence on in the direction of the Pedernales- I cannot under- stand that any pursuit was made other than to assertain the direction of the trail- A gentleman who came down from that region a day or two since says that a Camp had been found, at which five Indians had camped, at a noted pair of mountains called the Twin Sis- ters which lie about half way between my residence and Capt Callahans- The gentleman says that it is generally believed that there were a number of small parties of Indians still in that region- He also stated that Mr Kyle, who lives near the Twin Sis- ters had missed nine head of horses, but had not yet assertained whether or not they had been stolen- It would not surprise me if you were yet compelled to order out additional companies before the close of summer-
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