TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859
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Sir, The undersigned having been appointed by a meeting of the Citizens of Bexar County, as a committee to address your Ex- cellency, upon the Subject of the outrages lately committed by the Indians in the vicin·ity of San Antonio--. Would respect- fully call your attention To The following facts On the 30th ultimo a body of fifteen Indians attacked the house of S. C. Jones living on the Hondo S.W. of San Antonio, and but for the assistance of a pack of fierce dogs, would have succeeded in taking possess'ion of the house and murdering the family. The attack was however successfully .resisted, and the In- dians retired with the loss of one man killed and two wounded-. On the 27th of the same month a large number of horses were stolen from the Rancho of E Jones on the Medina about fifteen miles S.W. of San Antonio; and on the night of the 30th stole two horses and shot one from the San Pedro Springs, within sound of the Church bell of the City. On the 20th they stole from Davenport, Wallace and others on the Cibolo (16 miles N.E. of San Antonio) from 80 to 100 head of horses; and from Mr. Bennett 5 miles N. of Town about 30 Head. On the morning of the 29th Seventy two head were recovered by Mr. Davis and McCombs from a body of 5 Indians on the head of the Leon 18 miles N. of town. On the 28th and 29th ultimo small parties of Indians were seen near the Rancho of Mr. Edwards on the Culebra, and on the 31st a party with a large number of horses mules and colts, passed within a mile of that point on the old trail leading towards the Bandera Pass. The day previous another party with about 40 animals had passed some ten miles above, from towards the head of the Sa- lado and upper Cibolo, and directing their course to the same point. On the 31st they stole from Mr. Applewhite on the Me- dina, all of his stock of horses and in open daylight drove them from the edge of a large settlement-- On the same day a party of 12 or 15 Indians passing above San Antonio struck the Cibolo, and followed down that stream for many miles, through one of the densest and richest settlements of the State, nearly 100 miles within the acknowledged frontier. In their course down that stream, they carried before them the Stock of the Country to a large amount-and if we could stop here our task would be comparatively an easey one--. But, Sir, we are not spared
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