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Sir
most respectfully
Your obt. servts.
AU<; HARDEMANN
ROBERT BECHEM JAMES FERGUSON
ERNST DOSET.
A. NAUENDORF. [Endorsed] New Braunfels Application
For Arms etc. 13 Sept. 1855 Austin
No. 145
PETITION TO E. M. PEASE FOR RANGERS IN GOLIAD COUNTY Goliad ; Septr 13th 1855 To his Excellency, Governor Pease: We the undersigned, citizens of Goliad county, would re- spectfully represent that strange as it may appear, the Indians have made a descent upon our neighborhood. They have stolen our property and even killed some of our people-where we had hoped to enjoy entire immunity from such disasters. We submit the following facts: On.the 16th of July last the Indians stole some of the horses of Barton Peck, about fifteen miles above this place, and some from Thomas Lott, about ten miles above Goliad. This fact was communicated to Mr Bee, of Laredo, who sent to the Lipan Camp to gain information on the subject. The Lipan admitted they had stolen the horses, which admission was confirmed by other circumstances. Recently Capt Peter Tumlinson and Eng- lish encountered ten Lipan on the head waters of the Medina, about ten miles from Capt Peck's, killed five certainly, and sup- posed they killed more, capturing th~ horses, of Capt Peck and William Menefee. On their way to Fort Ewell, Capt King and men met with seven Indians, and succeeded in taking from them three horses. These Indians proved to be Lipan, and the horses were stolen on the Cibolo. One man has been killed on the road from St. Patricio to San Antonio, about thirty-five miles from Fort Merrill. Two bodies of murdered men have been found near the Atascosa by Capt Tumlinson's men. These savages
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