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more injury than they have been hereto, fore doing. But we do auger the most ben nficial results from the firm course taken by our commissioners who acted under or dors smled until tlie'opcning of the council. These orders came from dust in.It is painful to be obliged to couple withthis gratifying intelligence, thp nnnounce-‘tho dcameat of the death of any of our citizens, but this we must do; Judge Henry Thomp -on,0 of this citv was killed with an arrow M r Joseph L. Hood, sheriff of Pcxar conn ty, was killed with a knife, Lieut. Dun.nington, a gallant young man, after killing chita chief, was shot down by the same chief’s squaw, two soldiers in bravely attempting to dislodge some Indians from tiie rooms back of the court house, were shot with rifle balls ; one of them was named IFliit-ney, an amiable young man. Geo. If'ash-ington Coyce, (“on of Mr Thomas Cay-cc,) was killed by a cross fire from our side. The Indians acted with great courage and desperation, but they were all easily despatched. One old Comanche who had received some wounds,was he as getting off three or four hundred yards above town, was despatched by a Mexican with no more formidable weapon than a hoe with which he had been working. Beside the 6 Americans there was one Mexican killed, name not remembered.The Indians dealt Wows with great skill on all they passed, so that some seven or eight of our citizens are now lying under severe wounds; amongst these we mustbegin with Captain Howard, whose valor led him to be almost cut in pieces by the knivos of the Comnches, but better hopes are entertained of his recovery than that of LiQUt. Thompson, who exposed himselfCapt. Caldwell of Gon-
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Southern Argus
Columbus, Mississippi, US
Tue, Apr 21, 1840
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