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Indian Outraoe in Texas.—The Nuecc* Valley, ajournal published at Corpus Chris* ti, Texas, of the 9th ult., contains the fol* lowing :“The people of this portion of Texas hnd lulled themselves into thei^H^Uint n° f(ir~ thcr Indian disturbanceson our frontiers this fall; hot rcc^^HHK*ion received from Refugilt;dW(WmT^eHf xri to arrive at a d.flerent cdhclusion. On Thtffi-day, the 1st inst.,a pni^ty of Indians visited the farm of Mr. Thomrfs, a German settler, who resides about twefve miles.from Lamar, Refugio county. They captured two of Mr. T.’s daughters, who happened to he some two or three hundred yards distnhce from the house at the lime the Indians made their appearance. The eldest of the two girls was about fifteen or sixteen* years of age. The Indinnx then drove off all the horses they could find convenient about the place.“From this point the Indians proceeded in the direction of Mr. Kuvkendsl’s place, near the month of the San Antonio river. From thence they changed their course up .the western bank oft he San Antonio river, driving off all the horses they could find at the different ranchos as they passed along.“Immediately after the news reached here, Captain Humphrey* despatched a tnessnger to Fort Merrill; and we lenrn that Captain Plummer ordered out, the same evening that the express arrived at the fort, a force who will endeavor to intercept the Indians on their way up the country.“Since writing the above, we learn that the youngest of the girls captured was left by the Indians, badly wounded, near the house of Mr. Thomas 0. Connor, some three or four miles above Carlos rancho.”
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Rome Courier
Rome, Georgia, US
Thu, Nov 14, 1850
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