. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . the public for the last few years, on account of their numerous complaints of thievery on the frontier. While I was in San Antonio a Gov^ernment commission arrived from a long and tedious journey through the Rio Grande valley and the country between San Antonio and the Mexican boundary, where they had been taking testimony with regard to the
. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . the public for the last few years, on account of their numerous complaints of thievery on the frontier. While I was in San Antonio a Gov^ernment commission arrived from a long and tedious journey through the Rio Grande valley and the country between San Antonio and the Mexican boundary, where they had been taking testimony with regard to the Mexican outrages. Opinion seems somewhat divided as to the extent and nature of the damage done the cattle-raising inter-est by the Mexicans, some Texans even asserting that the Texan claims are grossly exaggerated, and that there has been much stealing on both sides of the Rio Grande. But the commission itself has taken testimony with great care, and, whatever may be the exact nature of the claims against Mexico, they are enough to justify a prompt aggressive policy in case the hybrid neighbor republic does not see fit to take notice of the demands of her more powerful sister. The troubles on the frontier have resulted largely from. A Mexican Beggar. Tin: KICKAPOOS AND THEIR RAIDS. 109 an attack made on the Kickapoo Indians. It appears that these Indians, duringour late civil war, left their reservation with the intention of going to Mexico, andwhile passing through Texas in May of 1864, were mistaken for a hostile force bya Confederate corps of observation, and were attacked. When the mistake wascorrected, the Indians were allowed to proceed on their way; but they found theattack a pretext for an offensive policy, and soon after reaching Mexico began aseries of distressing frontier depredations. There were only nine hundred andthirt}-fivc of these Kickapoo Indians, originally ; and it is now supposed that atleast half of them arc dead; but those who remain are
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