Life Among the Apaches

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. MY first business acquaintance with Lo occurred in the year 1847. A band of about one hundred Co manche warriors, led by a chief named J anamata, or the Red Buffalo, taking advantage Of the subdued and defenceless condition of the Mexicans, crossed the Rio Grande, about seventy miles below Old Reynosa, and commenced a series of depredations. Information was immediately given to the American officer commanding at that post, and the writer was detailed, with a force of fifty men, to drive off the invaders, with orders not to engage in hostilities, unless the Indians proved refrac tory and deaf to all other appeals.