Capt. Ben Carter, United States district attorney, arrived in Lampasas last Monday night and will remain until the 17th taking testimony in Indian depredation claims. All claims prior to July 1, 1865, are barred by limitation.
The following list of claimants embraces the names of many well known citizens of Lampasas county:
| Mrs. Sarah A. Bass et al | $7,300 |
| Samuel T. Bright | 750 |
| Heirs of C.C. Carter | 6,459 |
| M.B. Hatley | 1,908 |
| G.C. Greenwood | 1,450 |
| Martin White | 100 |
| Mrs. Angeline McBurney | 15,450 |
| Mrs. Amanda Nichols | 895 |
| Dr. William P. Mauldin | 705 |
| Richard Fowler | 1,400 |
| Captain William Banta | 7,800 |
| J.D. Hoy | _____ |
| Jackson Holley | _____ |
| G.J. Spruill | 4,010 |
| Heirs of Ambrose Bradley | 300 |
| Mrs. M.L. Baker | |
| S.K. McFarian | 800 |
| Mrs. Matilda McCormick | _____ |
| Moses Hughes | _____ |
All these claims have been proved up, and as a matter of long-delayed justice, it is most earnestly hoped that the claimants will no longer be deprived of their just dues.
The Indians who robbed these people of their horses and cattle were fed, clothed and armed by the United States government simply on their promise to be "good Indians," and it is only a matter of common justice that the Federal government should reimburse the people whom its wards systematically robbed.
The Lampasas Leader, Fri., Jan. 14, 1898