Civilians on all sides faced looting, violence and other depredations. Meanwhile, families are being driven away by the depredations of cattle rustlers. Dominican gunboats were also making depredations on Haiti's coasts. Livestock depredations by American black bears occur mostly in spring. The Roman Senate grew increasingly alarmed at the slave-army's depredations and continued military successes. The cotton industry benefited from the depredations of the boll weevil further west. This behavior enraged Lee, who compared their depredations with those of the ancient Vandals. However, there are complaints of crops getting destroyed due to wild life depredations. As a result of these depredations the population of The Bahamas was severely diminished. It was alarmed at reports of Sioux depredations (encouraged by Sitting Bull). Its irritating, milky latex-like sap makes it resistant to the depredations of Australian possums. In the meantime, the surrounding communities have grown tired of the Doones and their depredations. All of Paris learns the full range of her schemes and depredations. By 1874, the Texas Rangers were re-established, and were a factor in controlling the depredations. In 1830, the Special Agents were organized into the "Office of Instructions and Mail Depredations".