The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-03

bold project of visiting the no, tn western p,r;s
CT the kingdom Of New Mexico, in searvh al
the wild mules aud horses that roam ia these
vast and nncultivated regions He proposed
! when he had collected a suflic,en. number
! tHcnnduct them III droves TO the United States
! iHr sue For this purpose he associated IS
/ adVc.turers, Spau.. 5, and.I6 Americans.
| among whom was the undersigned, VITO win
the'r gallant leader, took their way from
| Natchez.
| ca oin route, We suffered every sort Of pri-
Walton among the' rest all our provisions
were consumed IN Z few days, aud we were
oEVen 10 sustain life on licrse flesh, and wen
or Tue raw hides attached to cur saddles and
baegagr. Attrs 90 DAYS travel " reached ,i,e
settlements OF the Paunie and Cho,,nandas
Indians, about fifty leagues to the ro,th Of
st. Aptoine.
iiaNiu5 selected convent ut spot fer orr
o'' suons' we con,trncted fort uf logs for
GU defence, an'i tae nt cessaly w orks fSi tax
ing cur prey. We had already proceeded far
Il; our enterprise, had ta| en- greet nun,ber
o. inuitS and horses and began IN mediate the
enjoyment OF our iahorS vim we were at
tackled suddenly at night by party of $50
opan'ards and Indians with snlall arms g. ole
piece ct airiery- 'fhey lursacd their at
* unut H:c afternoon of The sucGccdii,. day
EAen our gallant leader being Slam, by u bali
tAr1usE the head, and two others severely
wounded, we surrendered on Condi;o. W..
snoud be permitted 10 return 20 toe United
csat@S. Rnt no sooner had We laid down g.
arms th.n our Insulting victoIs seized on our
persons and conducted us as prisoners 10 Ma
coS'oche5, where the governor refused to
SANCTION the condition OF our surrender and
orcered us to oeput under close confinement.
Atterrcrn2lnnS some months in tits stuaticri,
ROBERT Ashley, Jrhn House, Michael Moore,
wlth ncSro snan, effected their escape over
the prison walls einded their pu suels and sr-
rived safe at S@tchez.
Prevehe the recurrence Of n SIMILAR acct
dent, we We're removed to, Cl..wawa, 500
leagues. IN the interior of the kingdom, where
we were accused and tried before the Gov Of
nat place, bat no crime being established up
onus, we were suffered 10 d,s3erse ourseA es
atwili IN the ncighhorng Villages Until the plea
slr1o me coTSt ot,;pain Coulo DC known before.
whom cur Csc heu been laid Alters wears
dle'Nr al suspense, the long locked Ton Scntence
ar17red. Ii condemned evelv fifth man to be
selected by cast of the die, 10 &c hanged -
and the rest to snsfer ten years Imprisonment
i rom tiiiS sentence the Spaniartis were ex-
empted which t9gether 18th the death of ].
fierce reduced our number To nine. But one
therefore vas destined 10 suffer. We were
bhhdtoCed and each IN h;s.torn with throw
OF DICE, on tho head OF drum, decided the
awful question OF life and death. The lot
Tell on Blackburn, who was exc et.ted the next
I'y. ,,;
Befc.c the ,srcira, % this sentence from
Spain, we made an unsuccessful attempt 70
escape. By'eut' Industry, we acquired n.oner
&. mulcs and having got every thing in s,.statt.
OF preparation for fight, ! wrote TO one Of NV
Companions, to repair At q given hour OF the
night 10 the place. whence We should tuke Our
c!parture.- HE letter was entrusted to Jonah
Waters, wl.o orcke the seal & exposed its CON
tents to the govcrhor--tiuls WAS our project
defeated, ana Waters rewarded with an III
conditional pardon for MS treachery:
h After the. execution of Blackburn, David
Yharoah, J. Reed, ':alnan Cooley, NViliam
iJ2nley; IL. Gorc;er and myself were sent 20
Acapulco. and thrown into deep narrow
dungeon We Continued M this abode Of ini-
sery tor three years, Until the present rcvcU-
ton broke out il Miexicc, when tie royaiis,s
threw open Gun prison doors and gave US our
Eoerty as the price OF espoasiDg their cause.
we dli not however fight more than Is DIV
under their banners before we went over 70
Ae American party, stili true 20 the prinC,i-
pies OF liberty, we had carried with US fr9,n
cur native land. Six months after this e, cnt
altman Cooley was taken prisoner bv tbs,
royailsta and slot. J. Reed received 2 severe.
wound IN an engagement, Of which he died
EhArnah was assassinated il hi. bed by an ,ro-
Known h.nd. j. Dan!cy, by the zeal and adj
dress he displayed in the cause of the rcnuhji-
cans, soon raised himself to the rank of Col.
m their armies, which capacity he SILL fills
IN the province Of Puebla. Of those who re-
m'''i'ed at Ch"2wa to Undergo the sentence
of cen Yeas imprisonment, the undersigned
can say nothing with certainty
The Coosre7s nr legislative body Of the re-
Pu1b@a'iS beng GcsirUas 60 establish f,:. n,!ly
se!,>loils wilhthc United States, deputc,.
this 'iurpcsc l!;c Field Marshal Den Juan Ava
I'D, ;:nd the Undersigned, who now fills the ca
pacity 81 col in their armies. We arrived at
Hew-5rleans on the 6th day of Sept. 1914.
where have Nr..tenthls narration OF INV SUIT
fciiiS competitions, ia tho information, OF tbiir
friends and relations in tie u States.
ELLIS p. BEAN.
.PeSc- Orleans, Ocf 81, 1914.
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