The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-03-16

| 'rInS tne province w give w 'iltIi "edP-
.as before reaching San Miguel. He rep.
resented himself. and The nephew and Sec
4:reiarv ofihe Gupernoras empowered TO
snpulate f.r the surrender of The imple.
| :ncnis of war. and tosnegoiinle for The safe
conduct of the troops to The frontier after
ihpv.had complied with this stipulation
The Governor had empowered them to
hinh the amthnriiids Ia label the prnperty
# each Individual, supply inntl for the
march home, and. returnio every man his
property. These representations were
c. nfrmrd by the: nephew and secretary "f
Governor Armijo, as well as BY The Mexi
can officer $, a nlimber0f whom had joined
in heparlry.
The Commissioners iesitating TO con.
fde inIhese representations, Cart. Lewis
| informed hin, that III" Governor witt a
well appointed troop of 5000 pen, was
within IL hours nlar.'h, and il the Texans
gained The hallle. they would soon be en-
gagged with a more furmidable foe. The;
Commissioners yet not snIlsieG,~ Capt.
Lewis pledged his honor to the truth OF,
all thrses sentiments. ~:
Surl being the circumstances of the Gi;
vision, wiIhnut fond, jaded and worn ont
hy,fnliauing narches, in front ofa f"rce.of
some six hundred mrnam expecting The
arrival of 8, 900 more. and being especially
ordered hy the Trxian ng"yernmrnlloa loavnid
hns,ili,ies ifihe people were opposed I"
,Irm aud not appraisrdpflhe capture OF
the gentlemen dies patched to Santa. Fr,
and moi <,isp"cring Lewis I" be a traitor:
the TexiaEs laid down their arms nP'n
he terms of surrender proposed. Food
was then furnished the, troops, and they
were treated with someslenirncy until the
next day when. the Governor arrived with
abnutl 500 men, force sufficient to make
linn secure il. his barbariiy; we were seiz.
ed and bound six and eigh, together, with
liairer"prs and thongs nfraw hide. and. put
I'm a filthy sheep.fold. surrounded by q
large armed guard. The Mexican off
GERS then excited the Penns TO the highest
degree of phrcnzy, by the accounts they
gave ofihe T-xians, and we were prevent
ell from h ing slaughtered by being hid-
died lpgrillrr in small yard enclosed ny
IA mu;l wall, and defrhlcd b.! the regular
troops. IN This pluce we were kept all
night, lying in heaps, cone upon annt'ler,
and suffering the most intense agony from
the cnseness Of the confinement and the
pressure nf the rnpes with which we were
bound. and in full hearing uf the disputes
in the council called by the Goyernnrt-' t.
drlibrralpnpon OIL: destiny, VIII ch decided
ahnut:day- break, by single uote. that we
should nnl be shot bu. marched off for
Mrxicr.
At sun rise we had to take up our marah
fur the city of Mexico, about 1000 miles
disianl-the soldiers telling us that we
were going 10 The mines. Bound six and
eight together, we were forced to travel,
the three frs, days ahuut thirty miles each,
without food and even deniel The privilege
when we were wading the small
fstreams, through which we were marched
We.were stripped of hats, shoes, blankets
AID coats. The Governor himself to"k
from, me my blanket and h"fal" robe
cursf1g and striking the prisoners and swear
ing like a mailman; because las we hear J,
his wish to have us shot had been over
ruled il" cn,,nril was obliged to give
my shirt, in the extremity of my distress,
for loaf Of bread, and snapped t"lera-
Bile good pair Of panla"uns for ragged
pair upon receiving ii m"ulhful or lw" TO
eat tin the exchangr.-When we arrived al
The Rio del Nnrle | had parted with ever,
thing but my iallpred trousers, vestsand
su-pendrrs, every thing else having been
,llsposed offor bread ar robbed from ne
by The sollirrS. Nor were the other ptis
oners in better co dition. The weather
was then cold and we were nigh perish
ing in our nak"nness.
After few days march, il was found
impraciicable fur us t. get on with any
speed bound together in such numbers
We were then tied two tugether, and tn
each pair there was arnEe tied about the
waist, neck or arms, and fastened To the
punmel of the saddle f e horses on
which the guard was m"unlrd. The sold
iers would occasionally put their h"rsee
in a gallup To torture those Fastened Ia
them. and when ever any of us fell down
or Jagged behind, we were dragged uppn
the GROUND and beaten with 'hoEgs, Sticks
: ar whatever else was al hand,
The principnl, Indeed almost all the
food we received during the route was
furnished BY woman, who would fol.