Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1843-10-28
ESCAPE FROMTHE PRISON OF
TUChBAYA.

APT. WILSON, u'lS VI WV 'O""" Pi'SVneIh,
s,a,Gng the escape Of hlmself and two 'z
hers (roio one Of, the Mexican dungeons in da
,hicb they we're incatceroled. q
ave effected our escape from the pris' IA
N Of Tucabaya, near Tue residence 81 ''
santa Anna, On the nigG' Of the SO'h Of At
July. l, was ai,ended-wuh ,:obsidertbl' .
os va bad y climb Over The
wall in view Of the two seulinels, aud the :,
night was by no meaps 30 dark as weIs'
could have wished it. We let ourselves =
lawn by means Of blankets, which were D
torn ia strips and 'wl.led into the iormol
, rope. We had to keep very much on
the alert ia passing through the city ot
Mexico, 10 order 10 avoid the senlInels
Who were posted 10 ircn'of the numerous
lusrtels 10 every part Of the city. BY
noru,ng we had got SIX leagues lrem Mex
a.. Il ns was unsaletot travel N the day,
,e ,et the road, and secreling ourselves
go me mountain, passed the day in alter
nate repose and wa,chng-;woo fus sleep.
no lille one kept watch. About sunset
Ne we're discovered by ,~o Mexlcans, who
l,opsned to visit that par, Of the noun.
,n CIR the purpose Of gathering ,heIuIce
{, ol,u, called the mGgqy, from which a
k.d Of fermented liquor, called pulkey Is
AID They attempted to take us TO II
.,l.age a, abou, tho distance Of league;
~, by giving them to understand that VI
8 ys,e ds,ermi ned to resist, and tbat, II II
: we're necessary, we would rather kill them
\ han to be taken, and giving them what
i money we had amounting To hule mor'
Is Than dol.r, Ne persuaded them TO allow
u "a to proceed. Tha, night We mad
T. march Of abou, ten leagues, and spent IN
mex, day rs we had done the Prev'on
y, me; but no, wi,hstausiug our vigilance
o. we did no, escape obserysuon q when +"
g. were preparing TO resume our J'urne,
IA six men, armed with lances, surrou"de
II he little thicket where we were conceale'
a" ,nd, pointing their lances a. our breast
- ,r,lrred US to get up aud accompany me'
+" r., is,ence would have been worse 'hs
ins vain. 80 wa we're :aken Defnre the A!e0d
'a' Who committed US to prison, with the pie
MY iog iniorma,ion that we should be sent
'ef; Mexico, nex. morning. Blu. We cou
'rn not wait so long FIodins they plac
'rsl no guard on the prison door, we set
ted york, and by digging up the pt"yem'
Vi, near the door, we succeeded in getting
"f' kidd Of me,al cup, in which the 10"
nus hinge of the door turned and with P'a
The md a piece ii oak ,he, We found u
re" rnsoo, we G,rced the door from It's ?
-'h sufficiently wide to aiIo" man'o pass
oh' nd ia less Than an hour and hal q!
It. oar conGaement we we're agn'n upon
tHi' ..,u. That nish, | suffered severe
N.h as was very un.s'; in oct. hadaseV
d ,.tack Of pIearisy .nsa ieIt Mexico
oor. d., TINS tune | aut h.rnme 80 woakit
'!o gnD the utmost ItG"o''Y hath could
y 10 along al,n 1le ,,,lst'"ef OF my com!a
ne nFlr a day and night We mel viii
aPer norsau who Wes disposed TO moess
%'.' ~, on the secoud nigh, after our csc
moe from ,he village prison we we're ARE
~ Il party III m'hh'oo
= e.. r,e3 10 take US back TO. town
'".o three e CUES distant, This we fat!
'' . nsnl. and they accompanied US
cans rancho which layon ih4 side OF tho
'p' 10 We we're going. ,oli Inc fellow
'neaP ,cemet TO hayslhe comhsnd oi'hs P
n Oh tina, had a passport, and toEiDwPh
'"e,' luced sheet Of paper, upon. when o
emP' nv fellow-prisoners had, written sons
e mo ad or song. OF courss it waa WRIT
year. ENGLISH. and the man gould not 70
II ven hu, ordered me to translate IT. \
"'ttS pretended to read from the paper some
an IN ourOor,ing to DO translation oi'my
por,. and the fellow thinking 1t va
y con- rich, enough, suffered US to depart IN
e es We had left The prison "''ho"'
me ,,bcr nrcyislon than small coarse
oil all emit, which We ate during the hrs' d
'y'ef ,or the remaining time Tive days
nd De o,,h,s, we had no other suslenance
""'c" tew ptickly pears which we 'onn %
nonge' ,,,,n,a,o. Nv the time we reached IL
'nsl' Is Monte nv ,llnsss had increased :"
[cS"' ,ev,ee tina. could mol 60 one ~
Tnoss sIe' .,;,hom lvino down. NV ON
'ofr"' ,,c,,ops sounded ~ my ears 80
"es''" could no; hear anything else; ana
H'he ' ~, neen for the kindness J eSpe'
Auraiiy w, IL =. EoOli.h residents there, q
W IL klIL treatment Of az excel'e"
50 s''a. r,so. | must have died. AZ y was
Of 200 w. s;,na,ion TO travel for six wee
'usl to, 70 ybich time ! experienced th'
/ spirits WV caya and kindness from n
a 'r""" y'D entertainers. Here ! o"''
"'r'.-- nor,, good horse, and 'u'ncle'
., ''% =. 10 4er4y my expe",';. TO ~ ne e 8 :
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