Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-11

accidents Of Ksndalfs Santa Fs EIp d,tiom.
This miscreant, who has been consirn..
ed to an Immortality Of infamy by Mr..
Kendall, in his ''Santa Fe Expedition, y
was the orficer in command Of the escort
whisn conducted the Santa Fe prisoners
Tor some distance on the first part of their
miserable march to Mexico. He was en-
ploycd in this service by Armilo, Govefn-
or Of the Northern Province. In charac-
ter, he was considered picaroon or rob-
Der, and the men in his command were lit
tie better than banditti.
IN Illustration of the brutality Of Sala-
Ear, we may state that man named Mac
alister, native Of Tennessee and of ex-
cellent family, was completely exhausted,
and so lame that he could no longer walk.
Salazar, after beating the other lame and
sick prisoners, came up TO him and ordered
him to overtake the main body, a quarter
Of mile in advance. Macalister declar-
ed his inability to proceed on foot. Sala-
gar then drew his sword, and ordered him
10 hurry on. |, Macaister still declared
that ne could net. Once more this savage
pointed to the main body of the prisoners,
and notwithstanding he had plenty of mules
ordered the cripple to hurry forward;'
he could not. "Forrardrn said Salazar,
now wrought to pitch of frenzy-ssF For
scar!, u T,cM shoot you, an, the spoi.n-
''Then shoot'' replied Macalister, throw
ing off his blanket and exposing his man
~ breast sand the quicker the better -
Salazar took him at his word, and SIN
gle ball sent as brave man as ever trod
the earth to eternity! His ears were then
cut Of. his shirt and pantaloors stripped
from him, and his body thrown by the
wayside, as food for wolves.
We may mention two other instances
of barbarity, almost without parallel. As
the sun was setting, says Kendall, those
who were in front were startled by the re-
port of two guns, following each other in
quick succession. "We turned to ascer-
tain the cause, and found that poor UNI
fortunate man named Golphin, merchant,
who had joined the expedition with a
small amount of goods, had been shot by
the rear-guard, for no other reason than
he was too sick and weak to keep up
He had ira6c a bargain with one Of the
guard, to ride his mule for short distance,
for which he was to give him his only shirt.
While in the act of taking it off, Salazar
ordered soldier to shoot him. The first
hall only wounded the wrctched man, but
the second killed him instantly, and he fell
with his shirt about his face
The next day, Just as morning dawned,
a man named Griffith gave out. He had
been wounded by the Indians, had ridden
mule until his faculties were nearly par
alyzed with the cold, when he jumped off,
and again undertook to walk. Too weak,
however, and too lame to travel, he sank
to the ground. A soldier told him to rise
or he would obey the orders given by
Salazar, ss'to put all to death who could not
keep up" Griffith made one feeble and
Intellectual effort. The attempt was too
much. He cast an imploring look at the
soldier, and while doing SO, the brutal mis-
creant knocked his brains out ariM a mus
ket! His blanket was then stripped from
him as the reward of his murderer, his
ears were cut off, and he was thrown by
the road side, another feast for the buzzards
and prairie wolves!
Salazar robbed the poor prisoners, and
nearly starved them to death, although he
had cattle wherewith to feed them. On ar
irving at Ell Paso, he was put under arrest
for cruelty, robbery and murder, by
order of General Elias, and late account
informs US, that while on recent cxpedi-
ton in the Indian country, stealing horses,
he was waylaid, killed, and scalped, and
his body left to gorge the birds and beasts
of prey.-Pha. Enquirer.