Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-11-07
correspondence Of the ST. Louis Unior.]
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SANTA Fr, Sept. 10, is4o.
MKssRs EpiroRs .---On the I'd inst, Gen. Kear.
rec with about eight hundred men, left this
town on an excursion SOUTH We went to vii.
lace CA lied Tonic, about one hundred miles dis.
tant. We struck the Rio Grande twenty.seven
miles from this place. at village called San Do.
minse. inhabited by the Puebla Indians. Our re.
,cep,ion at this village was quite grand affair.
Aae rrin.ipa, men and braves of the tribe met us
xix miles I, an the town, and escorted US in; the
b,.v,. ,,.r. mounted on their best horses, and
sre..sd i, n. ~. ,st gaudy apparel, and armed
and so,;onea in the .. no manner as when they
81, an, far the nurrose ~, fighting. When the
General passed the head oe th.. e6'"mns' 'ney
fired off their guns and thdn one file on e>e" sue
Of our companies proceeded TO the rear, ana 'e"
wheeled and came down close to our line at .he
top of the speed Of their horses. yelling and go.
ing through all the manevres cfa re gnlar charge
they met again at The head Of our columns, fred
AT each other with their pistols made passes with
their lanccs, aud then filed eft and returned 10
the head of our companies. This was repeated
severa! times, to the great admiration and aston.
ishment of all who witnessed il. have never
seen better horsemen any where, and from what
] could discover. should take them TO be formi.
fabie in battle. If properly armed. They are
fine looking rren. aud much superior in every
spert TO the Mexican population They have a
very fine village, most splendid VINEYARDS. and
appear 10 be nuoh more comfortable in every
respect than the Mexcan. When we got into
The village, we were invited into the Priests
house, whore most snmr,nous repast was set
ont, consisting Of the best grapes ever saw me.
Ions. apples, cakes, and with liquor sufficient 10
wash them down
There isa thistown quite an extensive church
70 which attached the priests house. whore he
keeps his ,o'p's or conenbnes. The priest a.
this place has four-'wo Of them are au;te good
looking. After onr repast the General made
speech TO the citizens. who appeared quite well
pleased they then escorted us ont Of town. and
we went on cur way rejoicing, with full sto.
mnehs, and every man with Just liqnor enough in
him to make him feel patriotic. This was the
only Indian village we visited.
After weleft San Domingo, we passed through
villages every eight or ten miles, until we reach.
ed the village of Tonic. Most ofthen,, however
were quite small, and the inhabitants, with the
exception Of two or three men in each, are poor
miserable set
The only villages on the Rio Granic iha, we
visited worthy Of note, are San Domingo, San
Philipppa, Albuquerque and Tonic. AIbaqnerque
was the residence Of Armijo. We halted short
lime at this place going and returning Gener.
al Kearney called on the late Governors wife |
and passed an hour or two, as he told me, very
pleasantly. Size is said 10 be intelligent wo
man. and departed herself with much propriety
Her husband, tArmio) it is said, has gone to the
Passo, and i, is supposed, will continue on to the
city of Mexico.