Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-05-07

A DESPERATE ADvENIUIr.

I
While eneamteb ON HE 9th OF April ai sping near
thr Spanish iroi, surprised by The APP
ptaIanse anbng US OF Two Mexlcans, nan aud boy,
the name Of tie Andr,as Fuentas and tina, Of
The boy Ga handsome lad eleven years ODD Pablo Hers
nande2. " nh cavacade OF about thirty horses,
hy ad coine from euba de los Ane,la neat tho
Pacific. had last halt half Of hfr animals siolen by
Indians. aud nov soaeh, NY camp for aid. Carson
aud Gudey. Two o my men, volunteered to pursue hen
with Tbs Mexican; AID, well mounted the three sci OF
m the nail IN the evening Fuenas returned. his
horse having aIled, bal Carson and Gudry had conls
ued the pursuit.
In The alternutn Of the next day, wanwhnpp was
heard, such lHdans make hen returning from vic
maus enterprise; aud snon Carson and Cooley Appeared
driving t,ore them band ol horses recognized by Fu-
ehtas 70 he pafl OF lluse they had lus Two blpody
sculps dangling from thu eud Of Gw.y's gun. nnnoun.
ced thai hey had oveilaaen the Indians well as tho
horses. They had tnniIun,d The pursuit alnne aller
Fuhas Ind elt them, and UPWARDS nghtta entered tho
mountains into which the iIail led. Alter sunset tho
neon gave light aud they followed the trail by moens
lghl. until lule in the night, When il entered narrow
d lille, AID was difficult 10 follow. Here they lay from
midnight until morning. Al daylight they resumed tho
pursuit and al sunrise disroverd The hoses and lmme-
daley dlsmonnllng aud tying up their own, they cept
cautiously 10 II rising ground which ntef,enfd, flom
the crest Of which they ;ercelsed The encanpmtnt Vt
four ludges close by. They proceeded quey. aud had
90, within thirty OF ioy yards Of Their oJeci. whena
movement among the nurses discovered Them 10 the in
dams. Giving The warsbout they instantly charged
INTO The emp, regardless o he numbers which lie fur
lodges might connin The Indians received them with
fight OF arrows, shot lrum their long hows, one Of
which passed hrnngh Gudey shirt collar, baIey mis-
eing the neck. Our fired their rifles np'n steady
aim, and rushed IN. Two Indians were stretched npon
The ground fatally pierced with bullets; the rest fled;
except lad no was captured The scalps oil the al-
len instantly stripped Of; but in the Irucess one of
them who had 'wo balls through his body spang 10 his
feet, the blood streaming from his skinned head and
uttered hdeous howl. The iriglhh spectacle appall-
ed the stout hearts Of rn; but they did what hus
manly required and quickly terminated The agunies of the
CORY savage. They wee masters If The camp, which
preuy lie recess in The mUnnatns, with fine
sprng, and apparently safe from all Invasion Great
preparations lad been made for Fasting large party for
it very pnper place for rendezvous, and for the
celebration Of such orgies rubhers VI the dcserl would
delight in Several Of the best horses had heen killed.
skinned, and VI upfof The Indians. living IN mount aims,
and only eomiIg into The Plains 10 rob and murder,
make no other Of horses Than 10 cal them. Large
earhern vessels FIRE. boiling and seang the
horse beef and several baskets containing fifty sixty
pair Of mocasins, indicated the presence expectation
Of large party. They released The boy, "hn had Civ
en- strong evidence Of The slocsm or something else 81
The savage character by commencing his breakfast upon
horses head as he found he Was ho' 10 De hIjs
ed. but only lied as prisoner. :.
TAeir object pishtd our men gathered up all
the surviving horses, iern 10 number, returned upon
their lra and rcuined us al our camp IN The aftInoon
If The same day They had lode about one hundred
miles in tie pursuit and return aud all in thirty hours.
The tne Place, object, and numbers considered, ills
expedition of Carsn and Cooley may be considered
anung the huldesi and most disnieresed which the
nails Of western adventure full Of daring deeds,
present Two men, in savage wilderness. persne day
and night unkuuw body # Indians into The dtfrs Of
unknown rnuuntain--aitack Them on sight without
counting numbers and defeat them in Insantand for
al? To punish the robbers of the DESERT and revenge
tie wrongs Of Mexicans whom they did not know. I
repeat it was Carson aud Cooley who did liishe for
mer an American, born in Boonsek etnny, Missouri;
the latter freedman, horn in ST. Luis, and both
trained 10 western enterprise from early lie.