Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-04-29
A Desperate Adventure.
CFrom Fremont's journal of nss Second EVE,
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CFrom Fremonts journal Of uss Second ENrc-
Gition)
While encamped on the : ith OF April,
at a spring near. the Spanish Trail, We
were surprised by the sudden appearance
a,naaes - of fugn Mexicans; a man AMI a
boy-the name of the man was AudrcaS
Fuenlas, and That of the boy "a handsome
lad eleven years old) Pablo fernando
With a cavalcade of about thirty horses.
they had come out from Puebla de lbs An
gelos, near the Pacific; had los half o.
their animals, stolen by the Indians, and
sought my camp for aid. Carson ami Go
dey, two of my men, volunteered to pursue
them, with the Mexican: and. well noun
ted the three set off on the trail. In ,he
evening Fuentas returned, his horse having
failed; but Carson and Cooley continued
the pursuit.
In the afternoon of the next day, war
whoop was heard, such as Indians make
when returning from victorious enter
prize: and soon Carson and Cooley ap-
peared driving before them hand Of hars-
| es, recognized by FueDtas TO be part a..
| those they had lost Two bloody scalas
dangling from the end of GOdev's gun. an.
nounced that they had 0yertaken the In
dams as we'll as the horses. They haa
continued the pursuit alone after Fuentc.
left them, and towards nIghtflll entered the
mountains into which the trail lead. AC
ter sunset the moon gave light, and the,
! followed the ;rail by moonlight, until late
in The night, when it entered a narrow
defilc, and was difficult to follow. Her
they Law from midnight till morning. A
daylight they resumed the pursuit. and a
sunrise discovered the horses and imme
diately dismolnting and tying up thei
own, they crept cautiously 20 a rising
ground which interviewed, from 1h.cl
they peceved the encampment II i0u
lodges close by. They proceeded quietly
and had got within thirty or forty wards @
their object when a movement among jh,
horses discovered them to the Indians
, Giving the war-shOut they Instantly charg
ell into the camp, regardless of the mum
: bers which the four lodges might contain
. The Indians received them with FLIGHT q
: arrows, shot from their long bows, one O
which passed through Godey's shirt cola
DdTGly hlcSiii8 the NGCk. Nflf men Hfc
7 their rifles on steady aim and rushed in
4 Two Indians were stretched upon IA
: ground, fatally pierced with bullets; tn
: rest fled, except lad, who was captured
i, The scalpes of the fallen were ins,antl
D stripped off; but in the process, one q
e Them, who had two balls through his bo6y
1 sprang TO his feet, the blood streamiu
from his skinned head, and uttered a hide
n Gus howl. The frightluI spectacle appalI
), ed the stout hearts of our men: hut The,
II did what humanity required, and qulckl
e terminated the agonies OF the CORY savage
]. They were now masters of the camp
Il which was a pretty little recess IN tn
', mountains, with fine spring, and appa
n rently safe from all invasion. Great pre-
r, parations had been made for feasting
r, large party, for it was very proper plae
/ for y rendezvous. and for the celebrates
Of such orgies, as robbers of the deSei
4 would delight in. Several of the be.
Or horses had been killed, skinned, and cut u