Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-11-05

CooKE's ExPEDITIoN.-ln our previous news
from the Rio Grande, we said that body of Amer
leans (Texans) attacked by Mexican force
of more than double their number, as the former
were on their way from Camargo to Mntamoras.-
The fact is so, and one of the Texans was left be-
hind mortally wounded; another was wounded, but
was able to retreat with his comrades.
To revenge this body of Americans left Mata-
moras, Of whom and Of what they did the Flag OF
The 23d ult gives an account;
The command left Maiamoras on Monday 18th
instant, under the orders of Colonel Clarke, the
military commandant and Governor of the place.
and directed by him TO proceed TO where Cap.
tain Davis, formerly of Colonel Johnson's regiment,
with party of six, had been attacked few days
previous by band Of robbers collected from the
ranches oil the Masa, Nuevo and Sures,o, 25 or 30
in number. The object Of the expedition was TO
chasse the perpetrators ofthis unprovoked assault
and 10 bring in Mr. Stevens, who had been danger
ously wounded in the attack aud left by his com.
rades concealed in the chaparral near the place Of
Their surprise.
The expedition was headed by Colonel Lewis
P. Cooke, and second in command, Mr. Lloyd
Tilghman. They secured wide extent of coun.
try and visited all the ranches where they supposed
those for whom they were in search were likely TO
be found.
They first proceeded to the rancho De los An
imos where the celebrated murderer and bandit,
Juan Antonio Byene, resides. Every precauiion
was taken to capture him, by suddenly surrounding
/ the houses, but unfortunately he in the field,
and this fact was not discovered until it was too
late. He made his escape into dense chapsrral
without injury-only one shot having been fred at
him.
The Flag after describing the movements of the
party, aud their efforts to bring a body oil maraud-
ing Mexicars, who hung on their tanks, to open
i fight, goes on TO say -
The command next proceeded to the scene OF
the peridious attack upon Captain Dayiss party,
in which he seriously injured, and Mr. Stevens
so dangerously wounded that he could not be re.
moved by his friends. lie had been concealed by
his comrades in dense tbcket, in the hope that
they could send out sufficient force TO succor him
before he expired but succor arrived too late
1 His body found in the place where he had
been left but the murderers had searched him out,
his head had been severed from his body and Thrown
into the chaparra some distance of-his clothes
had been stripped from him, his body horribly
mutilaied, aud every article left with him carried
off His remains were in such deplorable con-
dition that il was found impossible to perform the
rites of burial. quantity Of timber was collected
and placed over the body, so as to preserve il from
the wolves, and the party moved from the melan-
choly spot. After leaving the body the command
had not proceeded more than four hundred yards
before they discovered party OF Mexicans in The
| chaparral.
An attempt was made 10 surround and surprise
them For this purpose one-half Of the men, under
Mr. rilghman, were sent in direction as TO cut
of retreat, but before he had succeeded in making
his way through The ehaparal one Of the robbers
discovered Col Cooke, aud as he was STOPPING TO
pick up his rifle the Colonel fired a ball and three
, buck shot, which brought him down. The others
succeeded in making their escape into the thcket
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