The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-03-27

zone cast away, DIR. Bullock, who resided at
Cadarreto, and now on a professional visit to
China that the robbers, numbering about $50
men left China about 10 O'Clock in the morn
ing. Tohave pursued them in the then condi-
ton OF our horses with the start they had,
would have been madness; night would have
overtaken us before we could have overtaksn
them. We could not travel in the night, be-
cause we could not track them alter dark
they could travel night and day ad ibitum.-
We gave the Alcalde six or seven dollars to
have supper and breakfast for us. We had
little or nothing at either meal, wretched cof-
fee and more wretched tortllas, and not
enough OF either. The inhabitants were no
where to be found-every house was smut up
as il it were city of the dead; if we acciden-
tally stumbled on townsman or townswoman
and asked them for eggs, chickens, &c, it was
"quien sabe," "no-i," "no enteinde," all the
time. Never did | see Mexicans look so hos
tile and contemptuous. But Lord how the
tune was changed next day.
Monday, February lat l847. Col. Morgan
had the Alcalde brought before him this morn
| ing and caused him to be told that unless he
furnished 90 good pack mules to supply the
place of those stolen by their friends who had
been harbored by them the day before, he
would lay the town in ashes. He gave him
till o'clock to get the mules. He also order
cd him to have the officers taken care of and
furnished with abundance of the best fare the
town and season would admit This threat
acted like a charm. The agents OF the AL
caIde were hurrying in every direction, the
streets swarmed with anxious faces, the ten
ants OF the poor hackals in the suburbs, were
moving of, (war always falls heaviest on the
poor and ignorant, like every other calamity,)
whenever we met the citizens off went the
hat and the most gracious salutations were
made. The old Priest came in and sat with
US, and became jocular, and even merry. He
common with me a conversation in Latin,
binding had one of his books in my hands,
but we did not get on very we'll His CONVEX
sation was confusion Of tongues, half Span
ish, half Latin used the term homo bilico-
sus-he corrected me by saying, non bier-
active = bellicoso = passive = bellicosus-he
again asked me, upon coming into the room,
apprend ieetios thought then il was time to
stop, which was glad to do, having given our
company sufficient fun already. After the
threat we fared most sumptuously. The off,
GERS were divided into two parties, live in one
seven in the other, including, Of course us Of
the advanced guard,) and were assigned to two
aristocratic families, where we had cushioned
chairs to sit on, china to drink out Of, silver
spoons, coffee, chocolate. kid mutton, freoles,
wheat bread, &c, and all in great profusion.
We got fiddle and one Of our party played all
day Monday, the rest singing, dancing, sleep
ing, &c. Monday nigh. the Alcalde came
with thousand excuses; he had failed to get
more than Is mules, he begged another day
Thompson begged that it would be granted,
Col. Morgan very reluctantly consented. This
morning Thompson found a fellow who he
said belonged to the robber gang, he was bro't
before Col. Morgan, and having most logged
look, and replying to every thing quin sabe,
and the Alcalde testifying against him. Col.
Morgan ordered him to be haneed-a rope was
fixed to limb Of the tree in the Priests yard,
moose made and put round his neck, he look
ed perfectly resigned, and never WINGED; Just
as the soldiers were drawing the rope tight,
and about to swing him of, the Prizes, said he
could get him to state, all he knew-the Priest,
Thompson, and the fellow went into a room,
and the fellow stated to the Priest where the
robbers and nudes were. They were, he said,
at Rancho Of village called Passa siccats, 30
miles below, on he road to Camargo.
Thesdsy, february 2.-we passed the day
pretty much as we did the day before--with
the exception that in the morning the Priest
sent word that the fiddle was wanting TO use
In the. church. We were glad Of this, wishing
10 attend mass, by way Of variety, but after
the bella rung twice, the church doors still re-
NAMED closed. Upon enquiring the reason we
were told the Pnesi had too bad headache to
say macs that morning. The whole matter
was a rase to get away the fiddle. This We
thought cute joke 10 the old Priest. The old
Priest is sPry, large, respectable looking old
fellow Of o. never saw a more sensual
in my life. He IVES the imperso-
nation OF epicunsm.
Wednesday, february 3-Tbe Priest, DR..
Bullock and the Alealde, particularly the for
ner, were constantly trying to find out what
'osd we were going to take the whole time
We gave out that we were all going in body
10 Monterey. After we had mounted our hor-
zee this morning about sunrise, (ths Aiealde
rad FURNISHED more than the number Of mules,)
Col. Morgan held q sort Of counsel at the head
II the command whether We should divide the
Ioree; part to go to Rancho veho with Thomp-
ION and the mules, and the rest to proceed on
he east bank Of the San Juan, (the side we
hen were cnD to Camareo. I was among the
Inst to sP'sk, and said what wanted to know
vas, which was our direct route TO CsnsreOi
was told we would save at least a day by 90
ing the China road, uhe east bsBk Then,
'sid !, vote for going down the nearest route,
oesdins By Pssss s..sssiOr) and as in all other