Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-04-10
CANF or rue Army AT Aqua NuEvA,


MEVIco February Is, 1917.
Some most unfortunate have trsnspred IN our
umn lately, which will the vengeance of the nj
sanos IN this country against our troops, aud will furnish
the dsaiieced at home with food for vituperation
against the war Occasional murders Of men have been
peTpeiraed have been in the countrv-al
killed by the lasso The Arkansas regiment Of horse from
their having been employed scouts and occupying the
oniposts, have been particularly exposed this guerilla
warfare and have lost four five OF their men, The day
before yesterday, reported that Of their number
had been killed by the Me1icans as he had been missing
from camp since the day before when ne 10 look
for his horse.
Search made for the body and it was found about
thousand yards from camp with lasso around the
neck, and tied TO prcky having been dragged some
three hundred yards upon the face through the
IL presented horrible sight, the OF the Young man
was Coquitt, nephew of the Senator. The Arkansas men
vowed vengeance deep and sure. Yesterday morning.
NUMBER OF men, some thirty perhaps, the
oil the mountain two miles off, 10 arroyo" which is
washed in the side OF the mountain. which the psanos
OF Aqua Nueva had fled upon approach and soon com
menced Ediscrmnate and bloody massacre Of the poor
creatures who had thus fled the and
or security number OF our regiment being out of camp
proposed TO Col Bisse mount our horses and ride TO
the scene OF carnage, where knew from the dark insna
tons OF the night before that blood was running freely
We FASTENED out hastily possible but owing to the
thick ch1pparals the work Of death was over before we
reached the horrible scene and the perpetrators were re-
turning 10 camp gultod with revenge.
Let US no longer complain Of Mexican barbarity-poor
degraded priest ridden" as she IT, No act Of nhuman
cruelty perPeaied by her desperate robbers can
eel the work OF yesterday, committed by our sodiery-
God knows how Of the unarmed peasanry been
sacrificed 10 atone the blood of poor Couu The Arkan
sas regiment say not lees than thirty have been killed
Think however that twenty Of them la yo been sent
TO ther eternal rest rode through the chapparas and
found number Of their dead bodies not vet cold The
features, m every instance, composed Tranquil
lying their backs eyes closed and feet crossed You
would have supposed them sleeping for the CORY stream
which believed the turf around them In some
after the vital spark had hod in the overflow of demoniac
vengeance the carbne ball dashed the brains Of
clayey victim.
Death IN oil it, horrors, have SEEM and been familiar
with from boyhood, and could feel the dread reality
before until Col b. and myself rode down the arroyo
to where from the curling smoke supposed the
aud children Of these poor creatures were secretcd We
rode up. Fear and anxiety were depicted up1n every
CONFERENCE.-The crowded around us for protec-
hon-ond notwitistanding they than half
mile from the Of this murdeous butchoTy they were
wholly ignorant OF what had been going An old 70.
male, who looked though she might be the grandmother
OF the whole, advanced 10 and IN the mpofing
manner asked 10 send back her husband and from
the camp where they supposed they al bod been taken
then told them that feared their men had been killed.
They soon comprchended my fears, and tho old woman
asked ~ 10 lead them TO the dead bodies and accompanied
by Two little boys OF about two years Of age each,
Oui for tho scene Of murder.
Tho first body approached, the old woman e1elim-
Cd was "cafetcrO'a dOHde cSfaH los OrOs madTe de
Di01, adOndc TeHosi-whcre the ohorsl Mother Of
God, whore shall pol We then led them 10 another
body, that Of about thirty years Of age who Low az
tranquil as though ho IN the sweetest sleep. The It,
to boy, npoled by that instinct which to lead as
into trouble aud difficulty s ready for u.s. ousripped
hs comp1nuns anu was tue tlfst Ia reach body. lie
advanced steadily tOs Hdt gazCd upon tho counonnnco
which half concealed beneath the bfoud bnmmed som
bys'oi folded HE hands upon hs breast and looked with
dreaming oafncsnesa upon tho bloody victim Of timed
vengeance. The hcnviug of his manly little chest and tic
silent tears stealing from his dark eyes and rolling their
soprchng way down he checks. told too cloqusny that
thc little fellow had loot friend. said him ~ the
musi soothing lone could command ado you know that
mlnl 70 which Boz replied. Re M padre cabaiero:"s
walfed round the body, examined tho bullet hole IN the
sde turned away from u.s. drew he sleeve across his eyes
md without audible cob returned 10 the glen
where his mother, brothers aud woro ~ hear the
tale Of their desOlation.
No earthly power exists punish the perpetrators Of
this hord outrsgc. Congress, IN is WISDOM has refused
10 sanction executions the field Tor murders committed
here end al be done s send tho porpetraor
back with Disgrace The army condemns tho bloody decd
and but through the agency Of Capt Coffee, OF our rog
mont, who rallied his men and stepped between the vic
tins and their oRccudonefn. others would Ger
family have been killed who were brought by him into
camp. Had the Afkansls men, the first how Of tho
orcsd feelings, shot down Mexican Or two In retaliation
tor their murdered comrude, could pardon though not
iusufy it the wholesale slaughter. fear will bring 70
proaoh upon tho whole volunteer force II wss but the
Of few reckless desperdoes who neither Tor
nan themselves
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