Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-09-11

f'",o i"'St gave us good bottle OF wine and an
excellent breakfast: and after seeing ,ha, the
men men had been similarly provided, we Ief for
Tlncotalpsm, .t,, .t,. III. *.
Il Horses were then very scarce, and !, was for
come time matter of doubt whether even the
officer and could thus be accommodated the
men had consequently 10 walk. and in this man.
ner. we sallied from the Pueblo causing as great
an excitement a. the entrance u menuperie
Rehsrsily produces in one Of our small towns
Tho march was hot and tedious, with nothing
to break its nnnotohy farther than ile occa.
s'onal rnco,intering aparty Of imuletecr. car.
| rying sugar from the haciendas to the Pueblo
Some Of tbpee would pass Us e:ariny, with
simple 'Adios.' and few would ask two or
three QUESTION: and then leave US 10 our mus.
ings.. o7is1N lo gll1 81. i, ...r g. ur;'.s srn
10 the afternoon we reached the 'Pueblicto
OF MADAM. II 10 a small Indian village, with
fperhsps Ices than ten persons Of Spanis, ex.
traction within its limits AZ the men were
much fatigued, attempts were made to procure
horses. After much trouble two were found,
and We prepared to make a start One Of the
two, whose turn il was 10 ride first, attempted
to mount; but the mustang, being unaccusto.
med to Jacks horseman,hip, reared back and
fell with his rider. The fellow was sn in..
mense lrishmsn. grusped him in his arms, and
af,cr having righied him again, attempted TO
mount. but with no better success. . .a,
o. Al length some one else took his place and
we left, amidst the roars Of laughter of the whole
olacc, considerably crest.falicn. With this ad.
dition7 of horsefesh the rest of the routc was
perfoimed by g O'Clock. when we reached the
suburbe Of DIR destinstion! There, at the eug
eestion Of the lieutenant. we ceased all talking
and marched quietly into ire Pueblo. This.
however, ivailed very little, as before we rca.
ched the 'cuartel.' at least one halt OF the popu.
lace was there, curious to zee us, and dcsirous
Of learning from the lieutenant all the particu.
lars. .....- 49,, ....
The men were accommodated in the usual
place 4; and ! was taken 10 thu projects house,
where be informed me was To reside during
my stay. On the next morning went to the
cuartel to see how the men were doing. There
found them comfortable enough permitted 10
saunter about The town, and with only one cause
Of complaint; that the ~ cents per diem al.
lowed them for subsistence was insufficient 10
buy them proper food. They asked in lieu
meals or daily rations The request commu-
n:cated 10 the prefeci. explaining 10 him at the
same time the usual improvidence of sailors
and at my suggestion, they were afterwsrd pro.
vided with meals three times day.
T. For two or three days after my arrival, my
time passed delightfully."-. The project and hi.
brother were men o! aflluonce. and used every
exerton to make me forget the circumstance OF
my being prisoner. The cura too was DO.
lished gentlemen, and by him was introduced
10 the other padres, who are we'll educated and
esim,ble persons. These were, not my only
friends, although the most desirable; for elso.
where was always, kindly received. Abou,
that time was attacked by the. fever. AT
first thought i, a slight slair, and iucautiously
veniered in thesun This brought on q relapse,
which for some time confined me TO my bed.
During the first attack. had refused the ser.
vices Of a physician, knowing my insbili,y 10
pay tor attendance. When again sick, this mat.
ter was insisted upo, BY the project. who order.
ed the best in The place. Nohing but urgent
remedies. and the attention Of his family, could
have saved my life. The fret of these the doc.
tor gave without stint, and the last were sccor.
ded 10 me Is if | hac been a son. In fact he'd
been in my fathers house, il would have been
impossible for me To receive more minute attcu.
tioDs and kindness. f... e4p
When frst taken, an order came from the
Governor OF the province to send us all to the
town Of Cordovs, which is centrally situated
This might have been done, but my lite would
have been thereby greatly jeoparded. The pre-.
tect, accordingly. delayed our departure pntil l
should be better able to stand the journey. In
The meantime. Lieut.. Com. Hunter captured
AlvaIado and Tlaca,al lpam, and thus became in.
formed Of our captivity. Patriotic. and with
heart ,hu, could feel for even subordina,es, he
took such steps as resulted in our return. I
was then too III TO START Immediately, and the
men preceded me by some days. 'f.a e.
o While sick, Geaera; Don Tomas Marin, tsts.
" Governor OF Alvarado, accompanied BY many
officers, passed through en- route to the city Of
bMexieo. lie remsined lhefe for two days and
sith0uei, feverish from wound nthe hand, did
me the kindSess to calf person. rendering his
services These, thanks TO ths attention Of the
protect and bis family, were not required
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