Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-04-23
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

mondson's command OF three companies OF vo-
luneers and The squadron Of dragons uhGel NC
command of Capt Burgwin were Immediately
ordered 10 This place and the latter officer was a'
rected TO follow Col Price, who ieil mere on INC
2t!h with $50 men 10 meet the insurgents. dp'
piled 10 accompany the expedition ID so'''e eaPa.
city, and was fortunate enough 10 De dssisnea
The command OF the artillery, which CONSISTED %
four mountain lowilZers served by twenty NC" "
Captain Fischer's company OF artillery On INC
25lh, we met The enemy al CANADA, anu IN, III
medialely attacked them. They were on an
the hills or in strong houses al The bases. wy ,do
battery occupied position in the Valley ioo
or 200 yards from The houses occupied py 'ns
enemy, and for an hour and hall was e1Poseu
10 a warm fire, during which time nao sia
mer wounded, and almost every wan was sno'
through the clothes. The posi'ion vi me
battery was an untavorable one, as the guns
conld onlv he brought to bear on the most distant
hill occupied by the enemy and The shells wheh
thrown into The houses, in almost every Instance,
had The luse exliuguished. Still warm hre
was kept up, and with decided enect. 30 soon
az our ammunition and provision wagons could
b. brought up general charge was MADE, ana
the enemy were dispersed in every direc'loe.
From Canada we sent 10 this place Tor O.
FOUNDER and an additional supply oil ammuni-
lion. which was brought up 10y Captain bursWin,
and on The following day he, with 2sO men, &C.
lesied The enemy al Fl Embudo. very strong
mountain pass. | was not in the night rs Inc
road was impracIicabe for artillery, ana Inc
conformation Of the pass such as.to forbid Inc
use Of il. On the Isl and ID Of February, we
crossed The Taos mountain on a road having
from Two 10 three feet ofunbroken snow. On the
| 81 We entered the town OF Den Fernando, wnere
Governor Bent was murdered, and there learned
thai the enemy had terrified themselves IN Inc
Pueblo town. we Immediately marched upon
it, and found The enemy strongly posted IN and
about the church, or behind the surrounding wall.
Tie 6-pounder and | howilZer was opened on
them. The wall was soon broken IN several
places by both shot and shells and several OF The
latter bursled handsomely in The town. Our am
munilion wagons which had not been able 10
Cross The mountain on the previous day. not hav-
ing come up, we were compelled 10 return to
Don Fernando 10 take up quarters for The night.
Early on the morning Of The 4lh, We again ap-
peared before the town, determined 10 lake il;
and. satisfied that we would have a hard and
bloody fight, | established the 6-pnunder and 2
howIlzerdon the Norih side OF The town. and about
two hundred and fiy yards distant. SO as 10
sweep the side OF the church which faced in
wards; the other two were 10 the Southwest TO
sweep the front and give a Gloss fire on The
town. A charge was soon ordered, and was made
by Captain Burgwin with his dragons and
company OF volunteers in one line, and Captain
Apgney, with TWO companies OF infantry and one
Of Prices regiment on another. Judgment
was made al the church, but nothing further
| could be done al that lime, and our troops were
exposed 10 deadly fre--Capl. Burgwin and a
| lieutenant Of volunteers were soon carried of
MORALLY wounded-iour Dragons were dead, and
number OF The troops wounded The church
walls were SO thick as to ibid all hope OF breach.
| ing them with The ammunition we had with US,
| and so a part oil the wall was cut away with ak
es, and finally small hole was cut through, but
our men being shot through il whenever they COM
menced cutting the work was stopped, and was
directed 10 breach Il. The six-pounder was run
| up within sixty yards, and we soon had, in that
part of the wall which had been lhnned, a breach
| large enough 10 admit four men abreast. Seve-
| raj shells, which had recovered al Canada, were
| prepared and thrown in, the roof was fired, and
| the six-pounder run up within thirty feet CT the
breach and fired with grape. The slorming par
~ Immediately followed, and in twenty minutes
| We had possession Of that part OF the town around
| The church and the white flag was raised on both
| Pueblos; they were shot down, and night now
I coming on, we lay down in the full expecia-
| ZION OF renewing the fight al early dawn. The
enemy occupied Two large and very strong build
| lDPS. ABOUT lJU ICCt iOus, duu SCFCu SlOllSS
HIGH, of pyramidal form, all the entrances be.
ing through the roofs, which were gained by lad
deTs The walls were TOO thick for our solid shot
10 pass through them, and we had but few left.
Early the next morning, the aged men and wo-
| men bringing their infants, images and crosses,
came To US with white flag, begging for mercy
and protection. Their request was granted, and
we returned TO Don Fernando. The Indians said
they were excited 10 rebellion by The Mexicans,
BY The hope OF plumber, and By being told thai
their property would be taken from them by the
Am ricans. Our loss in killed and wounded on
Han II bd Il oss Of fa lie snsS sg RI 4
number of wounded moi ascertained. or The in
sureent leaders two bad been killed al Canada
two q. inrse. One vi these has been brough, in
prisoner, and was shot by Dragon. This j,
an unfortunate Circumstance.
Monlayo, The leader, who was our prisoner
was tried by dum-head court MARTIAL anc
sentenced to be hung; which sentence was car
re,! into execution on The 7lh inst, in presence
of our troops, al Don Fernando.
Everything appears 10 be quiet here al hi:
time The last news from Col. Doniphan is lo
The Sd inst tle was al FL Paso, 200 mile: from
chihuahua was TO march on The 9th. No, a
word had been heard Of Gen. Wool. We are
wholly al a loss ~ account for his non-appear
| ance before Chihuahua; and should Doniphar
reach there before him, he will most probably be
defeated.