The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-03-20
,CANroN, nrssrss.ppI. SATURDAY MARCH 20, Is47

ed, he said he had seen no Nexicans, did NOT
know an BODY, or anvthirg; the Colonel did
not waste time on him, but told him to bamos,
which he did with all his might. Soon after
wards in passing between two trees, the tops
Of which the thieves, or somebody else, had
cut of, the rifle which the Colonel was carry
ing, striking against the posts, went off, but no
one was hurt. We reached the "Rancho del
Rio Colorado" which wenamed "the Robbers
Ranche," where our friends were, about an
hour by sun, distance of Is miles. had eat
no dinner, and as had to rely on myself for sup
per---the prospect of going without any thing
seemed very great, A turkeys great number
Of chickens and hog or two had been killed,
and most OF themwefe cook ed and eat up, but
no one had s.said turkey to me-" My hope of
.wringing in" was growing DINNER and DIM
mer, when | determined to make one despe-
rate effort approached a party of some
three or four seated around q large fire, over
which boiled an iron pot | asked what they
were cooking, they said chickens. l told them
i would like to buy one; no, they would not
sell, and could not give, which they would
gladly do they had any to spare, which
they feared they had not. knew they would
as leave eat pork as chicken, and that some
things could be done as well as others. hunt
ed up Lieut.. Brown, the finest fellow of all his
party. proposed to him to buy the chicken
together. He readily assented. put in his
hand half dollar and he put in mine two bits,
he went off, the money was accepted, some Of
the boys found large board which he placed
on apple Of stones hard by, on this we laid our
chicken, and Brown split it in two lengthwise.
TWAS very fat and large; it was well cooked,
and having small piece of cracker III my
p.'ckei, ! never enjoyed meal more In my
HE had more than wanted, and shared
my portion with DR. Ronaldson and Morgan
twas very cold in the night, and awoke just
before day stiff and shivenng. I.pushed my
back up against my next neighbor lying on the
floor of the Rancho, and dou bling up my feet,
soon got comfortable and again addressed N.Y.
sell to sleep.
Sunday, January 81 Our misfortune in the
pursuit of thes williams was, that from the IN
ferior qualit of the horses, we were compel
led to stop every night, and from the smallness
Of our party, and the ascertained number Of
the foe, and the character of the leaders, Ca
males, Carravajal, Remiries. the three Adj
settes and Felippi Perez, (being all fighting
menu we expected at every moment to be at
tackled, and that instead of pursuing the foe
we should have enough to do to act in defence
A day break next morning all had got some.
thng 20 eat, the horses were saddled, and we
We're all re dy to depart But had six pri-
soners picked up at the Robbers Rancho by
the party first sent out,a who came down on
them before they had time to leave. These
had to be disposed of. About an hour passed
away while the Colonel and his Adjutant were
.disposng of them, assisted by the counsel of
Thomson and others. hat TO do with them
was in fact knotty question. They swoTe
they were there by accident, some by force,
some as passers By The Colonel finally re-
leased three, and sent off three to Capt. Rev.
nolds, (who was left in charge of the train at
Rancho Vsho,) tied together b. their necks,
with orders to keep them as prisoners. The
Colonel then gave orders to burn the Rancho,
which consis ed Of one dwelling house, or
main rancho, one out house as kitchen, and
one other out house Fl led with corn shucks,
fodder and wool. This was q proper order-
The Rancho was undoubtedly the head quar-
tiers OF the robbers. 1t was situate in an open
space, with an almost impenetrable wilderness
around on every sde-remote from every other
haunt or dwelling. Nearit (within one humid
red vards,) ran bold stream Of water--two
hundred Yards off was another STIR am. A
quarter of mile off were high hills, gorges
and inaccessb retreats On the side we
came rhapperal through which only Mexi-
can could have work ed his way. The main
building contained lances, escopettes, swords,
pistols, and all the appliances of war. In the
corners of the room were lance poles, from the
beams were suspended innumerab.e lassos,
girths, leather, and every thing for saddlery.-
On the floor were BULBS hides, to be appropria at
ed to he same purposes for which Homer's
heroes used them-shieldsa and bedding There
were shme signs that women might be there
occasionally. though there was nothing e6snai-
nate The detachment had been mounted and
waiting some time. when the Colonel, his A d.
jutani and Orderly, came forth towards us on
one side, while the three prisoners departed on
the other. Immediately thereafter men were
seen with brands applied to the three houses
inside and out, The sun just then about three
quarters of AN hour high, began to struggle
through some feecy clouds whseh had previous
ly obscured it, First arose some patches of
smokes; anon il curled and rolled away in
white volumes, then il grew black and threat
ming, like an angry cloud, upon which ,he flick
ering sunsbeams danced like lightning, then
came the volcanic outburst Of ere, and the
Robbers Rancho. with all the appurtenances
thcreonto belong ng, were 50 far being consum-
cd, that no hing short Of the Cataract of Mia
CARA could arrest the destruction. Being salts
fed that our work was accomplished, we nov
ed on. Il Is dreadful sight to see adwelling
establishment Of man consumed BY FIRE. The