Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-09-11
LATE FROM SANTA FEE!
MURDER OF JAMES AULL AT CHI
HUAHUA,


By an arrival this morning from Santa
Fe, after our paper had gone to press, we
received the following letter from our cor.
respondent, which contains matter Of much
Importance. besides bringing US the sad and
mournful intelligence Of the murder of Ma.
JAMES AuLL, Of Lexington, worthy, and
high minded and honorable gentleman, who
went out with goods some IA months since
for the purpose of carrying on an extensive
trade in ,hn, country. In the death OF Mr..
Aull the community has been bereft OF
noble citizen, and his acquain,ances and rel
atives a warm hearted friend. Mr.. Aubry,
who brings in our intelligence, brings many
letters, and has made the trip in 80 days.
in the last four OF which he has travelled
500 mes.-Western Erposi,or.
SANTA FE, July 81, ls47.
Messrs. French &, Pile:
DEAR SRs-l have not written to you
think since left Pawnee Fork, but really
have past through so many trying scenes
between that place and Santa Fe, that
hardly can recollect what have done; when
| wrote you there we had not had any seri
Gus difficulty with Indians but at Coon
Creek came on the tug OF war with the Ar
rappahoes and Camanche Indians combined
for the u,pose Of robbing wagon trains
We awoke one morning and found our
selves surrounded by near 700 well noun
ted warriors with more than 400 Of those
formidable weapons Of The Indian warrior
called lances, and we were only 80 fighting
men strong. am confident and candid in
saying that we owe our lives 10 Captain
Thos. G. Clarkson Of Jackson county, Mo.
whose knowledge Of the Indian character
caused him to turn the three scoundrels
that came TO US into the correl formed by
our wagons and disarmed them orders
we're then given 10 shoot the first one tha,
attempted an escape, and a few minutes
brought our rifles into requisition and one
Of them was sent bowling to eternity. In
the next day we wounded several others and
fought them every day TOR about seventy
miles l assure you there was but little
sleeping done in our camp from Pawnee
Fork TO The dressing OF Big Arkansas river.
here the Indians left US and we feel happy
in the security by which we were apparent,
ly surrounded, but in the midst Of the pro
found tranquility on the plains we may be
in the most eminent danger, in he Tornado
between Arkansas and the Cimaron river
we met with large lot of the renegade
Mexicans from Taos and the Moro towns,
these Williams were the murderers Of our
friend Waldo, OF Gov. Bent, Prewet, Cul.
yer, and many other good citizens Of the
made my blood boil with vengeance 10.
wards them, the widow Of the murdered
Waldo seemed to call on me to avenge his
death and his orphan children stood before
my eyes weeping in their solitary bereave.
menl, one word, from our Captain would
have brought forth volley from our guns
that would have sent them into nonentity
but he ever watchiul and prudent knew that
we were too weak in number TO act other.
wise than on the defensive, for We had al
ready ascertained that they numbered 270
so we conlented ourselves by accusing them
OF being the murderers which they were
and forbid them ever coming in sight OF us
again on penalty OF death-they lett US an
we saw now more. We arrived at Santa
Fe on the IS OF June after trip Of So day.
from independence, oos,ng 81 head of oxen
stolen by the Indians on Coon Creek and
soma 20 were lost Tor want OF grass between
Las Vegas and this place, and 10! when we
have arrived at the goal OF our destination
and domicIleA 10 a mud house in the grea
city of SAINTS Fe, and look around at mer
and manners, we see the most miserable
state Of society that exists upon the wide
globe lewdness in both sexes exhibits itsel
in the most glazing and shameless form:
and walks abroad at mid day as il the hu
man family had dwindled down TO nothing
more than brute intellect and 10 less thar
savage refinement, true there are many o
the officers and privates OF Col. Prices re
giment, gentlemen and hold themselve.
aloof from the vices and dissipation that i:
so contagious and Of which the very atmos
phere seems composed, but alas for the
large majority, they have expended more
than the amount of their wages and are IN
deed a reckless, ragamuffin band, a disgrace
20 the name Of American soldiers and vii
return 10 Missouri miserable ragged set
with morals corrupted and will ere long b.
a great accession 10 our State Peniten,ia
ry.
| am sorry to say that Col. Price has lower
cd himself in the estimation Of American cil
zens by publicly declaring that he would TAXI
down the stars and stripes that hltter over TIL
Public Plaza on The 10Th day Of August an
evacuate tho place if troops did no. arrive b.
that time from the states, this declaration ha
caused many to sacrifice their goods and pre-
pare for leaving. as it is an evident fact that a
l. Anne ricans and Msxicans who have been frien
;. ly TO the American cause, would be murdere
Immediately on the departure Of the army,
y Mr.. John Llghlner, Of your county, arrive
!, hera :, cew dave since from Chihuahua an