Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-07-17
The Chihuahua Exuve...


John 7. Hughes, dated at Sal,illo, giving an
| account Of his trip from chihuahua to bear Don.
| iphun's dispatches TO Wool lie had with him
fourteen men. They travelled only by night,
and went through il thirteen days. During
the trip. they were two days without water.
After escaping many pesi's, they met with tic
following adventure:
t'econing satisfied that every effort would
be made to rub us CT papers, and send us as pr
sonefs TO Durango, we halted near o gorge in
the mountains, and examined and burn, al The
letters of our friends, and every other paper aud
letter of introduction. which we had, excpp,
COL Dnnirhnh's communications TO Gen. Wool
and these we scwed up in the pad of one oi our
saddles. This we did :hat nothing might BE-
found in our russcssion that might beiray us as
eSpress,ncn in the event we had fallen into the
hands of the enemy, which we Rad great rea.
son to spprrhend.
! About sundown, we arrived al gan Sebastian
on the Rio Nasas, where we stopped to prepare
little coffee Den Ignatius Jis:ncnez. a veal.
thy and influential citizen of the place, collec.
ted about 100 men together, and notified MS
that he had orders from the authorities OF Du.
rango to stop Us and make US pr~onera
Capt. Collins says 1: well, what are yon 90.
ing to do about it = Jlrmenez replies. 4 shall
put the os,.er into execution Mr. Collins. 4
an g,org and ycn can ,ise your pleasure about
men passportsr Mr., Collins, Yes, sir, we
have Jirmenez, let nc sce them Mr.. Col
lins holding his rifle in one hand, and revolver
in the other, rhcse are our passports. sir. anil
we think they are sufhlent' Thus ended our
parley, We fuckled on our pistols and bowie
knives, and shouldered our rifles and LEFT sans
ceremonie.' Travelled all night and all next
day until near sun down, and having arrived
near the base Of high mountuin, in the State
Of Coahuils, We stopped again 10 take some re
treatment, end grsze our animals moment
While taking our coff. G, this came refreshmen'
igpatius Jirmenez, with band Of 60 or ~ arm
cd men surrounded ms no doubt with the view
of first robbing and then numbering us. W.
quickly formed line of battle. heavily chsrge'
our holsters, revolvcrs and rifles, and through
J our interpreter gave him the Spartan reply
Here we are ifyou want us. come and take
u.s. After curvcting around lis near an hour
during which time we gained the base OF 'h'
mountain, he concluded We were stubborn Sc
to deal with, and accordingly took the Pruden
plan of withdraw his forces.
About midnight We arrived at Rancho Post
where we purchased little corn FIR nhr an
mails and took a little rest, IA we had travc'le
= night ard day since we lett chihuahua. Win
" out further difficulty. except the failure oI som
y of our animals, we arrived At the large al
beautiful hacienda Of Don Manuel Abare, nes
the city of Parras. Manuel Abarc was ruc
" ted in i,,rdsio~n, Kentucky, is a friend 10 til
,. Americans, aud received us kindly. lie gas
~ ms all the intornatio, we desired ahout the
% merriam forces anti The battles of Buena Wis
" and Saltllo After showing us his fine house
" gardens with roses rich'y bloomhg. and prem
!" ses generally, he gave us comfortable quartz
;" during the night. and fresh supply OF mul
o and guide through the mountains, in order
" eipe,,ie our march 10 Gen. Wooi's camp. ID
Manuel Abste speaks good t;nel'-h, Is 'uil .
. rerican in ce'ing aud merits oi'r highest a
w. proba,on for his dsin,crested, kind treatme
al Us.