Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-05-05
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Three otfSers, Captains Johnson & Moore
and Lieaieuanf Hammond, and sixteen
men, wefskilled. and fourteen wounded,
including gel. Kearney and seven officers.
The loss tdeirsside is no, known with
any certaiat though / have no doubt it
was mueM Mlesssttlan our own. Our men
fought afa great disadvantage, being
pooriynm oGnted on broken down mules,
while .te Enemy, having superb horses,
and bel fhsmost skilful horsemcn in the
world, taale deadly charges with The lance.
itwas VIII this weapon that all on our
side was 1elnded, with one exception
Capt. llson vas shot ,hro' the head.
Gen:s lEearney exposed himself very
much in Ills action. He was wounded
severeIy Eith alance, and would no doub1
have bae9 Killed ebut for the timely aid oil
Lieut.. Eiaery of the typographical party,
who rode gap 10 the rescue, and had the
satisfactiab shooting with his pistol The
nlanWhG gas;about to make another dead
lyihrusts him.
Ths,maafnful duty uf burying the d cad
and the Attention required 10 the wounded
caused sueh delay thai our march was mol
resumed from she battle ground until the
next day AS we were then much eucum-
5ered wii6 tbe packs and the wounded
men, wli9 we're carried along with much
difficulty onrsprogress was very slow and
assthe Sensmy was evidently watching our
moveHIsSfs closely from the hills around
us, whsfs Wo would occasionally see a
few OF Hem, and were no doubt waiting
fora gimH opportunity TO take advantage
of our ar1ppled condition, we had 10 ad-
vance sREh extreme caution.
Whileimoving slowly along, after hav-
ing Md dgbhl, nine miles, the enemy sud-
denly Ppeared, charging towards as al a
furioasepac from The rear. We imme.
dialely arew up to receive them, when
they all siddenly wheeled off and made 70,
a rockH H6ilE Enear by, with the intention ol
firing l6Ba into us. Gen. Kearney, see.
Ing this Movement, determined to take the
|hill; ana although some forty or fifty oi
|the enssa bad got, among the rocks
and Gsi6snenced aiire upon us, they 1ed
belore|4 OF our; foremost men. We
took fjefeid a second time, and, as il was
geltinlS are in The day, encamped on the
spot. 9his v as an exciting skirmish, il
which, Mhne ofour party were wounded
lhoug ales bullets few.tllick and FAST
The hJdYshad one orstwo wounded anc
Lost ithorses: -,
I ISFy as n6w evident thai Pico intended
atoshss lsins ln attack in every
l'P5ss list afforded them an advantage-
they tleing g;euatledsby their superior hor
sessfc occupy them before we could sc
up; and as our wounded men were scffer
ing severely and required rest, and thi
position was d strong one, Gen. Kearne.
determined to hold it until ho should re
ceiye fa,reirforcemeni from Com. Stock
ION. 10 whom.an express had been sent b,
a,ltusty Indian. We remained here (ou
days, and .were so closely surrounded b,
the enemy, who had received an addition
10 their forces, and now numbered owe
Two hundred men, hat we could procur
no provisions, and had TO suosist entirel,
on mule flesh. Seventy-fve marines ant
one hundred seamen, under command o
Captain Zelin, Of the marine corps, came
from the ships Congress and Portsmouth
to our assistance; and with this efticien
force we marched into San Diego withou
moIestation. The distance was thirty ile
which we madein two days. easy travel