Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-05-13
Remarkable Adventure Of Cautai,,
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hen Inc two scouting parties under Ma
Iofs Borland and Gaines were captured bv m,
Mexican forces under Gen. Minon. on the 23,
January, about sixty miles from Saillo, her.
were taken with them Texan, Captain D
ID. lienrie, and Mexicen guide " no had bee,
compelled TO acl as such. Before the Ameri
cans surrendered. Gen. Minon pledged hi,
honor that Captain !lenrie should he treated
as prisoner of war, and should have fai
;tiai. Soon alier~ ards The Mexican guide wa.
shot down, by order of The Mexican Genera
"a Circumstance which indicated clearly ia
The captain what his fate was to be. The sub.
are hus narrated by himself:
The whole party remained a, Encarna,ion
thai day. The mex, morning, The 24,h, the
prisoners were started under a guard of 200
men, Tor San Luis Po'os. Majors Gaines and
BOland were peimiiied 10 reIain their horses
al. arms the rest of 'he prisoners were strip
ped oi both. Caprs. Clay and Duney and OF!
er commits stoned officers, were furnished with
mustang ponies The remainder marched on
foot.
The lreament Of the Mexican guide induce
Captain HenTie IL; believe that lie nigh, share
hle same fate lie had no confidence hat.
ever in The wo.d of Gen MUon. He recog-
nized Iienrie, and riding mp 10 him said
" Well. sir. suppose you vii, visit The city Of
Mexico second time" THAT is very doubt
fur replied Hente In The afternoon an
express came in with a letter Some acts of
The officer " ho received il aroused Henrie'>
suspicions further. and turning shot,round where
the officer was reading The letter, Ire found
number apparently watching him. He believed
they designed 10 murder him, and he determined
to make his escape if possible and advised some
of The prisoners OF it.
BY some accident, during The evening he found
himself On Major Gaines mare one Of The best
blooded nags in Kentucky and the Majors pis-
tolls sIll remaining in the holsters. The pri-
soners had became considerably scattered near
sunset, and Cap'. IIenTie sci himself busly to
work TO make them close together.
TO do this he rode back, within ten files Of
he rear of The liue, V hen DISCOVERING a small
interval in the lines. The guard Immediately
wheeled ia pursuit, bu, their ponies were no
match for Kentucky blood hurse, and before
gun could be fairly levelled al him lie had
dared out OF reach. lie had three ranches in
pass. As he passed lhese he found ,ha, the
Mexcans in pursuit gave The alarm to he ran
cheros, who followed him with fresh horses,
snll he ouislripped them all. Af,er passing he
last rancho be had pulled up his mare, 10 rest
her. wheu a single Mexican came up. suppos-
ing him 10 be unarmed. He waited unti he
came within lhiriy steps, when cooking The
Majors duvling pistol, he fred and The MeAi-
can rolled OF.
In shori time another came near: he like
wise permitted him 30 approach still nearer,
when he wheeled and shot him down. He
loaded his pistol and after gong some distance
another started up from behind some bushes
near the road, and rode at lin; he shot al him
with what success he could noi tell, but was
uol pursued by that Mexican any farther.
When he came 10 Encarnacion he found he
camp had been alarmed, as he supposes by
some one Who had passed him when he had
left the road. Dlvergng from this siraigh'
course, he crossed several roads and eYaded
number of parties who were in pursui Of him
AT leng,h he came 10 plain "hefe there
was no place 10 hide. The moon was shining.
and he could see a number Of men III pursuit.
Putting spurs 10 his now jadei mare, he made
for mountain valley, and following il 10 The cast
he a, length eluded his pursuers. He tras-
elled up The valley forty miles, as he supposed,
hoping to find an uulet towards Paornas, tui
in this he aas di,sppoinied He was unable
10 find water for himself or his fami she'd mare,
and the next morning after bis escape the nnble
animal expired, more from ihe want of water
Than from fatigue.
Capt, Henrie new had 10 make il on foo'.--
He wandered abep, oil DAY. 'rying 10 fHd ps,h