Washington telegraph., 1847-04-21
IMpoRTANT FROM SANTA FE.

IMPORTANT fhoM sAN IL.
We are indebted to the st. Louis Rere.
ille for accounts of the engagements he.
tween Col. Prices corps OF 700, men aud
the insurgents Of New Mexico, aided by
from 800 to 400 Pueblo Indians. The en-.
gagemcnts were all had between the 23d
January anl lllh February,
The las, aud most important engage.
mcnt with the enemy is thus narrated;
BATTLE oF puEBLo DE TAOs.--lhe
command met no further interruption until
il reached the Pueblo dc Taos, on the Sd oil
February. This is a strongly fortified vii.
lage of the Pueblo Indians, near the upper
end of the valley of Taos. Ii has wall
around il, and many Of the houses are bull
eight stories high, with no doors, windows,
or ether apchurcs, but hole in the foot,
which affords ingtess aud cgfess 10 the IN.
hahitants, who descend in the interior, by
holes and ladders. from room 10 room, till
they reach tho lower flo ir. See Greggs's
Commerce Of the praries for full deerlp.
ton Of them. When the Indians saw tho
command approaching, they took position
on the roofs OF the houses, slapped their
thighs. called to the Americans, in the must
insulting language, 10 come along aud get
whipped-atldressed them rs "earraios,
scoundrels aud using every Other epilhul
of contempt that they could think OF. The
town was fired upon from about > clock
ill sunduwn, but with little impfession.-
Tho command then the wagons mol h..
ing come up retired to the village Q, Ter.
nando, [abou, two miles, where The massa.
cfes OF the governor aud others were per.
pclralod, To spend the night. The enemy
raised .oul sioui' as the command lel,
supposins our men whipped, aud actually
iulowcd them some distance down a creek
parallel TO the road.
February the llh early in the morning.
Co. Price was again before the Pueblu.-
The command took position on two sides
Of the town, aud fired with the huwilzers
aud 0,pOunlcr cannon until III 0'elock;-
Lieut.. A. ". Dyer, ordnance department,
L. 5. A. commanding the artillery. Tho
enemy returned the tire, aud wounded say.
cral OF our men. AZ Ia o'clock the Col.
oncl urdcrcd charge on each SIDE .. the
town, 10 b. mado simultaneously III uflsf
to di,rrl,hr rnemy's fire. Capt. liufgwn.
with bis company o. l. : diagaan., and 4
company Ol volunteers under Capt. MeAlll.
Ian, charged ON one side ul the iuwa CapI.
Angency, with the infantry laialian. aHi
clmpany 4 ul Col. gfieu regiment. CON.
naniri 10y H.. Boone, ohaigsi IN The oil.
er .iic, l',o happened, i'm The nafafa
uilhr ground or distance, thu Gapis. Baf.
~ ia aud Mcmillan reached thu ehHeI
(which was strongly garri,Bnei by the enc.
my first, and attacked the rhufuh duuf.--
Five Dragons were killed almost Instantly.
anl 10 wounded. some OF whom ar sinea
dad; and sII oi Capt. McMllan' company.
including himself, were wbuudc1-safH,
sew rely. Ia this charge tapl. BufgvIn
was shot in the right breast. aud died ii tha
wound on the mirning 1l the thih da,.-
Tho infantry soon came np, laak position
unlrr the walls oi The chufeI, anI COM.
nenccd cutting a hole into ii III was bulk
ofadobr. with an axe.
Al this time the enemy krp, up an 10.
cessanl hHng upbu our nsn nun iAr tip
81 tie church, from port holes which they
had made IN il, aud from The Hicrinl Of the
ncighboring houses. through port. holrs.--
Oar men con,fi,rd to pc, hrc To TIE pinr
rliinr, Of the ruu Of the church, lu being
covered viii carh, IT burned slowly.
The Colonel thea ordered Lieut. DYER
with the 6.pnundcr cannon, To make a
breach where the inanir, had been cutting:
he brought up his piece in gallant a,ie.
under a hu, hrc from the enemy, aud made
the breach. (Ihc cannon balls would MT
60 ihrlugh the wall. In other placcs--ibe,
were So Ihcs.) \ shell was then thrown
into the church, which exploded. and m,
dragu.n, and volunteers rushed in; bot the
interior was 80 iillcd viii smlkc tina, lbry
couldu fcmain; besides. the enemy had
lrii the church. llcd into their pyramidiral
houses --gui red on the ruof--ii,d scerr.
ledihcmsehes. The light was over and
troops slept IN the deserted huu.us near
the church.
Next morning women and men came 10
tho Colonel, on their knees, with white
llnss, crosses an Images. begging .armsr.
cy. They saii they were whipped: thu,
they never had becn whipped 20 i lore. nor
expected 10 be again.
The Colonel let them off, aud dcsi.,ed
irom further assaults against the village;
and thus ended the campaign.
Monioya one o. the leaders, was bronplis
in by some iriently Nlcsicans--he was
court maHIaled on the 7ln, found puihy
and hung IN the slb. Tomas, another of
the leaders, whom Col. Price required to
be given up, was shot by sentinel, while
attempting To escape.
Two hundred or upward. Of the enemy
were killed ia the various battles, aud a
great many more wounded. Il /. supposcd
that nearly tLp snma nu,pLa. .,..Itt H. -,