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reached the Pueblo de Taos.
G,es, dificulty was experienced in getting the
cannon and wagons along, asn was ooao'u' "he,
ther wheel carriages had ever passed tha' ioS1
bscors. The usual transportation was BY pack
mules. II leads through deep canons and over
L;ob r,o,,nts;ns. so that the men had TO push the
,~sgon. pn and LEI them down the many steep and
roriv places. The snow was so deep In many
rIsces that the men had to break and tramp tl
down 10 make road for the mules and wagons.
Sometimes the camps were made in the canons,
.ome.imes on the hill-sides, and sometimes on
the mountain SUBMITS, often in snow two or three
fee, deep. The men carried their blankets on
,hair hacks and had no tents. Some OF their iee1
were badly frozen.
,BIrrIE OF PUEBLo DE TAoS.-The command
r,st.no farther interruption until it reached the
Pueblo de Taos, on the Sd Of February. inns
;,a strongly fortified village Of the Pueblo - Inol-
ans. near Ihe upper end Of the valley oi aos'
II has a wall around it, and many oil the houses
are built eigh, stories high, with no DOORS win.
dows. or other apertures, but hole IN me rooi'
which affords ingress and egress TO me inhaol',
ant. who descend in the interior, by hoies ana
I.ddars from, room to room, I'LL they reach the
49, goor When the Indians saw the COM
,oond annroaching, they took position on the roofs
Of ,ha;r houses, slapped their thighs called to The
Arericons in the most insulting language, TO
come and get twhipped-addressing them as scar
raios," (scoundreis) and using every other ePl-
,het of contempt that they could think OF. lhe
town was fired upon from about two O'Clock I'LL
sundown, but with little impression. The COM
mand then (the wagons not having come uP,) re-
tired TO the village Of Fernando, (about two miles,
where the massacre of the Governor and others
was perpetrated, ,)tospend the night. The enemy
raised loud shouts asthe command left, supposng
our men whipped, and actually followed them
some distance down q creek parallel TO the road.
., February 4, early in the morning, Colonel
Price was again before the Pueblo. The COM
mand took position on two sides Of the town, and
fired with the howitzers and 6.pounder cannon
until l14 O'Clock. The enemy returned the fire,
and wounded several Of our men. At ia o.
clock the Colonel ordered charge on each side
of the town, to be made simultaneously in order
10 divert the enemy's fire. Captain Burgwlni
with his company of United States Dragons,
and n company of volunteers under Captain Nc
MILAN. charged on one side of the town; Cap
tain Angney, with the infantry battalion, and COM
pany A, of Colonel Prices regiment, command
ed by Lieutenant Boone, charged on the other
side, Ii so happened, from the nature OF the
ground or distance, that Captains Burgwn and
Mcmillan reached the church at the side OF the
town (which was strongly garrsoned by the enc
myl first, and attacked the church door. Frye
dragons were killed almost instantly, and nine
teen wounded some of whom are since dead
and six of Captain McMillan's company (incu
ding himself,) we're wounded-some severely
In this charge Captain Burgwn was shot in the
RIGHT breast and died of the wound on the morn
ing of the third day. The infantry soon came
nm. took position under the walls of the church
and commenced cutting hole into it (itwas bull
of adobies) with an axe. All this time the enc
nv kept up an incessant firing upon our men
from the top of the church, from port-hoes whlct
thew had made in it, and from the interior oi tht
neiehboring houses, through portfolios. Ou
men contrved to put fire to the pine raiters oil tn,
roof of The church, but being covered win ear'l
il burned slowly.
The Colonel then ordered Lieutenant Dyer
with the 6-pounder cannon, to make a breaGl
where the infantry had been cutting: ne brough
up his piece in gallant style, ,und der hot hre iron
the enemy. and made the breach. The cannon
balls would not 20 through the walls IN other Pla
ces-they were so thick. shell was thel
thrown into the church, which exploded, and tn
dragons and volunteers rushed in; but the lnte
nor was so filled with smoke that they could nc
remain; beside, the enemy had left the church
fed into their pyramidal houses, (entered on tn
roof,) and secreted themselves. The hight wa
over, and the troops slept in the deserted house
near the church.
Next morning women and men came to tn
Colonel, on their knees, with white flags, eros:
es and images, begging for mercy. They sal
they were whipped; that they never had bee
whipped so before, nor expected 10 be again.
The Colonel let them off, and desistcd trol
farther assaults against the village and thus Ell
ded the campaign.
Montova, one of the leaders, was brought
by some friendly Mexcans; he was court-ma
tailed on the 7h, found guilty, and hung on tn
9th, Thomas, another of the leaders, whol
Colonel Price required to be given up, was sh'
by a sentinel while attempting to escape.
KILLED AND WOUNDED OF THE ENEMY.-TW
hundred or upward of the enemy were killed
the various battles, and agreat many more wouE
ded. Ii is supposed that nearly the same nun
Der will die Of their wounds. They seem to
entirely subdued, and the country is at prese
quiet. They have neverh had so severe chastsins
Colonel Price, with all the command but con
pany "G," of the United States Dragons, al
Captain Angney's infantry battalion, left the Pu
bio on the 9Th, and arrived in Santa Fe on II
1Ith of February. The dragons and inianr
remain in Taos.
The campaign, going and returning, lasted
DAYS. Most of this time The men laid out,
mid.winter, often with but single blanket, al
often in banks Of snow. They had no tents, al
there was not murmur Of complaint.
DEATH OF LlEUrENANTs LAKELAND AND Man
rIELp.-The remaining Lieutenant Lakeland d
last night. These two brothers have been call
off within few weeks. He died of fever, arisir
from exposure in the campaign of Colonel Prc
Lieutenant Mansfield, of Captain Sack's col
pany, died to-day, also from the effects of exp
- IN tho camnaiqn JOuN RpouN