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Edmonson 10 march his command ,,br.o 1900
nles) Immediately to this place. Il wa, rsOo,,ed
mat the Indians and Mexicans were MARCHING IN
lorce on this place. The Colonel ordered a re-
view OF all the troops, and announced his in1en.
non OF avenging the death Of Governor Bent and
the other Americans.
Mr.. ST. Vrain, Governor Bent's partner, was
here, with Mr.. J. w. Folger and Mr.. Chadwick,
uVing IN the Governors quarters in the palacio.
lie al once sat about raising a company Of vol.
unieer avengers" Some fifty of the Americans
IN Santa Fe enrolled themselves in this comma.
ny-merchants, laborers and some mouptsineer
men. About half the company was mounted.
The teamsters and other hands Of the Quar-.
termaster's Department were armed under com.
mand of Captain McKissach, Assistant Quarter.
master, United States Army, to the number Of az.
ty or sixty, and drilled for service, il this place
should be attacked.
Captain Fischer was exceedingly actve-Ma.
jor Clark, Captain Weighlman and his company,
and the Laclede Rangers, having gone soulh.-
Captain Fischer had each night cannon posted at
the four corners of the plaza. Some small pie.
ces were placed on the pulacio, and on a church
at the opposite side of the plaza. Fort Marcy
was also mounted with two 24.pound howitzers
by detachment of Captain Fischer's company
of artillerists. Thus we were fully prepared for
an attack.
MURDERS AT THE MoRA-THE Town DESTROY.
Ep.-About the 20lh of January, some seven A.
mericans were robbed and murdered at the town
Of Mora, which is situated in the hills near tho
read leading the States, about eighty miles dis.
tant from Santa Fe. They we're seized on the
oH ,.,Jr
as far as have been able to procure them, are
as follows:
Romulus Culver, Clinton county, Missouri.
-- Pruet, formerly of Jackson county,
Missouri, who had been living in Santa Fe since
last spring.
Louis Cabano, Missouri.
-- Noyes supposed ODE from Washington
City, and two or three Others names not known.
When the news reached us from Taos Of tho
murders there, Colonel Price at once sent run
ner to Captain Henly, of Colonel Willock's bat
talon, who was encamped. grazing his company
horses, near Vegas, ordering him to concentrate
all the grazing detachments in that nsighborhood
under command. This he dd-they amounted
to some sixty or eighty men. Hearing of these
murders, and that an armed force of Mexcans
was at the town of Mora, he marched against it,
killed several in an engagement he had, and took
some twelve or fifteen prisoners bur was himself
killed in storming kind of fortifcation in which
the enemy had taken position. The men took
off the body of Captain Henly which has since
been buried in Santa Fe and dessted from far
ther operations. Captain NORM, of Platte coun-
ty, was sent out TO take command Of the detach-
ment. He marched against The town Of Mora,
and entirely destroyed it.
PosTsCRIPT.--l learn, since the foregoing was
written, that at place called AFRO Ondo, twelve
miles from the valley of Taos, the following
men fortified themselves in a house, and after a
sege for two days were taken and massacred by
about three hundred Indians and Mexicans: Sim
con Turey, Albert Cooper, VIM. Hatfield, Ia vol.
unteer,) Louis Folque, Peter Robert, J. Marshall,
VIM. Austin, Mark Head and VIM. Harwood.
SANTA FE, FEBRUARY 16, I847.
BATTLE OF LA CANADA.-Reports were daily
received that the Pueblo Indians and Mexicans
were marching on Santa Fe, compelling all to
JON them at every village. On the 23d of jan
uary, Colonel Price, with parts Of five companies
OF his own regiment, the two companies of infan.
try under Captain Angney, detachment of Cap.
tam tlscher's company under Lieutenant Hau.
sendeivel with four twelve FOUNDER howitzerS,
and Captain ST. Vrain's volunteer company Of
"avengers," marched out Of Santa Fe to meet the
enemy. The whole number of rank and file 290
men. Made about twelve miles and encamped.
January "a, about the middle of the day, ape
preached the village of LaSCanada, twenty-five
or thirty miles from Santa Fe. The mounted
men of Captain St. Vrain's company were some
two or three miles ahead, and found the enemy
at this place in large force-some 1000. This
was in1n1e1otnlv raportad 10 Holopal Dr;oa Tho
men of the command were carrying their blan.
kes, and were here ordered to leave them, to be
brought up by the wagons.
They then advanced and found the enemy near
the village, posted on the hills in every direction,
in most advantageous positions. The artillery
was brought to bear, and shells and grape were
discharged at them, but at every fash they would
drop behind the crest of the hills, and the shotS
would pass over them; the hills declining in the
opposite direction from where they were, but lit
tie damage was done. Seeing this, Colonel Price
ordered Captain Angney, with his infantry, to
charge the strongest post of the enemy; he was
by company X, of Colonel Prices re-
glment, (rom Carroll county, Missouri,) under
command of Lieutenant White and the charge
was gallantly made. Just before this charge was
made the enemy were attempting to flank the
command and get at the wagons, which were
still behind, with provisions, ammunition, &c.
Captain St. Vrain was ordered to bring up tho
wagons, which he did in most gallant style, his
men pushing at the wheels over the uneven road,
under brisk fire from the enemy, which, how
ever, fortunately did no execution. Captain Nc
MILAN charged in different direction from Cap
tain Angney--both did execution. The fight las
ted about an hour, when the enemy fled over the
distant hls--so fast that our men, exhausted by
the iatigues of their march through The snow,
and the fighting, could not overtake them. The
enemy acknowledge a loss of Sc killed, and up.
ward Of As wounded.
BATTLE OF Ell EMBUDo.-The command NOV.
ed on without seeing anything more of the enc.
my until the 29lh. Meantime Cantain Burg.