The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-03-27

er said we went out Of our way! This was '
the general voice. SNo, said Col. Morgan, n
that's not il, but may not the mules be captur- t
ed, and the detachment destroyed. Thompson /
said, with Capt. Latham and % men he could
carry the mules safe, Then it was determined /
that we would 60 in a body to the river and 1
there divide, this we did. Latham and his
men and Thompson, with the mules, crossing
the river. We, SO men, all told, wheeled to the
right for Camargo. We passed several ranch
es, hugging the San Juan The young men
were all absent, nobody to be seen butsold
men, women and children, all fit TO bear arms
gone. We passed Passu Ciccata about \ o.
clock. The Alcalde seemed to be expecting
US. He said the robbers had gone the back
track, we were perfectly satisfied that this was
a lie. There we found a regular built stone
fort on hill overlooking and commanding the
village and the surrounding country. The
Colonel demanded a fresh horse for the guide,
getting which we proceeded. We then passed
for 10 miles through ~ ont Of the way cut
throat looking country, following the guide
Implicitly though Rogers and Whitley, az
brave men as ever lived, rode by his side, or as
close to him as the nature Of the road would
admit, with orders to shoot him should we get
lost-these orders were communicated to, and
well understood by him. II was indeed a most
serious time, all conversation stopped, every
body communed with his own thoughts. The
silence wasbroken by observing a vulture AZ
lacking a crow. In vain the crow soared--the
vnlture scared still higher-they assembled ale
most out Of sight, atlast the crow tagged and
/, began to give in, blow after blow was struck,
and finally the crow fell to the ground, the
%vulture on top Of him. Again the party be-
came silent, more desolate became the scenery,
when to the right Of the path, suspended from
q limb Of a muskite tree, we beheld an object
z that made the brave man furious--while it hors
rifed all. About so yards from he path, in a
/ little open spot hung a dead man by the heels,
i Col. Morgan cried out, HG-d d-n them, I
know what it means, keep your places, my
), lads, be ready, they are about here in ambush
- Then addressing himself to the advance, he
= said, two or three of you ride up and see if you
can make out who it is, Rogers, the guide, my
self and one or two others, forget who, being
! intent on the object, rode close to the horrid
: spectacle. The feet of the man across eacf
other, were dashed tight to the tree, the heat
was within a half inch of the ground, hi
/ hands Iassoed one over the other in front rested
on his forehead-his shoes were on, a pair o.
blue cotton pants reached to his waist, hi
shirt stripped down half way his arms wa
spread out like a cloth on the ground, leaving
his back and head exposed to view. His bacl
was shockingly burnt. The blood had gushe'
~ out of his n%ostrils and mouth. Oh! God! wha
ho-rid death did that poor man die!-the,
III had first horribly burnt him, and while ye
alive, they hadtied him up by the heels to pei
ish BY the gravitation Of his blood! Non
but devils incarnate could have been even hire
to do such a thing-what then were they VIII
~ did it willingly? The most of our cOmPan
thought he had been hanging there for from
to 20 days. l believe he had been hangin
there not more than three days, and believ
he gas our spy. We were told at China, thi
T. the robbers carried through the town, a Nex
can tied. This sight told us what we were
expect if we were ever taken prisoners. w
"a had not gone two hundred yards before "
came to a small prairie. The Mexican guild
~, stopped short, as If a bullet had passed thrcug
his brain-looking to the right Of the prairi
he cried out c~avallos muchos, c%avallos Ombre
uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinquo, six, Ocho, mi
chos. We all exclaimed, there they are nov
Close up, said Col. Morgan, and stand in you
=, places, letsno man stir Twill ride tOrwai
- and see what it means--he rode two or thr'
- hundred Yards, he and Capt. Walker, both
whom had fine horses. Soon Col. Morgan r
day turned, 81 see a great number Of men--tht
with are pairing out and saddling their horses, v
REST will form a square and fight them here'.
Use Those who could see good said that there a
hing peared to be at least 800 horses, perhaps 40
after Every body saw that all we had to do was
! re- fght to the last; and die like men. The a
we vance would have suffered first, and perha
lie to most. but | believe there was no man Of US b
alter what was ready to fight, and stand and die wi
VIC his comrades. There was an awful expectaI
old cy, arms were examined, and all were read
old Tree suggestedtO the Colonel, that as ourfOr
sual was small, and theirs larges perhaps Il waa be
srsO- to 90 on to the chapperal, where we mightfg
under cover, and to more advantage. Y
Dr. said Morgan, we will pursue our course al
for. fight them whenever they appenr-forward
what front. On we went at the same pace we b
been travelling all the morning, if any Thu
body slower, fOf all eyes were up the pralrle' so
hor- the chapperal obscured our view. When y
,alde emerged on top Of q bill about d quarter Of
IesO mile Of, the cry was they c%ome-hero u
head come We haltedand looked-there was I
} the dust, but it was rolling HE other way like