The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-03-19

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horses, and his own becoming tired and
exhausted, he dismounted and let lie fore
most come within 20 PAGES of him, when
he drew his pistol and shot him. lie
went on few miles further, and finding
the other pressing him closely he waited
for him and served him in the same wav
/ lie now felt comparatively secure. and
went on slowly, leading his horse for sew
eral r'lles, when a picket guard, appa.
ren'ly, emerged from "a ihirkrt and order.
ed him To halt, upon whom he also fred.
and the man ran back-he knows no,
whether he hurt lin or not. lie was
now approaching CmBofion, where the
| MeNican forces still remained, and To
| pass II he lad TO cross a large plain so
that they could hardly help bu, observe
him; besides which, he found as lie got
iharc, that they had heard before hand Of
his coming. So as he got on the plain,
he soon found himself followed by hum
dred or two of men who got within gun
shot OF him, and was fred upon he knows
not by how many. One bail only touch
ed him. grazing the top of his head.
taking The hair off and raising a welt
Again his noble horse bore him of m
safety. but knowing he would not be able
to keep up long AT that speed, when he
60, out of sight Of the Mexirans he took
oil from the road by path tina, led into
the mountains. lie followed this some
30 or 40 miles, when his horse gave out.
and having no water or feed of any kind,
died. He was still some sixty miles from
camp, tired, exhausted and lost in the
mountains, hardly knowing which direc-
J ton 10 take. Before he knew where he
was, he had come back to nearly the
place where he had cii the road. From
here he took the direct course TO camp,
but had to keep Off the road, so that his
walk was through prickly pears, thoIns
and brIars all the way. lie got to our
picket guard Yesterday morning, so per.
ieclually exhausted that he was not able
to speak. lie had had no water or food
from the time he made his escape, except
a rat. which he killed with a stick by
moonlight. lie was put upon a horse
and taken to Cot. Yell's camp. where, ar-
ter elgh, hours rest, he gave tie above
particulars.
have said that some 90 of our men
have been taken. while there were but
- with Mai. Bourand The others
were kCniuckians, n scout under Cant.
lleddy, who were taken at hacienda,
but 10 miles from Col. Yelrs camp. -
| Further than the fact of their having been
taken there, We have had no particulars
Capt. Clay, who was the last to agree
to capltula,e. was not permitted to retain
his horse. Capt. II. SAYS he, Gaines
and Bourand wcptlike children. Appre-
tensions are felt on Maj. Gaines ac-
count. as it was owing to his generosity
and presence Of mind that Henry made
his escape.
Among the most conspicuous men in
this Mexican army. was our friend Senior
Sanchez, the owner Of Palos, who has
pretended very particular friendship for
the Americans, has paid our General nu-
merous visits, AMI sold us thousands Of
bushels of corn at s. bushel. He has
any quantity more of corn and wheat al
Palos, besides other fine properly, and
there is a strong inclination to appropri-
ate these by way of indemnifying Col.
Yell's men for their loss of men and blan-
kets but what Gen. Wool will do about
it remains to be seen.
Gen. Buter will remain at Monterey
and take command of the forces there. -
We are looking for Fay Tor here every
day, who takes command in person Of
the troops in this neighborhood, and with
orders, we understand, no, to move from
here before he hears of the result Of the
attack upon Vera Cruz.
Gen. Wool, with all troops encamped
at the Buena Vista but our regiment. left
us to-day to take up quarters in town.
The prevailing belief is, though there Is
vet no order to that effect. that we will
follow in day or two. Wool anllci
cipa,es an attack here before long, and
this movement arises from the idea that
we will be IN better situation TO defend
ourselves in the city.
A bunch of dozen or two "UabaSh
Democrats" found their way into camp
few days ago, in which was conveyed
to the people Of Illinois, on the authority
of Lieut.. John l.. Mcconnell, of on, re-
gimen,, and Lieut.. Robbins Of the I'd
regiment, the importan, information that,
Col. Hardin was exceedingly tyrannical
and very unpopular with his men. and
as it was also information OF which our
regimen, had no, before been in posses
sion, i, was read on parade for their en-
| ich,enmcn, and also TO their no small
amusement. Now men seldom act with
out motive but surely it is difficult to
imagine villa, motive could have induced
this man of the I'd regiment to write
home so palpable and foolish lalsehood,
to njure one who, so far from being a.
ware of ever having injured him, had
never heard of him before. As to our
Young friend Mac, it is not difficult to