The Arkansas banner., 1848-02-22
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 Gak MEGUxl, Jan (. let9- ! Eds. Dsian--Na have had stirring times lately. lm myl last lmentiened nAling for inc CAmanches We followed their tFa about twenty milrs, retarued 10 San Miguel unsuccessful. aud gave Peot one hundred lashes on tlIc bare back. for ssraing our blankets during oar absence Next nIoFniaE Cap tain knsis eonzshand wus ordered Co Parrna, Wherc we ieined the balance of te Texan Battalion. nHdef Maj. Lane, wbo had been h elose pursuit eis sle Indians afser his skifnizh with thsm at Agua Nueya, of which you have no doubt heard 0ur psoFl9 he,Fed ssttler badly at psrnAst Some how nn fStshman, not Connected win the nrmy, pBuked quarrel win ess ef tle Rangeis an inoi' fsmsits( (seFnnm named Reltz. Heshot Peltz throug tle ke aud enc q the Rangers blew the assasstn's bfuims out They thea get en sPfee and Killed few jacknSs0s end baii8eEs, and two Mexcans who had mAnaged Co getmiked up in the businees. | he matdsfeFs of the Mexieans have not yet been cis4 covered, q wns believed and its now known- that fAc dssd bodice wsiv carried Into . neixhboring hoasc thd plaped along side dying gasnhlsr: srs perade from Tennessee He was In ,ise last stage of eaiioping eensnsnptien and his latest breath was expended i6 blasr9seming his Maker, boasiing ef having eashmIttsd fse Innsdess, and rcgretiing the devil aa poker. He died that night and left 1 $9000 in gold behind him.
 Such scenes make man serious. War appears 0 nc to have tcpdrney b Liant meals feclin :s, and am inciined to think the profession of arms almost deuisFalixing e ts brother professions, Law, the Church. and Physic--ihe former partic- uisFiy. am led 10 think go from tho case of fine fellow now here. He ksgaD Hfe promising law yer. He shot few people triients who wouldn't pay1 then got religion, joined tlse church, and be- came Methodist preacher. He was star preacher, got married aud fu6ed sl,e fisst law of nature = "inerease. and multiply, and replenish,' &c ; but being detected in some slight peccados at gam 1 ing table. he was expelled frum the church, and practised medicine. lie fought splenddly in a hte skrmish, and med 10 court death, but could not find it."
 Capt Lewis followed the Indian trail, with forty of us far beyond tho boundaries of the civilized world. Near San Nicholas (the fagthest frontier rancho to the north ard and west'ard) we struck broad trail and followed it for some time without finding .as we had been led to expect, either grass for our horses, cattle for ourselves nothing, n fact, in the shape of beef except one dead Caman- che, ard he had b,en defunct twenty-foar hours, co his beef was offensive and of course useless to us. He was stretched (not like Larry) under jut- ting rock, and
 sLay like warrior taking his rest.
 With hts blankef wrapped around him.' His unatrung bow, in it's case of antelope skin, and his amptied quives, lay beside him; did his lance .head-the shah was broken: he held to his
 
 was, perhaps, the parting gift of tho sgiT hc eft behind him:" bis gals dress was on, and his arms were orBamenied to the shoulders with thick rings sf brass. Oar two gaides-one . Kereese Indian, the other . Mexican, (par nobiie )-observed him first, and plnndercd him in moment of every thing The Indian then gave him kick tn the ribs, say- ing, "Him much bad-no Christian--ine baptse !" The Mexican guve the corpse few bats on the head with big stone, and cried, "Him good dead now.o
 The Mexicans have very had habit of mutilat- Ing and insulting the bodies of dead and wounded enemies 1 had specimen of 1t on large scale at buena Vistas andanotheT on small one, on Wcdnes- day, 18th nlt.. near Castle Nnella, where Captain Lewis, with IT of us. attached body of 50 or 60 Camanches, strongly posted on bill. The ground was very rocky, and we were fcrecd to dismoant and charge them on foot to the top. When we got shere. the Mexican gudes who had kept out of gnn- shot until the skirInish was over commenced stab bng the dead, and got off with nearly all the plun- der, consisting of horses, lanees shields bnshe or two ee arrows, &c., &c. got pair of handsome leggins of one dead fellow, and tied them to my saddle, but some ghost stole thembad luck to him. l might have sent you a scalp for your menagesie of casiosties, only that my knife was broken just before, skinning venison. One fine fellow of ours was killed, and Capt. Lewis, five men and some horses wounded. But I'm getting ahead of my story, I'll give you sketch of the little brush, by and by. if my writing-paper don't give out.
 Our kereese guide having turned tho dead war rior over, we discovered that he had been shot through the len shoulder, in Maj. Lewis affair at Agua Nueya, and tho poor fellow had crawed I50 miles towards home, to die on the road. When VIC left him, VIC followed the trail through the most picturesque country lever .ssyersed. Each moun- tain seeed to lift its head 10 heaven, and to thrust It's roots s.in tartara." One night we eamped m n gully, where the sun has never yet risen or set.- We were very hungry, and therc was nothing to eat A council of war was held, and 1t was deter mined to immoiate patient, much enduring ani. nal, the illicit, hybrid offspring of female mare and jackass-the crittur Is vuiearly called mule. Just before what would else have been murder. providence sent fat buck to the water near us and Jim Cox brought hiin down with a rife bullet The buck saved the mule.
 Hunger. spiced with little danger, makes men think of their innocent days. The special in,erfer- enee of providence in favor of the mule, reminded mo of story heard before chased Camanches, of an old gentleman, a down-eastcr: He was an extensive dealer in focks and herds, ana his name was Abraham. One cycning he caught Issac, a lubberly son of his, trying to buaeg pretty slave girl Of his avorite inulaito; her name was Hugar Hs grew very wrcthy sbcutit and swore he'd make saeran'enf of hts andutiiul offspring. So he tied him down and was about to run a knife Into hls vtai, when pet of the boy's, the husband oG l3j sheep, made bait at the old fellow and botched 1t by twisting his hsrns up In the chaparral. So Abra- ham stuck the raIn instead of lsaac The eases are aike. Place white beard on Capt Lewis and hc n do for Inc venerable Abraham; the mule makes a good substitute far lsc. and fat buck fwith cur rant jely) will answer for the tram caaght by the horns in the thieket." ismail. the father Of all Turks, vas the fsconsequence of that manoeuyre 2,
 Next morning we shot two Anteiopcs and In the evening reached San Nicholas, where we had grub galore. sa lTsa
 on reaching Paras, Capt. Lewis learned that the ooverneE. Agaerrs, man of talent (but lawycr) and bastard sort of Guerrilla Gonzalez, were at the head of band of GuerrIlas, 60 or 5ll strong. and wers then as the Pastora Braneh, soma 50 miles on; co he made long sidc with 20 sf us, with the lstesueh cf sarprhipg them. We thonghs we had them; but when within ten miles Of Pastora signal Ire was lighsened on the mountain and the birds escaped. G.H. T. The Captains letter abruptly terminates.--Dsiss