Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-09-30
The BatlalO Hgmt-New RenghIlc Of Si.rrn mna.n

ihG DuiialO Haht-NeW Repgbllc OF Sierra NadcC
IAMPIco, Aug. Ist, 1913.
/ Have you felt at New York any interes, in onr
great and glorious buffalo hunt! We are oro,p-
IsIng here. at New Orleans, and on the Rio Gr,9do
ana II The fateS do not frown most unkiDdlv uoon
our Efforts 1t VIII be more eXctig sport Than opr
soldiers found II to climb up hills in tb. hor sp,
ahu take Iorls ana cities just to give them II aCan
" nat we take we will keep, for we shall have M
PreS!deEtiai election to take into coDsiderotio,
Look out for news before Christmas bo,,a han
70 miles up the Pandee river, aud throurb the
richest country the sun shines on. but ever9Ibin,r
was plague struck by having been returned 70
Mexico after expecting under the free and enter
prlsng laws OF the Union. but the best snir,s
among them console themselves by enroling for
The great boilaio hunt, which is to come off in o..
tooer' as soon as the chief Of the volunteer hints
men come on from the United States.
1t will be a grand affair. About tbops,nd
men armed WIN revolving pistols and all tho etce
'eras Tor en9 chase, are expected TO cross Texas
or ascend the river Ia detached pa rites 10 the chief
rendezvous, which Is to DO between Nier and Ia,
ij}. fieqQ here are some OF those mules which YOUR
made cost @fOO 10 Uncle Sam and sold for S rs
and SIS. and we have secured 300 of then, for
The buffalo hunt, and as many horses as we want
As we shall not wait for carts or ponton trains
and shall not armsticcs with the buTlos il will
not take us as long as il nd Gen. Taylor to ranch
Monterey, where we think we viii meet friends
From Monterey the hunters will chase the Rufr,Io
to Zaccatccas, anu II the people there are half as
ready to clear Sierra Madra of lawless ra,na ,s
they profess TO be. shall have a holiday IN ,hot
= golden city, The beautiful ladies of that place
have pledged themselves to fit US out with silkap
banners for each company, and abundant tent
equipagc. Meantime the Iampico lads are to Dro.
ceed rds San Luis Potasi. which thew hone To
reach and interest IN ;he prosecution of the great
hunt by The time the Rio Grande bows have Gain-
ed Zacatecas and Ihon we can unite our strengfb
for friendly visit to Durangoor content ourselves
with clearing all the north side Of the mountaip
of dangerous animals. October is fixed for the
lime of general rendezvous, but the month will be
nearly or quite over before we are ready TO quit
the pacific banks of the Rio Grande for the eycit.
ing chase of wild builaIoes.
Money not less than S2O. 600 and
think much mOre-has gone to- New Orleans
for the necessary equipments. Among other
things small battery of the Fitzgerald cannon
that can be taken to pieces and carried up any
precipice man CIimb--has been ordered
from your city. 1t is thought this novel ordnance
Will be very effective in encampments and against
those immense herds of wild animals that some /
times rush upon and destroy small and unpreDared
parties. The Mexicans are full of authorizations
and eager to see the bold hunters among them
hey nave been so run over and devoured by the |
butfaios this side of Sierra Madra, nd had formed
so many hopes of release through the Anericans
that they ready 10 aid, and are aiding literally
in a grand and decisive hunt such as we are now
marshaling.
We shall not trouble the territory coded by the
treaty OF peace. 1t is mostly such a desert that
buffalo can't pick np living in it but along the
south side of the line is rich and healthy coun
try aboundiug in fruits. focls, herds and game.
say nothing Of the richest minesin tho world. In
Zaccatecas twenty millions Of dollars has been
coined from the surrounding mines IN single
wear, and if we ever clear them Of the trouble
some bufaos that give them no peace Of their lives
and prevent them from half working their mines,
they will let US Yankees take our chance for max
ing our fortunes. The territory we bought of
Mexico looks extensive on the map, but like the
uninhabitabe deserts of British America, which
show still larger paper, ii s an Improbable eX-
tent of baroness. oar hunting field, which
comes down to the Gulf from any where beyond
the mining country, and takes in rich cities and
the five navigabe rivers of Tampco. is paradise
upon EARTH know this for have hunted thro
il BEFORE but never on such noble and efficient
scale as we expect in nearly ready "grand
buffalo hunt for the success of which we count on
your prayers for certain.
Yours, ever, "A. Z.
| a Nero CoLoNEL.-A correspondent of N
York paper, describing the incidents Of the four
days in Paris, gives The following curious item
:. The LARGEST and finest battalion Of Guarde Mo-