The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-03-18

Here come the Dul-fgltefs, exclaimed the
Girl, Withdrawing her waist from the enclrcling arm
of EscamiIla : lei us return.
Perhaps they are my brothers., answered he !;
and continued, yes, they are eight. look''
But what saw the poor girl as, with eyes almost
starting from her head, and mooniess with sudden
fear she directs her head al the approaching horse
men. who now, turning bend in the chaparral,
are within few hundred yards of them.
EscamilIa follows the direction of the gaze, and
one look congeals the trembling coward. band
of indians are upon hem. Naked 10 the waist, and
PAINTED horribly for war, with brandished spears
iiley rush on Needless of the helpless maid. and
leaving her to her fate, the coward turned and fed
shouted as lie the dreaded signal of Los bar
baros , los barbarosE =
4 l.orseman met hint Juan Maria, who
having Iassoed little antelope ON the plains, had
ridden in advance of his brothers to present to the
false but unfortunate Sabe The eXcamations OF
the unfortunate Escamilla, and one glance down
the road. showed him the peril of the poor glrl.
Throwing down the animal he was carefully carry
ing in his arms. he dashed the spurs furiously INTO
the sides OF his horse and rushed like the wind, to
the rescue But already the savages We're upon her
Witha whoop Of blood-hrsly JOY. She. covering her
face with her hands, shrieks to her old lover to save
her Saliva me. Juan Maria, por Dos, saliva me :!
Shortliyed, however, was his triumph; the clat-
Ter of a gallopllg horse thunders over the ground,
and causes him to turn his head. Almost bounding
through the air and in cloud of dust, with ready
lasoo swinging round his head, Juan Maria flies,
alas, too late TO the rescue of the unhappy maiden
Straight upon the foremost Indian he charged, re-
gariless Of the flight of arrows with which he was
received. The savage, terrified at the Wild and
fierce hook of his antagonist turns to fly; but the
open coil of the asso whirs from the expert hand
of the Mexican and the moose falls over the Indians
head and the lhroWer passes in his horse sstrde,
drags him heavily 10 the ground.
But Juan Maria had fearful odds to contend
against, and unarmed, save by small machette
or rusty sword But with this he attacks the nearest
indian and succeeding in bringing him within
reach of his arm ceaVes his head by sturdy stroke,
and the savage dropped dead from his horse. The
others keeping at distance, assalled him with
arrows. and already he was pierced With many
bleeding wounds. Still the gallant fellow fights
brayely against the odds. and is encouraged by the
shouts of his father and brothers, who are gallopmg,
with loud cries. to The rescue. AT that moment, an
arrow discharged at but a few PAGES distance,
b-ied itself to the feathers in his breast, and the
brothers reached the spot but i'll time 10 see Juan
Maria fall from his horse, and his bloody scalp
borne away in triumph, by a naked savage
The Indians at that moment Were reinforced by
a body of some thirty or forty others. and a fierce
combat ens:led between them and Ell Coxo and his
SONS who fought with desperate courage to avenge
the murder of Juan Maria and the poor lsabel:
Half a dozen of the Camanches bit the dust, ana
two of the Mexicans lay bleeding on the ground;
but the rancheros, coming up from the hacienda III
force compelled the Indians to retreat, and, as
night was coming on, they were not pursued oi
the ground lay the still qulverlng body OF the GIRL
and the two Indians near her who We're Killed by
Juan Maria One of them had his neck broken
and his brains dashed out by being dragged over the
sharp stones by the horse of the latter the lasso pc
ing fast to the high pommel of the saddle. Inns
Indian still held the long, raven scap-ock OF the
girl in his hand Juan Maria was quite dead and
pierced with upward of twenty bleeding wounds;
two of his brothers We're wing dangerously wound
ed and six Indians, besides the two killed ny Juan
Maria fell by the ayenging arms OF I'll CoXo and
his sons The bodies of Ysabel and Juan Maria
were borne by the rancheros to the hacienda, and
both Were buried the next day, side by side. at the
yery hour when the marriage was to have been per-
formed Escama ashamed Of his base cow.
ardice disappeared and was not seen for some days.
when he returned to his fathers rancho, packed up
his things, and returned to Queretaro, Where ne
married shortly after.
Inst twelve months after the above tragical event
occurred | passed the spot. About three hundred
wards from the gate of the hacienda We're erected
side by side two wooden crosses, roughly heWn out
of a log of pine On one rudely-cut inscription,
in Mexico Casiilian invites the passerby TO oes'o"
''Un Ave Maria un Pater Noster
Qn 10, manos de los barbaros cayo muerta.
En- Ia flor de 5 juventud y hernoSura
Zone Ave Maria and Paie Nosle for the epose OF the
o n. OF on Sa r i,' of os" Of he year 1916 and in the
flower Of Ter youth and beauty.
On the other
- AGuI yaCe Juan Mana OrteZa,
Necno de .
Nlarado por los babaros, eldia IL de octubre
del ano 1915,
Ora por el, Chri,tiano por Do"
Here lies Juan Maria Orteza native of - killed by
the barllrianS the 1lth of October.
Christian for the sake of God pray for his soul!''
The eoodly pile of stones, to which added my
offering al the feet of both crosses, teses that the
Invocation has not been neglected, and that many
an Ave Maria and Pater Noster have been breathed
to release from purgaory the souls of Isabela and
| Juan Maria
PARKER's DISCOURSE ON EX-PR EslDENT ADAMS.