Washington telegraph., 1848-03-22
\ FIGHT WITH THE CAMANcuEs

his knapsaek, writes the following ac.
eeanl ol Gaplon Lewis fight with the Ca.
manches, This letter is dated Buena Vista,
Jan, u.
On Our return from Paslora. we pas.ed
tue guerrIlias biyouac ol'lhs nehl before,
aud encamped Al Caslel Nualla, whore
We lolnd the propFiolress-a Belfast pirl.
Donna Raphaal Aseita-exfomeIy poile
and attentive. She slaughtered an OK for
Us immediately, aud We Wefe treated with
geal hospitality. Nexl day Cant Lewis
reached our ancho, san Miguel, and a
snal party ol Us went ont 10 hunt DEER
We soon brought in fat buck, and, on our
return home, Ware surprised TO see Lewis
aaain IN lte saddle. On inquirne The
ra1sri he Informed me that Donna Ranhnel
had lusl sem an express, begpingas,isleuce.
as we had, she Wrolr, scarcely left Ca,lel
Nael'a. when paHy ol siAly Camanehes
attacked anehu nul one mile off hers, aud
We're then aud lhere sticking their lances
luln lie peopc, aud carrying ull tie horses
aud children, Accordingly, Lewis Gallon.
ed of With II mufe. ani sauu found that
q vas no cry ol waIi' this lbnr. The men
had been se olen disappointed lha, live bad
let their guns behnd, and several remain.
ed themselves. After ride OF . miles.
we hove IN sigh, and then tho spurs wcrs
lfeeiy used. Our pauY was divided into
loo, ani LIEUT. EareI. was sem round a
hiil, luaiiafk ua both sides, When W. rai
near, they were strongly posted oh yen
rocky elevation, aad had lou h6fsrs and
Then prisoners with them, AMI while We
wefr wa.tag for Lieut.. Eafel, ono rode
oai and banlered Us 'of iiehl, eur,ias Is
IN lno dgubtl classic Ilmauehe and very
ba1 Spanish, aud one Yugag genleman
called oul. IA guai English 'eUme on Won
ID horse lbicgiHg American sons o.
iemale doss-eome on. lis hand for
camanehr To cal any oHe horse lhici bul
the are getting lralal- ai Tue feAans.
Ne waited hat an hour lat Lit. EarclI.
and iuanl afterwards that thirty OF them
had attacked hun ani made such an ia.
ienai va with their .aurrs aud shields,
that his hafses slampsdad, aud carried their
riders back two mi.es. When he eame ua.
business commenced. They had baca
huns viii niles at long distance ia#
sume time, aud Al lhe ee8ud shot Captain
Lewis was wounded lhIal1a Jls Irij l8ui.
he ground was toa tulzh Ia use Auisss,
and be oHlefed Us lu dism0lui at the foot
ol Tie hii., aud ehaia- up. several hofses
had been ul wilh bu.lriz; Lli now the ar
rows eamei At alty me6. yan ean daige
them, Il ,ou be SHARP, thay IBaa a. hssu-
THU anu efaogIui az--aud scarcely Irs.
duisefaus-lhun a brvg ui ael!.isesssd
beauties saiiing into a ball renul; at l&en
y PAGES they look Ike a suuw squa.l:
You cant hodge them then; 80 it vas
'h'gA or n0ihlugi a rush us nude, ana
wueh the top ~ gained. there was lsa
one irlt alive 10 give Us the lIme u day -
One ol TIE last shuls was neat unr.--
MI. Bell ami an Indian citWlsl within.
twelve PAGES VI each olhcf, and both Iose
and iled together: the Indian arrow went
an inch into Br.'s chreAbunr below the
eye, and hls ballet pierced Tie Camauehu's 5
head There weIe seven or eight dead
bodies lOuuI. Ne cau'ti Tell ihe number OF
wounded, but there Was a busAc. OF hls.d
on the loeAs.
On ous eide We had one killed. poor Heu.
~ Cneny. the youngest aud gs,osi Of us
all. lie Was shot from hts horse. aud ihru
ianeel IN iac lh,ua. Capt. Lewis Wa
boo un the loot. Col. Judsun, o. ihSsissip
%, received a slight touch 90 iue len I'D
and had only ums 10 say lLatwas elut
one when second smashed lis leli an
near TIE shoulder: his is bad case. Mr.
lluch, OF Texas had an arrow through his
hand. Mr. Darwin Bel, ul A.ssis,.ppi.
hnd one in the check, aui Tom Napier
usually called the Captains Boby) ecyiy.
ed a bullet in the very loves, pat ul what
the old woman called her 'abOmlnablc re-
glons. Tom huwlrd sOInu, ana be had a
good reason iOr u; on lrst eA4n. nation We
all thought Tom was done ton; but un
washing the blood oil, there WIS no dam.
age done-lhe ball had taken Il mranicr.
Ins, skylarkins course through his yials,
aud had gone GU. through HE hip. lie can
dance iandango nov. The last On the
lisI is Peter Higgins, OF New Oflrans.--
Peters IN luck. lie received one arrow in
MAJ. Lane 5 tight, aud he stopped another
on this occasion. lie b,ci like lamb led
to The slaughter but be WAS mol SO dumb:
he called me 10 help him oil with hi,
clothes, aud the blood was soon s,opped,
An arrow had goneto tho bone Of his ihigh,
but he's doing well, if may Judge 30 lroni
seeing him dance ah itlsh jIg and play a
game OF foot ball, and the ball was made
ol what a iasildiuu, young lady might ca.!
'lhc Inflated tank ot au cunasculatld buil. "
Id call it simply an oX's bladder with a
pull OF wind IN it, We shot Linn in The
morning for d,uncr-nut the bladder, but
lis owner, the OK, Oae Killed and si1
wounded--a small Ggh., but Il sharp one.
We took 100 horses, and all the Mexican