The Ottawa free trader., 1849-04-13

CAPT. TosIN.-For long time we had
seen or heard nothing of this wild rolicking
genius. Lately, however, several letters
IN his peculiar style, and over his own pro.
/ per signature, have appeared in the New
Orleans Delta, from v hich it appears, he
has gone TO fight the Indians in Yucatan.
lie holds litutenant's commission. Below
Is an extract from one ct bis letters, dated n,
II.kuche, near the ancient city Of Naado.
id, Feb. II, 1919.
ms part ot The country is extremely fer
tile. he inhabitants send into the city,
every day, large quantities Of corn, beans.
cattle, horses, mules, &C., sc. There are.
also, immense quantities oi honey daily
brought in, and the bees that produce it are
perfectly harmless; they have no stinrs,
and we fake their honey with impuniIy
while they are buz2ing about our ears
The hlNes are hollow logs, two feet long. bv
ten or twelve inches IN diameter; and two
or three hundred of these are piled TN in each
shed. Honey and bee>waN intm an impor.
tant article ottraillc. The climate is delin hi
tnl-always brre7, IN the middle of tho
n
most every thIns-such as corn. beans. cot
ton; and all grow almost without labor.-
Cotiee has been tried, and those who are
Judges declare the article equal to ,he Mo.
cha, whithit closely resembles. There ar,
many cotton mills IN the country; aud eve
~ large Hacienda has its distillery, where
,hey make aniSeed, aud very drinkable
hu'" ea'ied HaOantro--it makes capital hot
punch.
The vine also nourishes, and the sugar
cane, with, believe, every thing else nee.
essary TO make life comfortable. The wo.
men are very clean, Il mean the peonsN \
aid are not near rs lousey as those of the
same class further North. Their husband,
are very fond ofthem, and spend most of
their pay III dressing them out. There are
dozen at this moment circumperamhula
ting the Plaza, with nothing but their shifts
on, and these same shifts are as white MS
snow, and their bosOms are edged handsome
iy with deeprich lace. The nights are cool.
and those OF MS who have blankets are clad
TO use them. The days are excessively
warm. We have had but little rain as yei.
but the want Of it is made up by heavy
dew which falls until sunrise. There are
no running streams, and the wells Zone hun.
dred and fifty feet decp,) are generally SIX
mlIes apart. lhe main roads are admira-
BILE, and the by-roads are eXecrabe. There
are all sorts ofsnakes and wild animals a.
pour, from an Indian to panther, but we
cannot hunt the latter, asthe former are ev-
er on the look out to cut off straslers, and
they discharge most uuchristian missile
called pa!auqne'as, consisting Of piece
OF iron three iourhs Of an inch long. and
hammered down to the size of the Barrel
II makes anexecrable kissing in the air. and
a horrible hole where it cutters, as CAPTAIN
Mace and Jack Freelaud can ,ellyou. If Won
see them IN New Orleans. If YOU do. kiss
them for orme-they'llle you. Wetook one
hundred and odd prisoners, yesterday, most
ly women and children, some of them real. |
ly pretty. The men were in perfect Indian
one much less cumbrous than
Georgia Majors, wiz. pair of spurs and
straw rope.) and less comprehensive than
Adams fg-lear. 4 fresh batchis expected
in to-day. for we find that, by bringing in
the women ahd children, the men are sure
to follow. have two Lieutenants with me
one, Lient. Mcnamara, is snoring beside
me although it's noon; and the other, Lieut..
Croft, is ont on scout. He swore this
morning. he'd bring home a washerwoman
before night. Pretty good for a Nassachu.
sets gentleman, and married man AT that.
Both have been in nearly every fight since
we came out, and both have done their du.
ty. Tomorrow my turn comes.