Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-11-23
A Western Adventure.

| white free n.fpoter<. who. GSied from eifil
socleiN iNGAdopfad The udious caliHg Of rr"ya
| Ing upon their leli1W,drt. fud tnaiIy a
dark hnd bloody deed of pfhHy has been
| committed oil those hnuks. Which VIII
never bs teyencd Judge lisi. III bi.
| Hhe'nhnz Of The West, gives tbs (oliewiu5
Interesting description OF au incident
| which took plhte On tte Mississippi up4
wards oi sisty years hro e.
''fn The spring of 1857, u tarrf teoh4
| ing tS M i,enuso'ie Ind t'ariad from New
Orleans, richly luden with tf,eftbahJiss
for St. Louis. As slie approached tho
| Cottonwood creek, Il breeze sprung up hnd
| bore her swiftly by. 1Iiis tho robbers Per.
eeived, ond immediate Y patched il CON.
pay Of net MP the tivor for tho purpose -
| heading. The Iunpn3ttere was effected IN
| tie course Of two days NJ M island which
l,Hs siuce been tailed Bantts6lai's island
The barge lind Just put asbore---he robbers
| bonrded, aud ofd red tle crew 10 fetuth
down. Tie men were disarurd. ejtards
were stniioned in every Ithrt Of The vtssai,
aud size ws4 soon irudef way, Mr.. Beoui
so5lel ghtn himself up 10 despair III ial
spent alI he possessed IN the ptirehh@6 of
| ths I,arge aud ts cafqo hiid n0w that he
was 70 lie deprived oI them all. he was IN
| agony.
| This vessel wdu'd have shnrrd tho fa'a
Of many others thht lfad preceded il. ldtt fof
| tbs ierpo darh't Of negro, who wa ous
Of ths crew. Cuensoite, tie negro. was
man rather unisr the oriluary iteiatt, very
slender in person, bat Of uncommon
stfehgth md Hciyl'y, The tulor ~ his SKIN
aud The oHtl ofIis hair dldne tod iIIui lle Wos
II iiegf6, for tile peculiar characteristics Of
his rice, Ind given place in him, tt what
might be termed beanty Ills forehead
was hnely moulded, his eyes small dDd
sparkling IS thdse of ii scrpsh', lis bose
u6gliiine, bis lips Of proper thickness
in fact, the Whde appearance Of The HHn.
joined fd bis kuotvi1 character for sbrtwa-
uess anl courage, eccmed 10 ildirHte, thbi,
under better circumstances, he itglit have
shown conspicuous IN the history H in-
tons. Caeasdlte, as soon ns the robbets
had taken possession et the barge, began
10 make every demonstration Of unc,aifoi
Iab'e Joy. lie dauced, SANG. laugbea, and
soon induced his captors 10 lcle9s ttht
tliey had liberated Et1 from iti some slave.
~. find hat lis actions were ths ehniti0p9
Of pleasure. HIS constant attentions TO
their smallest wants and wishes, 100, won
their confidence, aud whilst thes kept n
Watcinl eye on fhe other prisoners they
permitted him to roam through tic ytsscl
nnmo,ested md unmatched This was
the state of things that the negro desired
he seized the first opportunity 10 speai ~
WtWBehusoiel. nnd beg permission to rid
bin Of the dangerous jntfu1efa lie lnil
his pau before bis master, who uffef
great deal- Of hesitation, aGceded 10 it,
Cacasotte then spoke 70 two of the crew.
likewise. negroes, md engaged them IN
the couspiraty. (Neasone was cook, aud
it was agreed between him aud his fellow
conspirotofs, that tic ti1nd fDr dinner
sli6td be The aiguaI FIR action! Tile hour
Of dinner NJ 'ent It'll arriveds The ftijber4
assembled IN considerable numbers on fiid
deck, and stationed themselves at ihe bo1
aud stern, ard d'oHg the sides. TO prevent
nny rising Of tbs nans Cacasotgo Weht
am0ifr them WitIi tlte most uDc9heeyBed
look and defaNati6f iidazilab'ei ~ soon
ns hs perceived tliat lis t6rllfadea had
taken the stations bsSiiaI assigned them!
he took his position at The bow Of the boat.
near one OF tie robbers, ii stout heretigdu
man WHO was nrIuei capa.plc. Every
thing bring arranged to his satisfaction,
Cacasotte gave the preconcerted signal.
and Immediately the r9jbef nuaf lin VIVA
struggling IL the w.iiS4 With tlie speed
Of lightning lie went from one rottlter fo
another, aud IN e@s than three minutes he
|tad thrown seven 6t them ovet10rd,---
Tbcn stlzlug an oar, be STRUCK ot the
head those who attempted 10 save them.
selves by graphing the fhbfjng foafds,
tiieh shot With the muskets that had been
dropped OIL deck, l6ge who SWIM away
in the mean time the other coil4pirators
were not die, bat did almost Ia much eg-
ecution as theii leader The deck was
soon cleared, aud the robbers tha. remain.
ed below were too f3w in DuruI'er to offer
any resistance, n II ~
Having got rid Of llis Troublesome visit.
ofs,sNr. BeaasoieI deemed il prudent 10
return to Aew CcIeab4s This hc necofd.
ingly did, taking care that when be affVrd
near the Cottonwood creek, III keep tic
opposite .ai(lr Of lie rJycr liz feacIicl
New Orleans,' .nd gave an account Of his
capture and liberation 10 tie Governor,
who thefeapon issued aa osdcr tIiat lie
boats bound for st. Lonls il the following
spring, Should all 10 III company, ID aifotd
mutual assistance in case Of necessity.
Spring came aud ten heet-boats, each pro.
vided with stviveIs, and their respective
crews well armed, took their departure
from Ncw Orleans, determined, ii possible,
TO destroy tire nest Of robbers. When tI,ey
ueared the Cottonwood creek, tie foremost
boat perceived several linen near the month,
among tie trees Tile anchor was drop.
ped, aud she waited ugtii the other boats
should come up. lii q few EIotneuts they
APPEARED, and constt.iatIcn Was bed, in
which IL was determined that u sufficient
nnmber of men shoatd remain on board,
While the others alfoud proceed on shove
10 attack the robbers. The boats wets
fowed 70 shore il. line, and those ap-
pointed foffilat p5lrpo @, landed aud began
10 seaTch The is.and in qtI.st of the robbers.
,at III vain. They had di,appeared.---
Three Or four fat-lyoats were found in
psn1 Of the efecs laden with all kinds Of
nereaand.ae, the fruits CT their
A long low hut was dis
,overed-fise dwelling Of tie robbess--.n
Which were stored away numerous cases
of guns, destined foE tfs4 farfEasIe, s.Fuuai.
ION, aud provisions 0f all kinds. The
greater part OF these things were PIT on