The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1854-05-20
Lato from Santa Fe.
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The Missouri Republican Of the Goth and
97th ult, has the following dispatches and Oh
seryations in reference 10 affairs in New Mex;.
co. Ii will be seen that New Mexico has be-
come the theatre Of a desperate indian war:
INDEPENDENCE, April 24.--Thc Santa Fe
mail arrived yesterday, bringing intelligence
OF n fight on the 9th of March, between a de-
tacinment OF twcnty-six men under tho COM
mand OF Licnt. ID. Bell, of tho I'll Dragons.
and a party of Jicarilla Apache Indians, nuina
Der unknown. The loss of the United Staten
troops was two killed and four wounded. TIM
Indian loss was nine killed and twenty .oncE
wounded. The celebrated Apache Chief, Lo-
bos, was among The killed.
On the 3Oth Of March another fight took
place, twelve miles from I.oar, between . COM
pany OF sixty dragons, commanded by IieutA
j. W.. Davidson, LIST Dragons. and a party ID
nearly three hundred Jicarilla Apache and
Utah Indians. The soldiers suffered severclyk
losing twenty-one killed and eighteen woundt
ed. The Indian loss is unknown, but supposl
cd to he very great. Another report givcS
the number Of soldiers killed Mt forty. s
strong force, under command Of Col. Cook!
are in pursuit of the Indians. Y
California cmigrants are leaving daily-aC
in good health. NJ
III HHi .hIIIlsuI, OUe OF Tic IfctnOntt
party, reached Westport yesterday. (
Gov. McrriwethGr passed here yesterday for
Louisville. K
lNDEpENDrNcr, April 2G.-On the 9th of
March there was a fight between Lieut.. Bcalc,
in ommnnd of thirty Dragons, and u party
of Jicarilla Indians. Six of the Indians were
killed, and two of The soldiers; four dragons
were also wounded. The Indians for the first
time were whipped.
On the Goth of March, the soldiers, thirty
in number, were outdonc-- Iprobably defeated
the dispatch is not clear.
On the 30th of March, Company I Of tho
Dragons, sixty in mmnbcr, under the com.
mand of Lieut.. j. w. Davidson, met tho
Apachcs, to the number Of 900 warriors, fiE.
teen miles east Of the Scncguila, near the foot
of the mountain, and on the road from Taos
to Santa. The bnttlc was n sangninary Que.
Ihirty-fVc OF the troops are reported to have
been killed, and seventeen wounded. Only
eight of tho whole number escaped without
being injured. Lieut.. Davidson, in command,
and DIR. Magrudor, were slightly wounded; thui
first sergeant was killed. tn
The loss on the part Of The Indians Is said
TO have been very great. Fifty horses belong
ing to the Dragons, all the Colt rcvolyurs
and c%arbincs, fell into the possession of tlich
iha,"hs' ~
Twenty men of MIajor Carlcton's company
Of dragoons have deserted from Fort Albu0ucr.
que, taking with them two horses apiece, all
the Colt rcvolycrs, and n six mule team loaded
with provisions. They were headed by the
first sergeant of The company.
The Indians who killed four of their mum.
her for wilhcraft were being tried in the T.. $.
District Court Mt Santa Fc.
GkS. RusH.-AA Washington correspondent Of m
Arkansas paper says:
Nobody can guess who WIN he candidates, %
how selected NJ the next Presidential election
Gen. Cnss IL an aniidcluvian relic. Douglas il dead
FOR Tho present, u ho wanted to loo President, aud
lc does moi. SAM. Houston won't do for NIL lis
efforts Hunter of Virginia, Is talked Of; but, in mtS
opinion, RHsk, of Texas, an honest man, of fna cone.
mon sense, stands u better chance than ANY, Of
them" 80