The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-12
A Filihnster,a Experience.

Inc appearance oil tue narrator IL oes-
cribed like that of one who had just come
from land Of famine and disease, He
represents the physical hardsb.ps and
dangers endured by the army as being
very grievous The Situation of Walker
is described as beisg hazardous in the
extreme. The stories of his organ, the
"N;caugucnse," are said to be altogeth-
er unreliable, being written solely at
Walkers dictation and to further his poll
cy. without any regard to truth. His
own words are the best narrative of his
sufferings.
When a man. sick with fever. is car
,ied to the hospital at Granada, be is put
on raw hide bed, without a mattress or
blankets, unless he should be so fortunate
to have these articles himself. which sell
dom happens. 1t is frequently the case
that a sick man is put upon a bed from
which some wretch has just been carried
of 10 be buried, who had died of yellow
fever, cholera or some other contagious
disease, and whose bed has never been
cleaned or changed. The sufferer can
not drink water, because the doctors there
say II is ''poison to a fever" and the on
ly drink allowed is orange leaf tea. Even
this is not to be had, on account of the
negligence of the stewards and servants
and the sick man is left to burn and parch
with heat and thirst. have lain hours
and begged to get table spoonful OF
wine from the doctors, and could not get
it. They had plenty and many of them
were drunk on it most of the time.
have frequently made my breakfast off
cup Of tea. without anything else, for
the good reason that there was nothing
else to be had. At dinner, l would get
piece of boiled beef, with the water 1t
was cooked in; but never anything like
vegetables or rice. At supper it was ex-
tremely lucky If got little mush and
tea; though these, little as they were,
have frequently had to do without. There
was sometimes little money allowed to
buy vegetables for the patients; but
generally the drunken doctors, or quacks.
l should rather call them. with two or
three exceptions, and other funkeys got
hold of it, and the patients never saw Ell
ther it or the vegetables. Had it not
been for some kind friends outside, whose
name are preserved sacred in my memo
nv, should have died, time and again;
for there is certainlay no more miserable
life than that led by patient in hospi-
tai in Nicara. ua.
Soon after my arrival, as soon, in fact,
as saw Granada, commenced devising
means Of escaping. This, however is a
difficult matter, after one is once there
No one is. allowed to go from place te
place without passport. No person
either citizen or soldier, is allowed to
leave Granada without one; and if sol
dier is caught endeavosing to do so, he il
inevitable fate. If persons escape.
Walker, he runs great risks of falling int
the hands of the Chamorrstas, who woult
also shoot him. If he escapes both, h'
must get out of the country the best way
he can, and runs many risks and dangers
too tedious here to enumerate. In my owr
case, SO soon as got well enough to ris
from my bed, which was in three months
! managed to procure furlongh to go t.
Virgin Bay or San Carlos to recruit IN,
health. Avoiding both places as mucl
as possible, / went to see San George an,
thence to San Juan. During this jour
ney, l had the fever. which was contrac
ted in the country, every day, and hav
it still at this time, week since my arri
val in San Francisco. Having reache
San Juan, I seld my pistol for $25. 1
four or five days the Sierra Nevada 60
there from San Francisco, and going t
the Captain / offered him S25, and t
work out the balance of my passage
money; but he refused to take me.
had been accustomed to carry cane, and
in fact. could not get along without il
but threw it taway, upon going to the Cap
lain. to look as spry as possible. Tb
hing, however, would not work, and
was not until succeeded, through th
sindncss of friend, in borrowing So
more, that procured passage and con
sidered myself safe.
l arrived in San Francisco by the Siel
ra Nevada on Thanksgiving day, tn
mere shadow of my former self l le
here in June. a large healthy man, weigh
ing i64 pounds; on my arrival, o
Thanksgiving day, my weight was III
pounds. My sufferipgs, together wit
disease, have destroyed my constitution
and am forced to consider myself
worthless man. SO far as any real labor
concerned. / never got a cent of pay ex
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