New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-18

we're pa The house, shou.ing " ara M9ic',
ssrou.O Ios Yaakees" They seemed hrmiy beo'
HP0h N'' TIE SURRENDER.
=, .c-.hs now called consultation, and advised
ht. S, Mary, however, we're opposed TO tol',
imIe. e.,.s and foreseeing the death which awaited
pieoo., "a nrgrg that a. the natives see ned ue'er-
toem - Sslfroy u.s. they might as well sell then yves
mneo Dsvid S. Mcdowell had proposed 70 take
ceeg.sd Of the men, and take the ch9rch nu' mr'
COMP onno,td IL. Ctl Nathaniel Wood aud Mr. Me
Ssp agreed with Mr.. Crabb 10 opinion, as g,o
! stssr, whose names csonot rememo5r iaeIe WI
cso., ranv Who wanted TO sally out With Mcdowell
-, thew were overrulsd by the advice OF MI CIdoH,
Coi Wood and Others, who believed that II ne "no.
vv sSould surrender the Mexcaus w'uld rest u, as
5,;sc,sT of war, and that 1t was better no' W A"
1 ,erste them by useless resistance.
A, tOI M Hyne volunteered to be the Dearsr OF
/ Gag OF truce 70 the natives. Hs accorongiy az.
| :.rbed a white handkerchief to rah'ou' an1 "o.S
~. 70 the enemy The Mexicsns sent an0tner nag ID
vSst him half way, and Mr. HSne was taken INTO the
nyert; be YVES secured there and not allowed 70 re-
s,n The Mexicans made Hyne shout their Conditions
,crcs the Plaza TO US, when were, tnsI w' SUI
s's,dcrd we should be taken to Altar, and tried
rert day az prisoners of war and that the woun1s1
Scnld he well attended to, rs they the Me1cansl hs1
cood physician. Mr.. Crabb not beng satisfied ana
rot fully understanding these conditions
Crrsyou 10 ask further Dlsnstion, which no did
,sd The terms being fully undertook the whole parry
ssuendered. This was about IL o'clock at night' IL
vas yery dark at the ii ne, but the SKY was Gear.
arms in the house as we departed This was doae:
Mr. Crabb was the FIST who went over lie reported
vho he was. - plsced asde without oelng tied:
the rest Of u5.re searched, ara uea WIN our hsnd.
wa. cene,sy supposed tina! we should be soon set a.
,ps,tby We were then marched into their barracks
and cor fined, Mr.. Crabb being with us.
THE PARTY CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
Mr. Crabb wss soon taken out, and INTERCEPTED by
means OF an interpreter After shout half al hour, Ae
returped to Us at the barracks, bat the guard wou1
moi allow bin to communicate TO us the result OK bis
conerepoe with the Mexican leaders. This was about
midnight In about an hour more, an Official appeared
With a written paper, which we SOON learned was our
seDtence." Mr.. CortAlyou, whe read Spanish, trans
lated II aloud TO US. II that were all to be
shot at suurise. The effst upon msy be imagioed
There appeared no means Of averting our doom. We
we're In their power and felt that their bsrbaous res
oution would certainly be executed. No attempts
we're made to intercede for In the course OF an
hour, boy named Chaplin, a boy eighteen years OF
sge was released ard taken out to be set at liberty,
but soon after he was brought in again and tied, and
was released In his place. Chaplin was shot with the
rest. He had been slightly wounded 10 the late fight
Isuppose was substituted for him, ii was found
that was the youngest l am in my sixteenth year.
After taking me out they carried me to the adobe
house which party had occupied, and where
found nine Of our party wounded. remained there
under guard but rot tied, until about daybreak, when
was taken by four men TO Hario Gabilondo, the
second in command Of the Mexcsns, and he told me,
through Mexican who spoke broken English, that
was the only to be saved out Of the party and that
the others were To be shot at SUNRISE Gsbondo or
dered the troops to mount. was placed on horse,
and we stsrted for Altar where We arrived at \
o'clock. The distance is said to be seven leagues.
We rode the whole day in canter. i remained IN
Altar two days. / was not allowed TO go beyond the
town limits. not questioned or molested In any
way.
SHOCKING DISSERTATION OF THE DEAD.
On the 9th returned, with Gab'lOndo, to Csborcs.
This on the third day after IL, execution of our
oh nfoo / mot yif Mn.
cent went out to the cemetery, and saw their bodies
srewn about the ground unburied. All were stripped
of their clothing, Of stockings The stencil sris
hg from their bodies prevented my approaching nearer
than to observe that they had been much gnawed and
INITIATED by beasts. | cav finger lying near me,
which appeared to have been cut of, perhaps to
take O ring from it. From where stood was able
10 recoc lie some bodies, among them those OF Mr.
Mc(oun and Col. Wood i remained IN Ceborca ff
sen DAYS, ard up to the time OF my departure, saw
DO attempts made to bury them. 1t was standing
md exultipp Joke among the Msxcans that their hogs
would get fat on Yankee fesh ready for killing next
Fan. Recognized the clothing of our party worn by
The people around me.
AN APPALLING SIGHT.
On the day after my second arrival OF Csbofca, =
Mexican Dame up sod motOned me to 60 with him. l
followed him into q small house. and he led me to a
large earthen jar placed on the ground He put his
hand in and Immediately drew out MIR. Crsbbs head,
holding IL by the hair Ii had been preserved In VINE
gar and the liquid driPped down into the jar as hs
6ed the head up for me to look at He laughed, and
asked ne il knew who il belonged to. retreetsd
with alarm and horror from the spectacle lie laughed,
and put it back into the jar then left the house.
CAPTURE AND DEATH OF THE OTHER PARTY.
while 7 vss in Altar the news came that sixteen
others of our party had been arrested on the same ~
that Crabb and bis command were executed. Inese
we're the party of twenty, whom we had ls az ABOVE
stated at Cabeza Prieta. understood that they hau
bean cantured within two leagues Of Caborca. The
other four OF the 20 had been left on the American
side. / was told that these sixteen had been sur
rounded about two Leagues fom Csroorcs and thst 10
taking them the Americans had only hted Que snot'
The man who fred il gave his name to the Mexicans,
iust before his execution, Nc Knney from San Jose
California The party were then taken into Caoorc
and shot on the afternoon OF the sane Gay. Ihese
facs In relation to the sixteen, give from the accounts
of the Mexcans about me, not having been present.
Mckinney was in command Of the psrty.
The Commander in Chief, Jirsn sent, on the llth,
company OF sDoers TO Sonoa, with orders 10 XIII every
Yankee they should meet
THE DEAD, AND HOW THEY WERE TREATED.
As have said above, was fifteen days at Caborcs.
During this time the natives were constantly ceeorat-
ing their victory los Yankees and the late ex-
ecution made the of constant conversations
and merry. markings l repeat that during this time,
the bodies OF our party lay unbured and purifying Ia
The Gun. The hogs made 1t daily plsce OF resort,
and az evening, when they came into the own, the
stencil which as they passed through the streets was
irtupportabe, showed too plainly how they had been
occupied during he day. From these sickenug signs
and the narrowing associations connected with the n
could not escape, and was only thankful that my
Life bad been spared from this butchery.
do not know what was the object 10 preserving
Er. Crabb's head. Many women aa1 childoeu passed
ho the house where kept aud II appeared to bs
sort Of trophy of their late victory.
TREATMENT OF EVANS BY THE MEyICANs.
can make no plant Of the treatment received
between Csborcs and HermOsilo. On our route TO
Ores, and thercs TO Gusymas there vas nothing
which they refused for my comfort The soldiers
themselves gave me everything ! asked for, which
they could obtain aud the women of the towns through
which we passed always treated me kindly, and OK
pressed great sympathy for my situation; Bu' "a
borca after my arrival there the secOad tine, Was