Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-06-04
Raid into MeNIeo.

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ter from CHARLOTTESVILLE. Kiusley Coaniy.
Texas, dated May 80. as that IN eouse'
auenoe sfIhs incarsions CT samsFous dep
r~elatins bands Of LipOas asi kicksPeo'
il the lover and esSsm eoautiss. Gen.
MeKinrie, commanding At Pert Clark
raised a party and secured the country
bat notwithstanding this vigilance q band
of6hy warriors succeeded in svsdihg the
troops. crossed the Nseoes river aud diri-
ded themselves into snail raidlus parties,
the better TO enable thea 10 syats per-
suit aud prey upon stock aud other prop
eriy Of the people. Gen. MehinIie thea
resolved to attack them on their own
camping ground near Santa Rosa mOuH'
iaius, in Mexico. and accordingly on the
mOraing Of the 18th. four hundred cavalry
crossed the Rio Grande and by a forced
march Of eighty miles INTO the interior Of
Mexico. reached the camp sfthn kickafoos
at early dawn, having been As hours in
the saddle and "a hours without food or
water, being compelled on the march to
throw away aud dispense with every uten-
Ill or accortrement whatever could in any
manner retard the speed Of their march.
4 charge was made at dawn. The In
dams, who were u%nprepared for the At
tack, made but slight resistance, the
greater portion Of them attempting flee
10 the neighbOring mountain for shelter,
In the encounter nineteen warrnfswc
killed and about an equal number wound
cd. Forty squaws have been captured,
AID some one hundred horses and other
property stolen by the indians recovered.
The troops lost three men, ono killed aud
two mortally wounded. Couiicrs arrived
at the Fort last night with orders tor two
thousand rations for the troops. The
c%ouriers report that Gen. McK;nzic aud
bis command safely recrosscd the RIO
Grande with their car tives and recovered
property, camping last night at Van
Green's ranch. Six Wagons laden With
provisions have been sent TO their relief
They will probably arrive here to .mcrrow
Wednesday,. The prisoners were mostly
squaws, the indians who crossed Neuces, Z
last moon, forty strong, and who arc dep. J
redating in lower couDties. Since the af- !
fair | have learned, that intense excite
ment ~pcrvails on the other side, and it is I
said that Mexican frontier authorities are
excited to the highest degree, and have
assumed a very hostile attitude towards the :,
United States. c
Reports of this kind were in circulation {
here some weeks since. A gentleman
thoroughly 'conversaDt with Mexican e
frontier affairs informed ne that influential
men ofSanta Rosa, ~Saragossa and San \
Tornado are apprehensive Of hostilities p
between the two countries, be- $
that the difficulties that have aris- c
cn between the Inhabitants of both banks l
Of the Rio Grande can only be settled by !
arbitrament Of the sword, and in evidence
Of the truth of this statement, state that T
that Cshuila has Just levied on her citi- y
zens such an extraordinary tax as is done 4
only in cases of great revolution or threat !,
cning war. Another gentleman Of high Q
standing in this community, a former resi- '
dent Of Mcxico, informs me that he re- j
ceived a communication from American
residents Of Nova, Mexico. in which is ;
mentioned the organization of a body of q.
men whose object is to r~elaliate for the l
damage done BY the Mexicaus last fall :
in their raid on Villanueva. mention =
these matters TO convince you Of the feel. !,
ing which prevails in Mexico toward the a
of the United States, and s
probably it is being intensified by this p
last affair of the Indian camp at Santa I
Rosa. rsrF Il
The troops and prisoners will probably
arrive here tomorrow. | have since
that the troops were fired upon by
the MexicaIs as they were recrossinp the