The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1877-09-29
STATEMENT OF A SURVIVOR.

Tie folloWing statements taken from the
Grant County Htrdd The Mr., Valdez here
spoken 81 is the same person reported as
having been captured in osse issue o: 9: ttic f5Ih
inst II seems however that tie San Carlos
pets took no prisoners, all who fell into their
hands we're inhumanly slain. The husband Of
Mr. valdcs Is a resident Of Mesilla and she
was en-route to this place At The time Of tle
attack We rejoice 10 learn that She sue
eeedcd in making her escape from the red
friends
Mrs Trinidad Pasas dc Valdez. 2hn- vita f4zrr
4ill44 rE-agd unhuTt from The taers
m fIFFss furnishes TIE following particulars
of that bloody affair
The train with which she was travelling con
sisted oi three wagons She With her lsvo chiT
drsn had Ioincd il al Pueblo Yiejo aud vas ;zang
to Me>iila 10 join her husband When the Na-s..i4s
were entering the abrupt mountain pas.. near
point known IS the Tenaja, shr suddenly heard
soIley Of shots Cred, ard thinking that the ue-7
u the train were Hfing al some game lifted the
wagon sheet and peercd out. She a. once per-
eeyed indians, some thirty OF forty ii number ga
the ieft side 81 the re ID, end With great presence
Of n,lnd. determined upon eon-se of action. The
wagon in vhi.h She had been sleeping was zeA4nA
in THE Iine Her rirfttrcn Wtre In the arsi
Jamping out. with wouiatfs iastnet She rusaGa
| forward 10 her children, The 6rst wilbIa Srasp
vpa her infant boy Sefzing him IN III eager
grasp slsf. Eas eii 10 The tight u thc road aud
overcome with excitement and fear sank e1-
hnfst~a among the hnslirs Veside fe road The
Ihdians were appArc.ltis gI<y 70 notice Ter
Four men of the train had bseu Killed By the first
6re and she snvagrs still Jfnt rapidly were CREEP,
| iuk down the hilIto cognplets tl,elr Eeilsh work
the t~o remaining train men doing ihciT utmost
10 defend themselves With their pistnl Rlse'Et
! laliaHs had arar4y rcachcd the tfaiu Mrs Valdez
being Ia fitfiew, recovered hetselftufsciently 10
rAalizs that sheiad stiu another silld In the for
l.STd wagon, With all . mothers freBss shr
rsslsea forward and clamhering UP along the side
i u il,e wagon, mahagcd 10 grasp htr ehild's arm
K4tthat moment, tile Indians reached the Train
I E-, one brutal savage. rushing forward With his
l,s,st, aimed it fun at her person, His murierous
infant was defeated by one 81 The surviving Train
/ men. who jumped upon and grappled the savagc
Helpless aud crazed with terror Mrs Valdez
again fed from the wagons and, gaasPins her
baby boy in her arms, sank fain,ug among the
bushes near the roaaEifee II would seem that tie
Indians were To busy. in completing their sfstir-
+-destas- work 10 notice her When she recovered
consciousness she I,eered ont ihro,sgh the inter
laelng bushes and saw g sight which wuud have
brought shuaier 10 the sioVtes hsart Men,
woman -aad children lay dead and DYING ip The
road The bodies bad been dragged FROM the
wagons and thrown down in an inextreable con
! fl,asion S4uAMs and children, the embryo and
| acme 6f savage ferocity, had rushed down the
hill on the len andzMere busly engaged in brain
ing their helpless victims, stones, clubs, what.
ever implement might serve tho pnrpose were
/ freely and pitilesslY used, The poor woman
covering behind the bushes saw her own child
Drained and matIatcSt Tenderly carving for her
helpless hoy. sheerePt a~sys animated BY the
mere Instinct of self preservation Far three days
she wandered about in the Burro Mountains al.
most naked, utterly destitute Of food for herself,
but ever scrking to nurse her child II last "a
road, and she instinctively folloua Not that she
understood Not thai she hered for anything
the poor ereafnre was beyond hope But road
suggested seEae familiar association and the
crssed WOMAN followed, bearing her alnust life
less child 10 her arms Staggering on 10 this
half hind ittl.tirss way she was finally met ly q
raDchrnan from the kurro Springs ReFetfviug
her destitute and exhausted condition he tok
her 10 his rancho and had her cared for until
/ transportation arrived from Silvef City, when she
WIS brought Ia and turned ovct 70 her relatives:
At the titae Of our interview the poGr wauan bad
not vet recovered from the eiieets q hef mental
and physical postraiion and told her story w .
somewhat rambling aud disconnected manner.
The above however IL thr substance ~ hcI naf
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