The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-01-04
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naefv Mrsiesn hamlet called fslet,e.
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,lawn The rivrf. N kunrrn. containing
snsne s10 inhAistantA. MI Mesie~ns, With
ehAs,re "tlfihgu. ~ American. Nan
Elikntic, uhe sr~nc VI the mol,, Ii small
MrAicnn town right mileA below H~rurro
Nnd swrnty.liv from MI rnAn. All thvsr
places arv inhabilrSl muetly w Mexican.
for that whulc wgioh IL nothing but a
Mrsicas country, whose people, with the
exception of 4 lev American SETTLERS,
are one and In unison with shc jewellers
south ~ tho Rio ursnlr. They arr r..
latssl anil intermnsrie,i together, linked
by other Aes, aud, indeed, 4 conailcr.
able proportion ot tho Mcsirans In m
raso county were horn In Mexico.
Cor. What sort ~ country II II out
theFu?
Maj. Jones---lrctty wild. 1 can tell
you II In some 7OO miles from tho srt.
Elements II Texas. The country around
III paso, AMI In which arr sitmated tilc
places ] have mentioned, IN Il poor.
sandy. barren region, only the river and
creek bottoms being capable of isriga.
tion. The soil of the plains out tl,eru
will hsrlly spront cow. peas.
Cor What wnS the immediate causc
of the latc Mexican mob aud uprising at
bAn Elixaiio7
Mai. Jones. Undoubtedly the fact
that Judge Howard, thu cause of thu
original difficulty In nj pnsO last fall.
returned among thu Mexirans, who he'll
him. When ] was out there nj tho time.
shortly sftur Howard killed Cords, the
lender of the Mcxicans, / arrested and
put him under bond fOr his appearance
NJ tho ncxt term of tho court III El paso
] advised him W 20 IL Mcailla, some
nfty miles from Nan ElixariO, and stay
there until court came On. hut II seems
hc did otherwise, and came strniQl,t hack
into the mislnt VI his enemies. The
original cause " the trouble was m fol.
lows A banking hrm Of Austin, of
which George u. Ximpleman, cx.Bhrriii
of Travis county, wMsn partner, procured
nnd received irom Mr.. urous. Htnte I1AnA
CuinMtshiOnsr, patents n0L veying lan.is
la El l'As0 county, and including some
salt lakes or ponds. These ponds have
been used free by the Mexicans Tor Nm
years. and, IN tact, Ii In claimed. b.
longcd 10 original Mexican grants before
Texas became 4 State. Judge Howard, /.
tho br0tlrr.ii.lnw of Iimpleman. and.
~ his agent. went out to I'll pnso, aud,
taking po~Nession oi tho ponds, or IN.
~ 10 10, informed tho Mexi.
cans TINT u they got my more salt from,
tho lakes they must lny for II. Then
began the rnmpms. Howarl's life wxs
tlireatencd. and II In raid by prominent
Texans who knew him TINT Howard was
~ INSCRIPTIONS ninn and desperate.
IN thr proRresa u thu quarrel senator
co,din, who had represented III paso
In tlie Texas Legislature. and who
warmly cnponsal the Mexican side of
the difficulty, was shot anh killed by
Howard, for which. N Maj. Jonc. states,
|le WAN arrested aud bound over Tho
remainder of tho story hAs alrca.ly bson
lold. Howard, who WAS regarded by
llie Maxicans ~ = thief, como 10 steal
lheiF rights and take away the privileges
VI their fathers, returned from Mesilla.
and, IN spite VI thc protection of twenty.
I've Hangers. he wins taken by tho mob
anil made - suffer the penalty Of Lis
lrfnerity, and expiAto thr murder of
Cords, which TIM McxicAns knew woull
never be .lone In the co,irtS, The two
men, Atkins0n and Mcbride. also exe.
fntel, we're friends of Howard That il
lhe origin ol tllc difficulty VI Nan Eli.
Esrio.