, 1881-05-19

Procuring saddle nurses al Lima, this writ.
er and two companions rotle out 10 tile bat
t!elields. Before we reached the spot we
could smell tile stencil, as tha wind was
blowlng from 1t toward us. The files began
to bother oMr animals, and We soon reached
the first subject. 1t WIS dead chno, or
Peruvian IndIa,,, With his rifle and forty or
ttty cartridges, lying near; also,
bag Of muddy bread. lie had
bayonet stab III the breast, and his
skull WIS broken by a blow from,
nusket stock. rs it Is said the CJ,ilians finish
their victims III that style. Benzine had
been poured Oil his body and then set on fire.
The fumes had ran swiftly over, burning the
clothing and portions Ut tho botty, and then
Went out. So there he lay IN tlaf-col,-
sdined condition Just where lio fell week
before. We soon found others III tile sa,np
cond!tlon. and then groups Of five and
ten Il, pile, some DM ttieir bncks, others III
their faces, rs they were dragged W and
flung Together by the ChlTan soldiers. All
SEEMED to be with tho legs and arms spread
out and distorted, probably by the action Of
the fire. III Mally places the lleatl Ind been
burned OFT Mt tile neck, and thu feet and
hands were gone, and thu fingers anti small
bones OF tic feet would burn quicker than
the larger mass Of iesli. Wesaw no carbon
eating birds. but the flies completely covered
LIS AlWl everything else. We BaW many tend
aud wounded horses. often the Inter wers
slandillE around Oh three legs, snlne lllabta
to move. a'll others trying 10. crup u few
spears IT grass GROWING close By. We ,,t1-
t!cttl nNH lnrgt, tine feIInw, With hind lex
almost severed ~ the a'!kle. lin wAs black
t %it ss r aa sr s'4ws sE aXnE WITH H. '1eFt!ca ,r q
tit u cartrllge Into Ii Remington rifle for the
purut'se Ot putting !,lnl nut Ut Ills misery.
but c9nitl n0t. AZ Mtrntlores: mounted on
MI old lneal,!lAca, or tonb, We fnatntl II Dalil~
| lnE hver B.oN pnultls. 1t st0ott solitary nlld
nlone out on the plain, with Its dead gul'ners
| lying ar0tlllt.
Arms were found all over tlle valley, a1ld
ssnEia cartridge missing Showing that they
| hut been rast otf anti thruwn away befuru
tile tlra!x of shot 1t WIS uGillAlly pitinbu
! 10 see the wAsle Of ammunition lInre, Every
! wllere iii tile track 9f ttl8 retreAttng army
! the ground Is thickly stlwn with 1t. Often
| WI cM,no acrUss cases nj ammunition lying
IN tile dust Of the lllblln rlad tiiat had never
teen 0lel,cd.-too vnlueless to carry away.
the fight, haa ragged very hot, the
| Mnbnr!ed dead lny thick OIL the gr,res, alsl
III II rcccptac!a for cotln III the thick wall
u snrt Of lnrgs piHeol,.h0le-ws saw dead
aperture. lla Ind b:rn wounded mud crnwltd
i, lU llte, thus bnryiltg himself before ttcuti,
al 1 Ina kV4n5ks
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