Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-02-23
ROUGH USAGE.
Captured in Mexico and Marched
Eighty Miles.

Eighty Miles,
Santa Fe New Mexican Feb. 1.
The reporter learned yesterday that
there was a man in the city who had
been with Lieut. Mcdonald for some
time, and who was with that officer
when he was captured in Old Mexico
by the troops of that republic, mention
Of which has been made. The par
t.culars Of this affair never having been
published, the reporter learned the
gentlemans name and set out to hunt
hun up. He was moi long in search Oi
his man before he found him, and PIE
pared to proceed with the pumping
process.
He was just relating his cXper ance
to some friends when the rtpTtrr
came up, and the latter waited to hear
what was being said.
"Yes, WIS there, sure. There isn't
much to be told however. We strucs
the trail of the Indians near the line
and went after them. We had tour
or five white scouts. arOu. eighteen In
dians, besides us packers. We bad ~
idea that we were near the liue, bat
could not tell exactly, 50 W. went right
on until we struck the JanaS river
Then we knew we were over the line,
and would have gone back but our
animals were pretty well play ed out,
and before we could have reached any
place where grain could be had by
coming back, they would have entirely
given out. So the lieutenant ordered
the men to 90 on, and the troop rode to
Ascension. The people ceemed all
right, aud we got feed for our horses
and mules, and camped in an old cor
raj. We all laid down, except some
Indians, and were soon fast asleep,
The first thing anybody knew, a lot of
uen jumped over the corral wall,
which was low, and took the guns
away from the Indian scouts and
hemmed us in. Well, we got up, anL
they took our arms away from us and
good many other things besides.
Lieut.. Mcdonald made no resistance,
because he couldn't in the first place,
and in the second it wasn't our place
to 90 over there and commence shoot
ing and lighting the authorities. So
we kept still"
"What did they do with you after
that ?"
"Well, in the morning they marched
us over to Janas town, where they kept
us two days, and then they took us on
to Casa Grande, making about eighty
miles in all"
"Did you hear why they arrested
you?"
"Well, the mayor or head man Of the
town, sent off for troops, and said that
there was a gang of rOughs there, that
had come to take in the town. So the
troopers came in and captured us"
"You say they didn't know who you
were, Didn't the lieutenant have on
his uniform"
"No."
"Nor his sabre"
"No.'
"Wasn't he armed at alp
"Yes, he had his pistol, but his other
things were on his horse"
why didn't the guard tire when the
Mexicans jumped the corral wall?"
"Well, they would have, but they
thought the Mexicms didn't under.
stand them when they told them tn
stop, and they held off until the Mexi-
cans came light up and grabbed the
guns"
"Did you say they had taken every
thing away from youY
"Yes, they gobbled everything. The
cook said 10 me that they had taken
his watch, and | jerked mine off the
chain aud hid it. We got the thing
back again or most of them"
"What did they do with you when
you got to Casa Grande?'
"Well, they turned us loose, and VT
clme home. am the only one thai
got all the way back, Lieut.. McD M
add went down south but he has Deel
| ordered to Washington. | have givrl
my statement to the officers. and
r wouldn't tell anything wrong"
The talk about Mexican soldiers WA
not very complimentary. From Mr.
, Colfey's point of view they are not I
very fine body of men, but then he ma.
be prejudiced. He says that the cdval
ry is made up of larger men than TIN
: infantry, but that they are all smal
! men.