Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-16
PILLAGING PERUyIANS.
The City of Tarma Sacked and Burned
After Its Evacuation by the Chilians-
A Gallant Defense.

The City of Tarma Sacked and Burned
After It's Evacuation by the Chilians-
A Gallant Defense.
PANAMA, Sept. IA CHILEAN CORE
spondent writes the Star and Herald ::
When the inhabitants of Tarma learned
the CHILEAN forces were about to leave, a
large majority of the Peruvian families
appealed to be allowed to accompany them,
in order to escape the depredations of
their lawless countrymen. Some foreign
families, believing the guerillas would re-
spect them, decided to remain. Fully 500
women followed the army. Just five hours
after the troops left, immense hordes
of guerillas poured into Tarma.
They were headed by six
hundred men armed with rifles and
equipped like regulars, who entered and
formed in column, followed by at least
5000 guerillas armed with sticks. clubs,
lances. and other similar weapons, who
entered pell-mell. yelling viciously. On it
becoming known that all well to-do and
decent families had abandoned the town.
the fury of the Indians knew no bounds
The residences of the fugitives were
stripped and those of many foreign resi-
dents met the same fate, and many assas-
sinations occurred. In the midst of the
drunken orgie Tarma was reduced to
ruins, with the object of burning the prop
critics of foreigners and Chilianized Tar
manians. ALI the town was burned. The
cities of Jauja and Hauncayo shared the
fate of Tarma. The names of some of the
foreigners assassinated are given. An
Italian named Motto and two Germans
named Strinz and Schoelk are among the
slain. Four Gillian soldiers and six fugi-
tive Peruvians were frozen to death in the
Cordilleras.
lat Concepieron the Chilian garrison
made noble defense against the hordes
Of Indians. When the ammunition of the
Chilians was exhausted, the ASSISTANTS Sc
cured ,parrafne and fred the barracks,
burning some wounded soldiers. Captain
Pento and few survivors of the garrison
made rally, cut down the enemy and
cleared the front and sides of the barracks
while the mon inside extinguished the
flames and removed the wounded to q
place of safety. In another sally Capt.
Pento was shot dead. Again the Indians
fired the building, and sallies
were organized under Sub-lieutenants
Mant, Cruez and Peicz. In one
of the earliest the first mentioned
officer was MORALLY wounded. Subse
quently Sub Lieut.. Peicz fell wounded.
In another sally young officer was imme-
dlately pounced upon by horde of Indi-
ans who lanced him to death. At this hour
friars from the neighboring convent of
Ocopa appeared 1.-THE scene and, crucitix
in hand, commenced to incite'the Indians
to renew the attack on the building. At
ten o'clock Of seventy-seven soldiers COM
prlsing the garrison only four, and two OF
them wounded, remained to offer resis-
lance. The others were either dead
or. dying. The building was now
ablaZe in every direction. Four women.
wives of soldiers, were eye witnesses of
their husbands death. One of them. ac-
companied by her son of five years,
and another by an infant who had come
into the world at the commencement of
the attack, went out into the square hoping
their lives would be spared. They had
hardly stepped outside the building when
they were set upon by the mob and horribly
butchered. The five year old had his throat
cut from ear to ear, and was barbarously
mutilated, and the body of the new born
child wss found pierced with six lance
wounds.
Sub Lieut. Cruez sand surviving soldiers
we're also surrounded, and they fell one
after another, but not until they had sold
their lives dearly, and when other CHILEAN
troops arrived few days afterwards they
found in the square and adjacent streets
291 enemies dead. The wounded were
double that number, and were carried off
to the hills. The CHILEAN dead were collected
and buried. The city was burned, and
everybody implicated in the massacre who
could be found was summarily executed.